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Other Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: If we followed the Deputy's policies we would be bankrupt.

Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I understand the Minister is saying that this is not the same as when similar types of programmes were terminated in the past for the purpose of reducing expenditure and that this is a matter of getting the best result possible for the money being expended. I basically agree with that approach. If some of the programmes are to be discontinued, I suggest that the money saved should be...

Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Is it still the Minister's intention to replace the JobBridge scheme with a different type of JobBridge scheme, as he has announced? Will he agree that from here on the element of compulsion will have to be examined regarding labour market schemes in that a labour market scheme should be viewed as a stepping stone to decent and sustainable employment rather than an extension of the social...

Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify recent media reports which suggested that a number of activation programmes will close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8533/17]

Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I tabled this question because of recent media reports that certain labour market activation programmes were due to close down. First, I want to ascertain if this is true. Second, what are the programmes in question? Third, has there been an evaluation carried out in advance of this decision?

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Leaving the politics aside, is it not disappointing that the poverty figures are reducing so marginally? I obviously welcome any improvement, but is it not a major disappointment that they are reducing at such a slow rate? The Minister mentioned that deprivation and at-risk-of-poverty rates for lone parents had fallen. Those figures have only fallen marginally - by 0.1% or 0.2%, that...

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Brady would like to raise a point of order.

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recently published survey on income and living conditions, SILC, data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8532/17]

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The introduction will be very short. I raised the question to ascertain the Government's response to the survey on income and living conditions, SILC, figures, which give details of poverty levels across various strands of society for the year 2015.

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for his response. The problem is that when we have raised the issue of poverty, the Minister has said on a number of occasions that our figures were outdated. These figures are for the year before last, from a time when employment had increased quite significantly. Despite that significant increase in employment, is the Minister disappointed that consistent poverty...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I wonder why the Ceann Comhairle assumed the Deputy had done so.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach will recall that it is almost three months since there was a very moving demonstration outside the front gates of Leinster House. I attended a candle-lit vigil in the rain in Limerick on Friday night with parents of children suffering from cystic fibrosis. They told us that since that demonstration outside Leinster House, several children have died for want of the drug in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The matter has moved on since then.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: We understand the system.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: We know that.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach is sitting on it. When is he going to make a decision?

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: When?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to make any changes to the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8361/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recognise the additional costs faced by those persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (21 Feb 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/17]