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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I introduced it to bring a bit of flexibility into the situation. We are talking about people who were in receipt of social welfare immediately before going onto a scheme. Sometimes it can take a bit of an arrangement to get onto a scheme. It might take a week or two after the social welfare payment ceases. I am sure the section, as drafted, probably encapsulates the situation but I...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: My concern is about the use of the word "immediately". I am trying to provide for a time gap in case a person's social welfare ran out and it took him or her a while to get organised and to get on a scheme.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Okay.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Under the relevant section of the principal Act as originally drafted, if the Department of Social Protection owed someone money and if it transpired that the individual in question also owed money to it, then one could be offset against the other. Apparently the law was changed to state that when the overpayment by the Department was the result of fraud, then the money involved could not be...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I have an aversion to the idea of someone being deemed to be a fraudster, to have defrauded the Department of Social Protection wilfully, which is one of the worst things one could do on the opinion of one official. I will refer to this on Report Stage. I would make one suggestion to the Minister of State, Deputy Humphreys. When it was introduced, the 15% rule was a maximum. The 15% of the...

Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach will be aware, the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 was passed last July. Part 2 of the Act which deals with the issue of repossession in the case of anti-social behaviour by local authority tenants has not been brought into effect almost 12 months later. Will the Taoiseach indicate when it will be brought into effect? Local authorities nationwide are being...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: That is a "No".

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11174/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (24 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the stated intention of the Bank of Ireland to pay dividends to its shareholders in the second half of 2016, in view of the facts that it consistently refuses to write off any secured debt for bonuses, that it repossessed 200 family homes in 2014, that it forced the sale of another 500, that it is increasing its application for repossessions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 596. To ask the Minister for Health if wireless free internet WiFi is available at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11401/15]

Order of Business (11 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach stated yesterday that he intends to bring forward proposals to modify the insolvency regime next month. Will these be legislative or non-legislative proposals? If the are going to be non-legislative, will he give a commitment to the effect that the House will be given an opportunity to discuss them before they are proceeded with?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Will they be legislative or non-legislative?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (11 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of her officials' discussion with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a pension plan for community employment supervisors; when they will report back, which they had previously indicated would be by January 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by the Garda vetting office regarding an application for a contractor's licence (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9883/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure all public transport services are put out to tender; if it will be covered by the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5023/15]

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Why can the Government not simply wait to find out?

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State said that he wants to thank the people who have brought us to this point. I wish to be associated with his comments in that regard, which relate to groups such as Transgender Equality Network Ireland, TENI, and LGBT Noise, individuals such as Michael Farrell, organisations such as Amnesty International, the former Equality Authority and the great heroine of this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the F grade for the Government in the area of child poverty in the 2015 report card of the Children's Rights Alliance is a fair assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9403/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I put down the question to ascertain what progress, if any, the Government has made on its stated commitment to reduce child poverty.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister mentioned the increase in child benefit. That increase was only a partial reversal of the decrease the Minister had already introduced. Is the Minister aware of the UNICEF report, Children of the Recession, published last October? It demonstrates clearly and unambiguously that there are 130,000 more children living in poverty in this country now than there were five years ago...