86 Ms M. Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made with regard to the provision of the much needed portacabins at Laytown school, in County Meath; if all relevant documentation is now with his Department; the timeframe on the provision of the portacabins which are so urgently needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the action, if any, he has taken in recent months to ensure that people with physical disabilities have a practical opportunity to use their free travel pass.
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18 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the action, if any, he has taken in recent months to ensure that people with physical disabilities have a practical opportunity to use their free travel pass.
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55 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will make a statement on the mechanism for the transfer of the disability allowance.
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42 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare in relation to the new disability allowance, the way in which it is assessed if somebody exceeds the allowance limit under the rehabilitative allowance, for example, if all the amount is allowed under the rate or if it is a percentage of the amount which is allowed.
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55 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will make a statement on the mechanism for the transfer of the disability allowance.
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42 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare in relation to the new disability allowance, the way in which it is assessed if somebody exceeds the allowance limit under the rehabilitative allowance, for example, if all the amount is allowed under the rate or if it is a percentage of the amount which is allowed.
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19 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the way in which he proposes to implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities which affect his Department.
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44 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether he intends introducing any measures to deal with the relationship between the Government and the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether he intends introducing any measures to deal with the relationship between the Government and the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Education the reason mature students attending third level institutions and living independently from home are only receiving the adjacent rate of the higher education maintenance grant from their local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Education the reason mature students attending third level institutions and living independently from home are only receiving the adjacent rate of the higher education maintenance grant from their local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the current status of the White Paper on Voluntary Organisations; the plans, if any he has in respect of the publishing of this White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the way in which he intends to define the term, substantially handicapped, contained in section 101B (1) (b) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993, as inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the efforts, if any, he has made to seek an adequate increase in export refunds for live cattle; his views on whether an adequate increase in export refunds for live cattle will encourage more competition for supplies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that export refunds were 25 per cent higher in April 1995 and that urgent action is needed to increase export refunds in the current beef crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the efforts, if any, he has made to seek an adequate increase in export refunds for live cattle; his views on whether an adequate increase in export refunds for live cattle will encourage more competition for supplies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that export refunds were 25 per cent higher in April 1995 and that urgent action is needed to increase export refunds in the current beef crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Miss M. Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the statement by the Secretary General of NATO, General Javier Solana, seeking more structural relations with the European Union; and his views on the establishment of such relations.
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11 Miss M. Wallace asked the asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the agreed strategy between the Foreign Minister of France and Germany, for the forthcoming EU Intergovernmental Conference next month, which is aimed at creating a common European defence policy and introducing majority voting on most issues in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [
5 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposed timetable for the publication, consideration and funding of the White Paper and Charter on the role of the voluntary sector.
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23 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the nature of all significant changes in the administration of the disabled person's maintenance allowance which have been implemented since the transfer of the allowance from the Department of Health; the status of his review of the scheme; and his intention in relation to the scheme over the next 12 months.
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23 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the nature of all significant changes in the administration of the disabled person's maintenance allowance which have been implemented since the transfer of the allowance from the Department of Health; the status of his review of the scheme; and his intention in relation to the scheme over the next 12 months.
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11 Miss M. Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the recent disturbing reports in the Irish and international media as to the role of the United Nations in the events leading up to, during and after the fall of Srebrenica and Zepa in July 1995, taken together with the content of the letter of resignation subsequently submitted by the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights.
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16 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the meetings, if any, he has held during the last month concerning his review of the disabled person's maintenance allowance; the current state of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the plans, if any, he has to review the operation of the free travel pass scheme in view of the mobility of many pass holders to avail of public transport due to moveable services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the progress, if any, that has been made in recent months in expediting the transfer of the disabled person's maintenance allowance to his Department; the consultations, if any, which he has personally held with individuals and groups concerning this transfer; the changes, if any, he has decided to introduce in relation to the administration of the allowance; and the opportunities he will provide for introducing future changes to the administration of the allowance.
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66 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the progress, if any, that has been made in recent months in expediting the transfer of the disabled person's maintenance allowance to his Department; the consultations, if any, which he has personally held with individuals and groups concerning this transfer; the changes, if any, he has decided to introduce in relation to the administration of the allowance; and the opportunities he will provide for introducing future changes to the administration of the allowance.
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15 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the steps, if any, he is taking to deal with the continued understaffing of his Department's farm development offices throughout the country.
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33 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the discussions, if any, he has had with groups representing people with disabilities concerning his intentions in relation to the disabled person's maintenance allowance; the names of any such groups he has met; and the intention, if any, he has to meet any such groups in the near future.
