14th Parliament Sittings
#10: 5-6 July 2021
#Heartware4Inclusivity
Louis asked the Prime Minister what percentage of public servants who use parent-care leave are also eligible for flexible work arrangements.
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Louis also asked the Prime Minister what percentage of public servants who use childcare sick leave are also eligible for flexible work arrangements.
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Louis asked the Minister for National Development (a) how many single unwed parents have applied to rent a flat from HDB; (b) how many of such applications have been rejected; and (c) what are the top reasons for the rejections.
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Louis asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for social workers at Family Service Centres whose duties do not include supervising other social workers, what are the average 25th percentile, 50th percentile and 75th percentile numbers of cases per social worker.
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Louis also asked the Minister for Social and Family Development what is the rationale for changing the Family Service Centre (FSC) funding system from a tiered system to one based on the exact number of cases handled by each FSC.
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Louis also asked the Minister for Social and Family Development what are the average and median numbers of hours per month a social worker is required to spend on group 2, 3, and 4 cases respectively.
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Louis asked the Minister for Manpower for each year in the past five years how many cases involving employers receiving kickbacks from migrant workers did the Ministry investigate.
Louis also asked the Minister for Manpower for these investigations into kickbacks from migrant workers, (a) stern warnings (b) charges, and (c) successful prosecutions against the employers.
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Louis asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry is studying the turnover rates of social workers; and what are the plans to increase the retention of social workers and reduce the burnout rate.
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#Heartware4Wildlife
Louis asked the Minister for National Development whether more species of marine invertebrates such as horseshoe crabs can be included as protected wildlife species under the Wildlife Act.
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