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Update: Youth Unemployment 16th July 2014

Update: Staff in the Department of Social Protection 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which adequate staff remain available to her Department with particular reference to extra administrative activity workload...

Update: Monitoring the Situation in Burma 16th July 2014

To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and the UN continue to monitor the situation in Burma with particular reference to ethnic cleansing...

Update: Monitoring Levels of Rent Support 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the level of rent support available to applicants on local authority housing waiting lists...

Update: Loss of Income Experienced by Lone Parents 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which a loss of income has been experienced by lone parent's working part time following the introduction of revised payment structure in the current year...

Update: EU Supports in respect of Youth Unemployment 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she continues to draw on the EU supports in respect of youth unemployment...

Update: Dental & Opthalmic Benefit 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the length of time taken to process applications for dental or ophthalmic benefit...

Update: Creation of Apprenticeship Opportunities 16th July 2014

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to create apprenticeship opportunities under various trades...

Update: Changes to Adminstration of One Parent Family Allowance 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she has noted the concerns of lone parents who may have suffered a loss of income due to changes in the administration of one parent family allowance...

Update: Budget for the Department of Social Protection 16th July 2014

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the budget available to her Department remains adequate to meet requirements...