De Rossa, PrionsiasWednesday, 17 April 1996 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Adjournment Debate. - Threatened Closure of Social Welfare Offices.
The Department of Social Welfare provides its services throughout the country through its headquarter offices and through its network of social welfare local offices and social welfare inspector locat...
I am informing the Deputy——
Who enacted the policy?
This process has been under way for years. On this basis a number of branch offices have been closed in recent years. While I do not know about the concern of my predecessors, my concern is the deli...
The Deputy should ask the unemployed people of Beara if they are happy with the service. They are delighted with it because they no longer have to spend their money in the local pub to get their chequ...
I take this opportunity to state that no decision has yet been taken with regard to the future of the branch offices generally and to assure the Deputy that any decision taken will be fully discussed ...
In connection with the recent reports suggesting that branch offices operate from grocery shops, etc., I wish to advise that, for the last 20 years, branch manager contracts have required them to reli...
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.
Was asked: the plans, if any, he has to review the criteria for payment of disabled person's maintenance allowance to allow for special payments to be made in cases of particular hardship.
The Social Welfare Act, 1996 provides the legislative basis for the transfer of responsibility for the administration of the disabled person's maintenance allowance scheme from the health boards to my...
Was asked: whether families in receipt of orphan's allowance qualify for back-to-school payments; if not, the reason this category of family has been excluded in view of the fact that they are in receipt of a so...
The back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of my Department by the health boards, is designed to assist certain recipients of social welfare and health ...
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