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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason certain companies have been removed from the possible internship options on the JobBridge programme; if she will publish a list of these companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33273/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the number of Money Advice and Budgeting Service companies who have concluded service level agreements with the Citizens Information Board; if she will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed by MABS by office and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the role of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in relation to the Personal Insolvency Act legislation; if she will provide MABS with any further resources to deal with the increased demand on its services as a result of the new legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33394/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the resolution adopted by Limerick County Council requesting further funds for housing adaptation grants and housing aid for older persons grants; if he will award same; if he will discuss with the Department of Health a combined approach to dealing with grant applications which would enable the infirm...

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...