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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Absolutely not.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Taoiseach and wish him and his family the very best for the future. I will be joining him in due course.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I said "In due course."

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach knows, I have raised with him several times in the past few years the question of the restoration of the mobility allowance. As a man of humanity, he will appreciate that the continued denial of the mobility allowance to perhaps tens of thousands of people who should qualify for it throughout the country is both cruel and unfair. He promised me several times that action was...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25709/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to assist those that are long-term unemployed back into the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25711/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (31 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering providing replacement schemes for JobBridge and Gateway; if so, the detail of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25708/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Paternity Leave Costs (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing maternity and paternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25885/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the treatment benefit scheme; if he has conducted an analysis of the cost of extending the treatments available under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25882/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25883/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Expenditure (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the fuel allowance by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25886/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted an analysis of the cost of indexing increases in the State pension to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (30 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobless households; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/17]

Pension Fund (Prohibition of Levies) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I appreciate that there is no levy in place now but we want to ensure that it will not, at some point in the future, be brought back in the format in which it previously existed. No Government wants to bring in a levy like that, but the amount of moneys held by pension funds is an irresistible temptation to Governments when times are hard and when ready cash is needed. The Minister...

Pension Fund (Prohibition of Levies) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Brady accused me of hypocrisy. Being accused of hypocrisy by the party that was spawned by Freddie Scappaticci and Slab Murphy is like being called big, green and ugly by the Incredible Hulk. It really is a joke.

Pension Fund (Prohibition of Levies) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I am sorry if the Deputy's feelings are hurt. We will focus on that great moral example, Gerry Adams.

Pension Fund (Prohibition of Levies) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I have prepared legislation-----