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Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Will he communicate directly with me about it?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (5 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on an appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases where there is no oral hearing and in cases where there is an oral hearing in 2017; the number of persons awaiting a decision in each instance, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (5 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons awaiting a decision on their entitlement to social welfare payments and the average waiting time for an initial decision to be made in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility (4 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the medical criteria for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme 1994 with regards to persons that are blind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on JobsPlus from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of long-term unemployed who have gained employment due to this scheme; the details of persons that have been retained in employment beyond a two-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps his Department has taken to highlight JobsPlus to employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (4 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the cut-off point for eligibility for child benefit from 16 to 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Data (4 Apr 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average cost per participant on the back to education allowance; the cost of increasing the number of places on the allowance by 5%,10%,15% and 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16585/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of Ireland signing up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Incidentally, the convention has not yet been ratified. In that context, when does the Government intend to restore the motorised transport grant? I asked the Taoiseach that question on 1 February, exactly two months ago. He told me that he would take a...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It will not take me more than five seconds to respond to what I have heard. The fact is we have not received answers or logical explanations. Members will have heard of the wonderful character the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Ozone has left the House. We intend to push the motion to a vote. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice was right when he said there had been times when the Government had lost...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: That is absolute rubbish.

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I move:That Dáil Éireann: accepts:- the vitally important work undertaken by the Citizens Information services, CIS, and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, offices across the country in providing information, advice and also helping citizens to manage and overcome debt; and - the significant role these services have had in recent years assisting families with distressed...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I will listen very carefully to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, as always. The conventional wisdom is that if something is not broken, one should not fix it. That wisdom seems to have been turned on its head for this particular proposal that we discuss tonight. The advice in this case seems to be that if it is not broken, fix it and fix it good. The proposal, in short, is to abolish all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) who was waiting more than 12 months on a decision regarding a disability allowance application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14904/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on activation programmes under the remit of his Department, by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of child benefit in 2017; the estimated cost of providing a once-off double payment for all children born in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15162/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the programmes or schemes under his Department's remit which assist or support persons to retrain or re-skill at third level institutions or equivalent; the cost of each of these schemes, in tabular form; the number of participants in each scheme; if there is an age limit for applying for such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports or incentives in place to encourage employers to hire persons who are long-term unemployed, that is, for more than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15164/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (28 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the fuel allowance to those persons in receipt of illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15346/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (23 Mar 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies her Department has in place to address the issue of under-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8360/17]