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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Applications (17 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exception will be made in respect of an application for a jobseeker's allowance from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, as the reason the claim was closed was due to dockets being submitted late, even though her Department was informed that the dockets would not always be on time from the employer; if the original claim will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (12 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 December 2014, if any provisions or exceptions will be provided to public service workers who were on long-term illness leave, more than a year prior to the new illness scheme being introduced, in view of the fact that the look-back period is four years, and as a result, these workers now...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Did the Taoiseach say that the new social welfare Bill, which will provide a so-called dividend for low-paid families, is due to be debated next week?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I thought the Taoiseach said that in response to Deputy Fitzpatrick.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: It is coming before Cabinet next week?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to raise one other issue. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to undertake a review of the fair deal scheme to make it "fair and equitable". Does the Taoiseach regard as fair and equitable a situation where there is a minimum 15-week delay in the scheme, at a cost of €1,000 to €1,500 per week for hard-pressed families?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Has the review been completed?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I asked a question but I did not get an answer. Has the review been completed?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Four years down the road and it has not been completed.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, is advising him.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The ratio is going up.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (11 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the relaxation of the current time limits and capping rules, placed on participants of community employment schemes, who are a year off retirement; if she will grant these participants a special exemption to allow them to work until they are 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6231/15]

Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: That is it?

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: We are four years on and there is a crisis now.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the operation of JobBridge in view of the use of this scheme to hire instructors for training schemes for jobseekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5030/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to ascertain the Government's response to the circumstances outlined in the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. However, I seek clarification. Those involved in the JobBridge scheme are unemployed persons who are looking for work, even though they might not be recorded statistically as being unemployed. In this case, I understand people who are unemployed and hoping to find a job after a period on the JobBridge scheme were providing coaching for other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Perhaps my thought processes this morning are a little slow, but I am still confused. Is the Minister of State saying the job club in question was properly and fully staffed with the appropriate staff and that the interns were brought in to assist the existing staff? The newspaper reports on the audit report suggest the work of two senior staff in a job club was effectively being done by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (5 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The conclusion from the Department is startlingly obvious: the more one earns, the more one gains, while the less one earns, the less one gains. I suggest to the Minister that this is as a direct result of all of the regressive budgets introduced by the Government. Is she aware that in countries which also had to impose austerity such as Poland, the statistics show an entirely different...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Poverty Data (5 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I am talking about child poverty, not child benefit.