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Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: When does the Minister hope to commence this section?

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 6:In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “9. Section 311 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):“(4) (a) An appeals officer shall decide an appeal within a prescribed time of 60 working days from the date of receipt of the appeal. (b) Where notice of a decision under section 311 is...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The general principle on which the Government seems to be operating in regard to pensions and the recommendations, as I understand them, of the OECD in its recent pensions report suggest that we will have to secure the pension base in this country and that the only way this can be done is by people contributing more, although certainly getting more benefits. However, this is a situation...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister said that the appeals system is a quasi-judicial process, and I am aware of that. She said that the process takes time, and I am very much aware of that. In my amendment I am providing for a period of time in this respect, namely, up to three months - 12 weeks or 60 working days. The Minister pointed to the new resources that have been put in place and the changes that have...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: That is beside the point.

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I also have an amendment to the section but I note it will be reached later.

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Amendment No. 6 reads: In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“9. Section 311 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3): “(4) (a) An appeals officer shall decide an appeal within a prescribed time of 60 working days from the date of receipt of the appeal. (b) Where notice of a decision under section 311 is...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I cannot understand what the Minister is saying about fraud. Nobody here objects to robust recovery measures in the case of fraud. The official statistics showed 32% of cases involved fraud, while the remaining 68% were not fraudulent. The Minister seems to be saying those figures are wrong and a lot of people designated as non-fraudulent are actually fraudulent. That is the gist of what...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Everybody agrees that it is desirable to recover social welfare overpayments. However, we also realise that the vast majority of overpayments made by the Department of Social Protection are as a result of honest mistakes made by the claimants and sometimes by the Department. Fraud accounts for a very small part of it. I have the percentages, but I do not have them to hand. The Minister...

Other Questions: Broadband Services Charges (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the EU Commission’s proposals for reducing the cost of broadband will be transposed here; his views on the way Irish broadband costs for both business and personal customers compare to other EU countries and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27846/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 22 May 2013, if he will clarify his reply regarding the subject of the July provision scheme for families of autistic children as regards those with more than one child where he states the note accompanying the application forms provides this clarity, which it has been pointed out to this Deputy is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the income and expenditure to or from the social insurance for each of the past five years, the breakdown of income between the classes of PRSI contribution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27121/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund Deficit (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected deficit on the social insurance fund in 2013; her plans for closing the deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27122/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of the full roll out of public services card, the way this has varied since the project was initiated, the number of PSCs issued to date, the projected number to be issued in 2013, the schemes that will be prioritised in the roll out; the date for completion of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); her views on the delay of over twenty months for invalidity pension for this applicant in view of her recent comments that no applicant has been awaiting decision for more than a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the reason for delay in issuing illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; when same will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26899/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of contracts granted by her Department, or by agencies under the auspices of her Department, from 1 January 2012 to date in 2013; the total value of these contracts; the percentage value of these for which no tenders were required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27351/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 8 May 2013, if he will check the contention that the Property Registration Authority of Ireland has made an error taking into account correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 703. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards or measures that will be put in place to prevent a duplicate judgement mortgage being placed on a folio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 860. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding early childhood care and education; if she has reviewed the comments; the actions she is likely to take subsequently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27595/13]