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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Provision: Age Action (4 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It would cost approximately €10 million per annum if the change was reversed now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Provision: Age Action (4 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Is that the cost of changing the averaging to what it was in 2012 and changing the criterion to 260 contributions paid instead of 520?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Provision: Age Action (4 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It should be secondary to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Provision: Age Action (4 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: As regards moving to a total contribution system, there would be winners and losers but it depends on where one sets the bar. Let us presume, for example, that the Minister for Social Protection said he was going to introduce a new system based on total contributions of an average working lifetime of 40 years at 52 contributions per annum. In a situation like that there would be a hell of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Provision: Age Action (4 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: If the Department has money to spend on campaigns, it would be far better to do so advising people of their right to make voluntary contributions than on a fraudulent campaign about alleged social welfare fraud.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I would like to make a point similar to that made earlier by Deputy Howlin. I proposed a Bill in this House some months ago to reform the law on the wind-up of defined benefit pension schemes. It was passed by an overwhelming majority of Deputies. I think the only people who voted against it were members of Fine Gael and a few tame Independents. A couple of weeks later, I received...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, I am still waiting. I was told about the need for a money message a few weeks after the Bill was passed and I have heard nothing since. There was no question of the Bill being a charge on the Exchequer because if that were the case, it could not have proceeded to Second Stage. What is this money message? Is it some sort of stunt to prevent Bills from being passed when the Government...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It happened on the floor of the Dáil.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It went through the Dáil.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: When are we going to get the signal?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report to identify the supports and barriers to accessing higher education for lone parents as committed to in the programme for Government has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21070/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted an analysis of the reason the latest Survey on Income and Living Conditions, SILC, figures show an increase in poverty and deprivation for persons not at work due to an illness and/or a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21067/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the campaign 'Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All' launched by his Department, including the expenditure on advertising, including online, print and broadcast advertising and the national poster campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21068/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (3 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which anti-fraud measures saved his Department over €500 million in 2016; the areas in which savings were made, the payments or schemes where savings were made due to these measures and the savings made in each of these payments or schemes; if any of the €500 million was saved as a result of recouping overpayments made by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (2 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 529. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (12 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when a person is no longer in receipt of part-time job incentive, this payment is still taken into account when calculating a family income settlement, FIS, payment; if he will intervene in this matter in order that a person can receive the correct entitlement to family income supplement; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Events (12 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will give consideration to providing retired Defence Forces personnel with the 1916 centenary commemorative medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18463/17]

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the concerns that have been expressed regarding the moves towards increasingly using for-profit companies as opposed to not-for-profit companies for services such as employment activation services and the local employment service, his further views on the impact that this is having on the community and voluntary sector and if he will...

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister is aware, the move towards using private for-profit companies to deliver employment activation services and local employment services, which were previously delivered by the State and the voluntary sector, has caused a number of concerns. Is the Minister aware of these concerns and what action is being taken?

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I understand the Minister's rationale. These jobs were previously done by the community and voluntary sector and the State. One could get the figures regarding the number of jobseekers per case officer etc., if one expanded the State's resources. Is it more cost-efficient to bring those private companies on board? Is it a cost saving measure? Is the Minister aware of a number of...