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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Banking (13 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the payment of social welfare payments and pensions on 1 and 2 May 2014; if her Department had been made aware of the issues surrounding the single euro payments area and advised to make payments for the previous working day to ensure clients were not inconvenienced; the reason they do not follow this course of action;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the caps on rent supplements will be reviewed; if she will provide an update on the number of counties currently utilising the housing assistance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21055/14]

Report on the General Scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Motion (9 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: On the question of divorce, I recognise the legal difficulties involved and the fact that successive Attorneys General have taken the view that a constitutional referendum will be required to allow for same-sex marriage. If one member of a married couple changes gender and he or she becomes of the same sex, from the point of view of the law, his or her union could be described as a same-sex...

Report on the General Scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Motion (9 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Broadly speaking, I support the recommendations of the committee, as they make a great deal of sense, and I appreciate the approach taken by the Department in handing this issue over to the committee for debate. The committee debated the issues at length, interviewed various people and came up with recommendations, and I welcome that. However, that exercise will be meaningless unless the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (7 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20468/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (7 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for which persons (details supplied), having applied for advertised positions as emergency operators in the National Ambulance Service, were offered these positions and were informed that a training programme was arranged, and, subsequently, resigned from previous jobs to take up these new roles, and were then contacted and informed that the...

Order of Business (6 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach will be aware that the mortgage crisis continues unabated. Page 14 of the programme for Government reads "...to make greater use of mortgage interest supplement to support families who cannot meet their mortgage repayments, which is a better and cheaper option than paying rent supplement after a family loses their home". How does the Taoiseach reconcile this definitive...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I also express my deepest sympathy to the Clohessy family. I recall well the election held in June 1981 when Peadar was first elected after several unsuccessful attempts. The ticket included Des O'Malley, Peadar and me. Unfortunately, Fianna Fáil only got two seats and I was third in terms of votes cast, which meant that Peadar was elected. Unfortunately, from his point of view, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons who have been adversely affected as a result of the swine flu vaccination provided, one example of this being narcolepsy; the steps being taken to compensate for such injuries following the vaccination; the steps being taken to help sufferers live normal lives; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Budget Facility (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has discontinued the lough payment scheme whereby household budget scheme deductions from a person's social welfare payment will be discontinued for any Money Advice and Budgeting Service client using the lough payment scheme; if she will reinstate the lough payment scheme until there are more suitable and affordable saving, credit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 62 and over currently on the live register who are exempt from activation measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19301/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for persons who take time out of the workforce to undertake caring duties of the plan to move to a total-contributions approach to pension qualification from the current average contributions test for State pension, contributory, by 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19302/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's allowance who have had their allowance reduced as a result of penalties imposed by her Department; if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers by the reasons for these penalties imposed; the total savings from penalty measures; the average length of the sanctions imposed; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she is not prepared to implement the LCR 19293 for the provision of a pension for community employment supervisors; if she will provide funding for same to allow them work to the age of 70 if they so wish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19368/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in relation to confidential files found on top of a litter bin (details supplied); and if any conclusions have been drawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a application for a residency card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18955/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 651. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases that have been prosecuted on indictment for animal cruelty; the number of sentences of imprisonment that have been imposed for the mistreatment of animals in the past five years; the average fine imposed upon conviction in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18920/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 854. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ten audiology graduates are now being told that their jobs are possibly going to be pulled and they are to pay back €20,000 each; if he is further aware that these ten persons were sent to train in the UK to gain the expertise required for senior positions and yet the Health Service Executive is...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I note the change in the schedule. The Dáil is coming back a week earlier then had originally been planned. Will the Tánaiste indicate whether it is intended to move the writs for the two by-elections on 30 April or thereabouts? I wish to ask the Tánaiste about the legislation on water charges. Can the Tánaiste give me an approximate date when it might be published?...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Willie O'Dea: A great deal of controversy has attended the leaking of the Government memorandum on water charges. I have several questions for the Tánaiste in this regard. I do not raise them from a political perspective but because they echo the questions I am being asked by members of the public. As the local and European elections campaign intensifies, these questions are coming up at almost...