Results 4,201-4,220 of 12,590 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (4 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the assertion of the Pensions Ombudsman to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure that the imposition of a 0.6% levy on private sector pension schemes in 2011 was legal but not necessarily fair; and that Government statements at the time of the levy’s introduction, to the effect that employers could be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (3 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that the community employment and employment services programmes are now only accepting persons on training if they can confirm they have a job secured when they leave the training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4939/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (3 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 428. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Mr. Justice Quirke's first recommendation on the Magdalene women was that they should receive a card entitling them to the free range of services currently received by holders of the Health (Amendment) Act 1996 card, the reason the Government is refusing this card to those women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4520/15]

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Surely we can engage with him to question his interpretation.

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Willie O'Dea: No debate.

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Willie O'Dea: We could discuss it with him, surely.

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Willie O'Dea: One is exactly the same as the other.

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Willie O'Dea: It is very vague.

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Willie O'Dea: Exactly.

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Willie O'Dea: It is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Intreo: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: That is fair enough. I thank Mr. McKeon for his presentation and I thank the INOU for the survey - albeit based on a small sample - which it carried out. Reference was made to the growth in employment, which I welcome, but there has not been a commensurate growth in the totality of the amount paid out in wages. Despite the fact that there has been a 5% reduction in unemployment, there has...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: In reply to Deputy Martin today, the Taoiseach outlined the procedures set out by the Government to advise on the sale of its share in Aer Lingus. Can the Taoiseach give us any indication of how long that process will go on for? How long will we be waiting for a decision on this, one way or the other, from the Government? Can the Taoiseach confirm that if the Government proceeds to sell...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (27 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the exemption for testing of vintage vehicles will be changed to a 30-year rolling exemption; if this will also include buses, trucks and trailers in view of the fact that vintage vehicles are important from a hobby, heritage and employment point of view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3680/15]

Topical Issue Debate: One-Parent Family Payments (20 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The response from the Department states the 30,000 people who will be affected by this change next July will be "fully supported" by the Department in making the transition. They will not be fully supported. They are going to suffer an horrendous income loss, with no compensation from the Department or anyone else. In 2012 the Minister for Social Protection, while discussing an amendment...

Topical Issue Debate: One-Parent Family Payments (20 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise what I regard as a grave injustice being perpetrated against the most vulnerable group in society, namely, lone parents. We live in a country where one in six of our population are living below the internationally accepted poverty line. In addition, a recent European survey indicated that a lone parent is 230% more likely than...

Topical Issue Debate: One-Parent Family Payments (20 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: My question to the Minister of State is simple. Since we do not have a Scandinavian child care system in the country and the Minister said we would not have this change until we had such a system, will the Minister now agree to reverse the change?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (20 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 144. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total number of jobs created and lost in County Limerick in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48526/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (14 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of handguns or rifles stolen from licensed firearm holders excluding firearm dealers and blank deactivated firearms since 2009; when the current enhanced security arrangements were put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1271/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 567. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive back payment for ADHD medication as applied for under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 951. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to roll out efibre broadband to Ballyclough, County Limerick, in view of the fact that there are many persons in need of faster broadband for work purposes in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49687/14]