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Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister should answer the question he was asked.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: It is the bureaucracy.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The question is self-explanatory.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Benefit Payments (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide assurances that receipt of child benefit will not be dependent on school attendance, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11887/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Benefit Payments (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: What I sought to ascertain when I tabled the question was an assurance from the Minister that we would not change the current system and link the payment of child benefit to school attendance. I do not detect any such assurance in his reply. Unless I misunderstood the Minister, he has suggested it is a matter for another Department. Many people are worried about the issue. They are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Benefit Payments (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for that assurance. It would appear that the long answer is "No" and the short answer is also "No", so we are happy with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Benefit Payments (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Data.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Who was arrested yesterday?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (25 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to increase working age payments above the rate of inflation similar to the commitment made in the programme for Government that the State pension and the living alone allowance are to be increased above the rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11769/16]

Order of Business (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I find the tone of the Taoiseach's reply to Deputy Martin's question on the series of shootings in Dublin very ironic. Let me remind the Taoiseach that some time ago we had a similar situation in Limerick, and Fine Gael, then in opposition, expected us to solve the problem and roundly condemned us every time someone was shot. I can just imagine what the response of the Taoiseach would have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of making the family income supplement payable with the jobseekers transitional payment to eligible persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11609/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of increasing the earnings disregard under the one-parent family payment scheme to €146.50 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11610/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of increasing the earnings disregard under the jobseekers transitional payment scheme to €146.50 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11611/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in a full year of paying the one-parent family payment until the youngest child in a family reaches 14 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11612/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of making jobseeker's transitional payment and the Student Universal Support Ireland maintenance grant payable to eligible lone parents who are undertaking an educational or training course for the duration of the course, regardless of the age of the youngest child in the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11613/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of making the Student Universal Support Ireland maintenance grant payable with the back to education allowance for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11614/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to examine the adequacy of social protection rates, given that the deprivation rate for those who are unemployed is 53.4% while the consistent poverty rate for the same cohort is 22.6%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11754/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when he will consolidate all means-testing under a single national body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11755/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the interdepartmental group that was to be established to examine the position of persons who are forced to retire at 65 years of age but who no longer qualify for a pension at this age and are forced to apply for a payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme until they reach pension age; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (24 May 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided to persons in County Clare in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11454/16]