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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the reduction of preschool assistant support hours to children with disabilities, compounded by the staff moratorium which is preventing the recruitment of temporary staff for speech therapy purposes; if he will state whether discretion can be exercised; if so, who holds the authority in this regard;...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications for the education budget in 2014 of the additional resource teachers announced on 25 June 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32249/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the application for capital funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick requesting urgent repair of the school facilities; if he will fast-track the application in view of the fact that the architect's report has found the school building to be dangerous; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has revised the projected savings from a cap on the tax relief for pensions generating an income of €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider providing extra funding for the housing aid for older people scheme to Limerick City Council in view of the fact that the backlog of applications is such that they are only now dealing with persons who applied in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31716/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 571. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he considers it just or fair that a person (details supplied) should be advised of the postponement of his citizenship ceremony one week prior to it occurring, having been previously advised that all was in order having been scheduled for 4 July next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31961/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Accident Investigations (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 719. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarift the process of selection as regards air accident inspectors as it pertains to the report regarding the crash of IAC PC9 Aircraft in which a person (details supplied) lost his life, as it has been brought to the attention of this Deputy that one of the inspectors was in fact the safety officer who had assessed the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (27 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further promote the cruise ship tourism sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I can understand why the Government concluded that it was required to legislate in this area. I have studied the reports of the hearings of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, during the course of which a range of principles and arguments were expounded. The arguments ranged from the sound and sensible to the truly bizarre. I apologise if I single anybody out but I was particularly...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: How many people avail of the other two schemes, the wage subsidy scheme and the supported employment programme?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I must apologise as I have a meeting at 3 o'clock so I will have to leave shortly. There is a reference on page 34 to a number of schemes the Department is running to "reduce barriers to the labour market for people with disabilities." Do we have a percentage figure for the level of unemployment among disabled people? If that figure is not available, perhaps the Minister could provide the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I will pursue the matter at Question Time.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I know that people have come in to handle the extra services - the community welfare officers and the people from FÁS, the LES and so on - but in order to relieve the staff who are subjected to a much greater volume of work than hitherto because of the increase in unemployment, etc., how many people were transferred from other Departments directly to do the ordinary day-to-day work of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: On the off-chance that any of my constituents are tuned in to these proceedings, I wish to put on record my aspirations for the Limerick office, echoing exactly Deputy Ó Snodaigh's aspirations for the Ballyfermot office. I deal with the Limerick office as well as the Department centrally, and by and large, although they are under pressure, the staff are very helpful and are doing a good...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Including appeals.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister has overlooked my question on pensions but I am sure she did not do it deliberately. I shall ask the same question on this category. The briefing states that the decrease in the live register is partly because some recipients transferred to the employment supports programme. Can the Minister give me the figures? On page 10 it states that the information supplied by the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I certainly agree with the Minister on Government accounting. In an effort to be helpful to her, I draw attention to my question to which she did not respond. I take it that she is determined to persist with her efforts to minimise the impact on the Department of Social Protection when the next Government Estimates are agreed. I will strongly support her in that regard.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the secretariat for its excellent analysis of the figures and the issues which arise. The Minister will have noticed, from the figures available to her within the Department, that the risk of poverty among this segment of the population has grown since 2010. The basic rates of social welfare have remained untouched. Nevertheless, if one takes into account the fact that provision...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her presentation. To clarify, she mentioned an increase in the number of social welfare recipients since 2008. Will she give us the figures again? During the debate on the Social Welfare Bill we went through the various proposed cost-saving measures, to which the Minister has referred in her opening statement, including the reductions in the respite care grant,...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I understand the Taoiseach has given a commitment to the House that the Consumer Competition Bill will be dealt with before the end of this session. Will the Government be able to adhere to that? I also want to ask about the Mediation Bill and the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill. When can we expect to see those?