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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: So they are all being reallocated from within the Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of training or education places that will be set aside next year as part of the youth guarantee for young persons who are out of work; the number of young persons who will qualify for the youth guarantee scheme at this time; the ratio of her Department case officers to the number of unemployed persons currently; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I am trying to ascertain whether the Government is committed to introducing a full blown youth guarantee scheme in this country whereby everybody who is not more than four months unemployed will be entitled to either a job or a place in training or education and when will the scheme be in place. I am also trying to ascertain whether the ratio of caseworkers to unemployed people has changed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: On the previous occasion the Minister answered questions in the House she indicated the ratio of caseworkers to unemployed people would change and I would like an update.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the reply but I do not know whether I am any the wiser. Perhaps when I read the record and see what has not been said, I will know. As the Minister well knows, the pledge of €6 billion by the European Union, welcome though it may be, is regarded as totally inadequate. Taking a pledge of €6 billion over a period of seven years, Ireland will receive a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: When will the youth guarantee scheme be in place? Answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The total of €64 million over two years is €32 million per year, and the Government has committed €14 million for the first year which, added to the €32 million amounts to €46 million. This is way short of what is required. Will the Minister indicate when a properly functioning youth guarantee scheme will be in place? On the previous occasion we had...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by recent reports of food shortages from charities in Dublin; if she is concerned by rising food poverty here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50828/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Reform (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that will be affected by the budgetary changes to illness/injury benefit; if she will outline the future of PRSI based benefits and her strategy to retain or improve them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Numbers (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that the Central Statistics Office figures relating to the live register have been published in national daily newspapers in advance of their official publication by the CSO; her views on whether this is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50827/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which she has responded to the criticism from the OECD, European Commission and IMF regarding the lack of action relating to labour activation measures here; the number of persons that have been placed in full-time employment as a result of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Employment Services (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s strategy relating to the advertising of jobs in foreign jurisdictions to jobseekers here; the number of persons that have been targeted by this strategy; if she will provide figures on those who have taken up employment as a result of this strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50877/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make emergency funding available to North Tipperary County Council to purchase housing in the Ashbury development in Roscrea which is urgently required for the provision of social housing in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51209/13]

Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Pensions Act 1990 to change the current rules for the distribution of assets in the winding up of defined benefit pension schemes and to provide for related matters.

Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Pensions (Traceability of Assets)(Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide a mechanism whereby all Revenue Commissioner approved pension scheme beneficiaries and/or their estate would have ready access to a full and detailed list of all schemes from which they are entitled to draw pension benefits and to provide for related matters.

Pensions (Traceability of Assets)(Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (27 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Limerick City Council has submitted a request for funding to demolish houses at Garryglass Avenue and Rathbane Road, Limerick; if he intends to respond favourably; if he will confirm when Limerick City Council may expect a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50903/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (26 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the total number of persons in financial difficulty who have benefited from the Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service in each month since it was established; the total number of practitioners who have signed up to provide advice under the scheme; her views on whether the €250 amount available...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the total number of persons in financial difficulty who have benefitted from the Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service in each month since it was established; the total number of practitioners who have signed up to the scheme to provide advice under the scheme; her views on whether the €250...