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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the independent review of the changes to the one-parent family payment which was agreed to during the passage of the Social Welfare Act 2016; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Homemakers Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of backdating the homemaker's scheme to 1970 in incremental steps of five years from 1994; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing changes made to the eligibility criteria for the State pension (contributory) in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of reintroducing the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42534/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps which have been taken by her Department to date in establishing an auto enrolment pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42535/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 658. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and subject matter of reports and reviews that have been commissioned by her Department and are currently under way, in tabular form; if an outside body has been commissioned to conduct the report and or review; the expected publication dates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42536/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement by county, in tabular form; the number of households in each county that have had their rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42537/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42952/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42253/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I was about to launch a charm offensive but somebody beat me to it, obviously.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the commitment on page 83 of the programme for Government, which states, "We will introduce a uniform homecare service so all recipients can receive a quality support, 7 days per week". The Taoiseach will be aware that there is no more quality or uniformity in the home care service than there was when the document was written back in February 2016. Seven...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The document states, "We will".

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: On page 29 of the programme for Government there is a commitment that states, "We will overhaul the terms of the tenant purchase scheme to make it more attractive to social housing tenants", and this is listed as a year 1 action. We are now well past year 1. Will the Taoiseach say approximately when this will happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I heard the same comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise for my late arrival. I congratulate the Minister and welcome her to the committee. Like other members, I extend my thanks to the staff of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the courtesy and consideration which they always afford me when I have to contact them, which I do very regularly. Many of the points which I wished to raise have obviously already...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I can bring a certain number of cases to the Minister's attention, if she does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It is people who are waiting for a welfare payment to be decided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I was going to raise some further issues about the public services card and the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS, situation but Senator Higgins has done so. I wish to flag to the Minister that we will have to come back and engage in further discussion on both these issues. In the meantime, I have a specific question. The Minister is aware that as the number of people at work,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It was a monologue rather than a dialogue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Is the CIB saying that?