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31 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the proposals, if any, he intends to bring forward to allow full-time carers be given credits towards contributory pensions.
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8 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Health the arrangements, if any, that are being undertaken or considered by his Department and bodies under his Department's aegis to extend the provision of respite care.
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13 Miss M. Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the announcement that, in future, all United States money given to the International Fund for Ireland should go to those companies in Northern Ireland which satisfy the MacBride Principles on fair employment.
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26 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will outline on a county by county basis the number of farmers who have applied for and been approved for payments under the control of farmyard pollution grant scheme.
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18 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the person from whom he is taking legal advice in respect of the EU Commission attempt to impose fines on Ireland regarding irregularities in the beef industry in view of the fact that the Attorney General will not be advising him in the matter.
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5 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the position regarding the improvements implemented in October 1994 for widowers; the communication his Department has made with each widower to date; the uptake to date; and if he will consider backdating the improvements in the interest of equality.
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4 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will operate the students summer job scheme for 1995 on the same basis as 1994, thus allowing all students over the age of 18 to participate in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the arrangements, if any, his Department are making in preparation for the transfer of the operation and administration of the disabled person's maintenance allowance from the Department of Health in July 1995.
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172 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly within his Department's regulations which require immediate modification where a self-employed person who commenced paying PRSI in 1988 but was over the age of 56 should be entitled to a refund of 53 per cent of his contributions, but that these refunds are being withheld in his Department in view of an anomaly where the same applicant paid social insurance stamped contributions for two years in the 1950's and in view of paying these extra two years he is not entitled to a refund on the same basis as other self-employed contributors who came into the scheme in 1988 and who are over the age of qualifying for a pension; his views on whether self-employed persons who came into the scheme in 1988 should be either entitled to payment of a pension or a refund and it is unacceptable for his Department to refrain from either paying a pension or a refund of the contributions; and the steps, if any, he proposes to take to ensure that a review takes place of the regulations in order to modify these anomalies.
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37 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of self-employed people short of contributions to qualify for the contributory pension which commenced in 1985 and who will reach pension age before having the necessary ten years of contributions.[3207/95]
36 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in his Department's regulations which require modification in that a self-employed person who commenced paying PRSI in 1988 but was over the age of 56 should be entitled to a refund of 53 per cent of his contributions whereas these are being withheld by his Department because the same applicant paid social insurance stamp contributions for two years in the 1950s and is therefore not entitled to a refund on the same basis as other self-employed contributors who came into the scheme in 1988 and who were over the age for qualifying for a pension; his views on whether self-employed contributors who came into the scheme in 1988 should be either entitled to payment of a pension or a refund; his further views on whether it is acceptable for his Department to refrain from either paying a pension or a refund of the contributions; the steps, if any, he will take to ensure a review of the regulations in order to modify these anomalies.
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172 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly within his Department's regulations which require immediate modification where a self-employed person who commenced paying PRSI in 1988 but was over the age of 56 should be entitled to a refund of 53 per cent of his contributions, but that these refunds are being withheld in his Department in view of an anomaly where the same applicant paid social insurance stamped contributions for two years in the 1950's and in view of paying these extra two years he is not entitled to a refund on the same basis as other self-employed contributors who came into the scheme in 1988 and who are over the age of qualifying for a pension; his views on whether self-employed persons who came into the scheme in 1988 should be either entitled to payment of a pension or a refund and it is unacceptable for his Department to refrain from either paying a pension or a refund of the contributions; and the steps, if any, he proposes to take to ensure that a review takes place of the regulations in order to modify these anomalies.
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37 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of self-employed people short of contributions to qualify for the contributory pension which commenced in 1985 and who will reach pension age before having the necessary ten years of contributions.[3207/95]
36 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in his Department's regulations which require modification in that a self-employed person who commenced paying PRSI in 1988 but was over the age of 56 should be entitled to a refund of 53 per cent of his contributions whereas these are being withheld by his Department because the same applicant paid social insurance stamp contributions for two years in the 1950s and is therefore not entitled to a refund on the same basis as other self-employed contributors who came into the scheme in 1988 and who were over the age for qualifying for a pension; his views on whether self-employed contributors who came into the scheme in 1988 should be either entitled to payment of a pension or a refund; his further views on whether it is acceptable for his Department to refrain from either paying a pension or a refund of the contributions; the steps, if any, he will take to ensure a review of the regulations in order to modify these anomalies.
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6 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of self-employed people short of contributions to qualify for the contributory pension which commenced in 1985 and who will reach pension age before having the necessary ten years of contributions.
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