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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I really do not know what planet the Tánaiste is living on. I consulted the lone parents' organisations when I tabled this question, and I spoke to a number of lone parents in my constituency. I can send the details on to the Minister. Every one of them, without exception, is worse off. I refer to lone parents with children between the ages of seven and 14 who have moved on to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: -----whereas they were on lone parent allowance previously. They are not all imagining it. They are not all coming to me presenting false documentation. I can send the Tánaiste the details of various instances. I promise I will send them over to her. Lone parents are worse off. There is a different means test and it is less attractive to go out to work. That is the reality. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: How much will the employer be paying?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Which the employer is paying?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: When someone else is paying for it. By how much did the Tánaiste raise the other one?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste will be judged on her record shortly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste is kidding nobody.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The lone parents are not fooled.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: They are not fooled, and I will send the Tánaiste their comments and a few of the examples.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Saying lone parents are now only two and a half times at greater risk of poverty, compared to four and a half times at some point in the past, is quite irrelevant. This report is bald and it is brutal. It states that of all groups in society, the group that suffered the highest consistent rate of poverty in 2014 was lone parents, at a rate of 22.1%. It found those living in households with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Is it acceptable?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, before the change.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the changes made to the one-parent family payment given the data in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions which show those living in households with one adult and one or more children had the highest deprivation rate, at 58.7%, in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1190/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Before dealing with the question, I take the opportunity to extend my congratulations to the newly appointed Clerk of the Dáil, as announced by the Ceann Comhairle. My question refers to a recent survey which shows poverty is endemic among single parents. In view of the startling figures set out in the report, particularly in respect of the deprivation rate, is the Tánaiste...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and the staff in the Department of Social Protection offices in Limerick and Clare for their responsiveness to people who have approached them in respect of this matter. I have a few brief questions. How much money has been allocated to cover this scheme? On page 3 of her presentation, Ms Faughnan referred to the different stages. Stage 3...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Is there an overall budget?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank Ms Faughnan.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the supports and resources available to those affected by flooding; the efforts she is making to assist them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1191/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent data in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions which shows that 29% of the population is experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1192/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the high rate of youth unemployment, which currently stands at 19.2 per cent; the impact of the measures she has introduced to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1193/16]