To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social welfare payments which are most commonly refused...

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for One Parent Family Allowance refused...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can insure that alternative banking facilities remain readily available to enterprises where the lender may have withdrawn from the market...

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of women previously in receipt of a payment of One Parent Family Allowance who have experienced a net reduction in their weekly income...

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this economy continues to remain competitive...

To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which comparisons have been made between the degree of lending to householders...

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those on the live register continues to be monitored...

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the extent to which alternative payment arrangements for lone parents whose One Parent Family Allowance has ceased or has been reduced...