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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 1995
29 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the Estimate for the Department of Social Welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16748/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 1995
7 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Taoiseach the terms of reference of the newly established task force on the long-term unemployed; the likely date on which the task force will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16754/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 1995
13 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of unemployed on which his 1995 estimates of expenditure are based; the number of unemployed as shown by the most recent monthly figures; and the plans, if any, he has to provide for the additional costs involved. [16744/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 1995
12 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of long-term unemployed on the live register from 1 January 1995, to October 1995; and the plans, if any, he has to address this problem. [16739/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 1995
Bill entitled an Act to amend the social welfare acts to provide for the reformed supplementary welfare allowance appeal system and to provide for related matters
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
69 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total cost in 1994 and to date in 1995 of lone parent's allowance; the steps, if any, he is taking to pursue the other parent in order to ensure that they contribute towards the maintenance of the lone parent and the child. [13937/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
65 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he intends to allow recipients of disabled person's maintenance allowance who have been transferred to the Department of Social Welfare to nominate a post office of their choice. [13940/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
69 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total cost in 1994 and to date in 1995 of lone parent's allowance; the steps, if any, he is taking to pursue the other parent in order to ensure that they contribute towards the maintenance of the lone parent and the child. [13937/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
65 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he intends to allow recipients of disabled person's maintenance allowance who have been transferred to the Department of Social Welfare to nominate a post office of their choice. [13940/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
4 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare when the expert working group on the integration of the tax and social welfare system will report. [13930/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
2 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the progress there has been with regard to obtaining £10 million for Ireland from the stalled EU Poverty IV Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13942/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
5 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if the commitment in the programme for renewal to commission the ESRI to review the minimum adequate income rates recommended by the Commission on Social Welfare has been implemented. [13931/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 1995
1 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare in view of the fact that 1996 marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of the report of the Commission on Social Welfare, if he will commission an independent report on the extent to which the recommendations of the commission have been implemented and the measures which now need to be taken to reform the social welfare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 1995
30 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposals, if any, he has to deal with the growing social welfare pensions bill in view of our greying population and in view of the forecast that the total social welfare pensions bill will increase from £1.2 billion in 1990 to approximately double that figure by 2036; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10649/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 1995
29 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the cost to the Exchequer over the periods of five, ten, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of the extra provisions as outlined in the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill, 1995. [10648/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 1995
28 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the action, if any, he will take in view of the fact that unemployment in 1995 is likely to exceed the Government's estimate and cost the Exchequer an extra £30 million in social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 1995
24 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for the Marine the Minister who has responsibility for the development and provision of pier facilities around the coast and on the offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 1995
24 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for the Marine the Minister who has responsibility for the development and provision of pier facilities around the coast and on the offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 1995
8 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will maintain the same facilities for those who are in receipt of disabled person's maintenance allowance, when this scheme is transferred from the Department of Health to the Department of Social Welfare. [8235/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 1995
2 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he intends to increase the death grant from the present maximum of £100 to a more realistic figure. [8282/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 1995
1 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the additional provision, if any, he is making to cope with the extra demands on social welfare due to the cutbacks in the community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8360/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 1995
6 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will have arrangements made to examine the situation whereby a person in receipt of disabled persons maintenance allowance forfeits their entitlement to this allowance should they enter hospital and for the duration of their stay in hospital in spite of the fact that they continue to need such an allowance to meet their day to day financial requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5843/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 1995
8 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the disquiet caused to younger people with sight disabilities in view of the fact that their pension book contains the title Pension Seanaoise-Old Age Pension; and the steps, if any, he will take to have this situation corrected. [5568/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 1995
4 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare when he will create and publish a new national anti-poverty strategy to which he committed himself at the recent UN Summit in Copenhagen. [6257/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 1995
2 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will implement the recommendations and related reforms in the management of the social welfare service highlighted in the latest National Economic and Social Forum report; and, if so, when he will implement the recommendations. [6256/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 1995
1 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason it was decided to sell local loans fund mortgages in order to fund equality payment arrears. [6255/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 1995
19 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to improve and extend the home help scheme. [3352/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 1995
19 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to improve and extend the home help scheme. [3352/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 1995
41 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will implement in full the findings of the Commission on Social Welfare. [3070/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 1995
41 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will implement in full the findings of the Commission on Social Welfare. [3070/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 1995
8 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will implement the priority recommendations of the report of the Commission on Social Welfare Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3326/95]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 1995
5 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will increase the means threshold for the non-contributory old age pension and, in particular, the means threshold under the national fuel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[3325/95]