Woods, Michael J.Tuesday, 22 March 1994 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - United States Visit.
That is ridiculous.
Social Welfare Bill, 1994: Report and Final Stages.
The Bill, which we have been discussing over a period, is one of the most important items of legislation on the Dáil calendar each year. The general increases in the payments affect 800,000 social we...
It was.
There has been a wide-ranging debate on the Bill and I will briefly comment on the points made. Deputy Boylan talked about a complete mismatch, said that people do not know their entitlements and tha...
I appreciate the general point made by the Deputy but I have taken some further steps in this area. Reference was made to anticipated income being taken into account. If such income is not realised t...
Some economic commentators say that we should have an across the board arrangement, that measures should be implemented immediately. They do not understand the complexity of the system and that many ...
Provision is made for them in the schemes; the Department is very much ahead in that regard. We are talking here about extending the widows' pension scheme and, consequently, the widowers' pension sc...
There is no mention of this in the Bill. Some of the people wanted the full A rate. She covered an interesting point indirectly when she spoke about what is now happening, that some people are leavi...
I would say yes, and we are endeavouring to expand that further. We will follow up individual cases if the Deputy will let me have a note of them afterwards. All of this is in the course of being esta...
——that one is interested and the payments must be made by the end of June.
No, but they should apply. They would be foolish not to apply especially if their annual incomes will be lower when, obviously, the payment level will be very low. It is a very good package from that...
No, it was earlier, very soon after the Bill went through.
I brought them myself. I placed them in Donegal town but Killybegs is only a short distance away. I put them in the office and gave them to any of the people who were there. In addition, they were ...
I will. Question put. The Dáil divided: Tá, 60; Níl, 35. Tá
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.
Was asked: if he will continue paying child dependant allowance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5, for the remaining weeks up to the end of the course of education being pursued by the dependant child.
Social welfare legislation provides for the payment of increases in respect of child dependants to people who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments. Such increases are normally payable in...
Was asked: the number of people in County Sligo and County Leitrim, who are receiving non-contributory old age pensions and the breakdown between men and women.
On 31 December 1993, there were 3,041 people in receipt of non-contributory old age pensions in County Sligo and 1,992 in County Leitrim. A breakdown of recipients by sex is not available on a county...
Was asked: when unemployment benefit will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who became unemployed as a result of a company closure and the apparent non-payment of her PRSI contributions to the ...
The person concerned was employed up to 23 December 1993. On termination of her employment she applied for unemployment benefit on 24 December 1993. To qualify for payment of unemployment benefit a p...
Written Answers. - PRSI Changes.
Was asked: if he has received representations regarding the budget changes in PRSI in view of the fact that they affect manufacturing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
There are three main PRSI changes announced in the budget and given legislative effect in the Social Welfare Bill currently before the Oireachtas. They are: —the introduction of a two-tier employers' ...
Written Answers. - Legal Costs.
Was asked: the payments that were made to the legal representatives of a person (details supplied) in County Cork arising from the delay in implementing Directive 79/7 and in view of Parliamentary Question No. 7...
In response to the Deputy's earlier Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 16 February 1994, I stated that no payments were made to the legal representative of the person concerned under the provisions of ...
Was asked: the payments made to the legal representative of a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who received £2,800 from her solicitor and who is anxious to know the amount paid to her solicitor on her b...
The person concerned was one of a number of plaintiffs who initiated proceedings arising from the delay in implementing EC Directive 79/7. In the absence of implementing measures settlements were mad...
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.
Was asked: the estimated cost of extending to all social welfare pensioners aged 70 and over, the entitlement to free television licence and free electricity allowance, irrespective of whether they are living al...
The free electricity allowance and free television licence schemes are designed primarily to encourage elderly or disabled people who are living alone on limited means to continue to live in their ow...
Written Answers. - Case Settlements.
Was asked: in regard to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 8 March 1994 in which he referred to settlements in eight cases, the amount of the settlement in respect of each of the eight cases; and the ...
As the settlements involved were subject to conditions as to confidentiality, I am not in a position to provide the information sought.
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Entitlements.
Was asked: the way in which people who retire early from employment in order to do recognised voluntary work and who are not in receipt of any social welfare payment can be given credit stamps to protect their f...
People who retire early from employment or self-employment and who are under 66 years of age may continue to maintain their social insurance contribution records through the award of credited contribu...
Written Answers. - Rent Supplement.
Was asked: the total number of recipients of rent supplement; the total value of rent supplements paid by him in 1993; if his attention has been drawn to the number of people who are encouraged to leave their fa...
A new statistical system for the supplementary welfare allowance scheme was introduced on a phased basis in 1993 and is now fully operational in the Southern, Western, North-Eastern, Mid-Western, Sout...
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