* To ask the Minister for Health if he can indicate when the measure to extend medical card provision to persons on the long term illness scheme, as announced by Budget 2012, will be introduced. – Seán Kyne TD REPLY: Free GP care, not medical cards, will be extended to persons in receipt of drugs… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to regulate or licence private debt management companies which operate their scheme for a fee or charge unlike the non-profit State supported Money Advice and Budgeting Service. – Seán Kyne TD REPLY: In line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, the… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the role of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service will be enhanced with corresponding additional resources for assisting over indebted citizens in view of the preparation of the reformed personal insolvency legislation. – Seán Kyne TD REPLY: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) assists… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm if any value-for-money reports and or cost benefit analyses have been carried out in relation to the plans to merge the functions of the National Library and the National Archives; and if the contents of such reports will be… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he would report on the progress to reverse the restrictive amendments placed, in 2003, on the Freedom of Information Act. – Seán Kyne TD REPLY: My Department is at an advanced stage in the preparation of the General Scheme of a Bill… Continue Reading