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Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I appreciate that the Minister has come some distance from the Bill as originally drafted in narrowing the bands. We will never get perfection in this case and there is no magic solution. However, I believe the bands proposed by the Minister are still too wide. I believe it is important to have the bands as narrow as possible for several reasons. I realise the administration and the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As regards my amendment, I accept the point that I should have started at three hours. Why I started at six hours I do not know, because my intention was to start at three. The Minister said a loophole does not exist in the view of industry but it would be no harm to make certain, so I would prefer something drafted along those lines to tie it down. I will withdraw my amendment but we will...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 38: In page 14, to delete lines 24 to 27 and substitute the following: A 6 hours 10 hours B 11 hours 15 hours C 16 hours 20 hours D 21 hours 25 hours E 26 hours 30 hours F 31 hours 35 hours ...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: The amendment would enhance the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Leave (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for statutory bereavement leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Data (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff at each Irish Embassy and Consular General office as of 4 May 2018, by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when sections 14(8) and 14(9) of the Passport Act 2008 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance when section 76 of the Finance Act 2015 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations in the Limerick Garda division that received refurbishment and maintenance in excess of €5,000 in 2017 and to date in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21518/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles attached to the Limerick Garda roads policing unit in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21516/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under three years of age by €1 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has recently met with her UK counterpart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21504/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 8 of the Stability Programme Update 2018 that is designated for housing that is meeting the commitments contained in Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met and will next meet a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a new scheme in relation to the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has discontinued funding for the Age Well Programme in the mid-west despite the great success this programme had in combatting loneliness and isolation; if core funding will be provided for this programme in view of the fact the population is ageing and loneliness and isolation is growing; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times for CT scans for oncology patients as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Versatis patch to be made available on the medical card and long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/18]