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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (15 May 2019)

John Brady: 58. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre in Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (15 May 2019)

John Brady: 257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments are made to Turas Nua and Seetec in which a JobPath participant becomes self-employed and is deemed to be no longer eligible for job activation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20987/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Scrutiny of the Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 (Resumed): Discussion (9 May 2019)

John Brady: I will be fairly brief because a lot has been covered at this stage. I have a few questions, which are mainly directed at IBEC. I am not sure whether it is being done purposely but listening to some of the comments about the Bill and companies being unable to look into the distance when these contracts, which is essentially what they are, are signed off on, this Bill has come forward,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (8 May 2019)

John Brady: 1340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an appeals process in cases in which a family has been served with a school attendance notice from Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18419/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: The Minister will not even talk to the supervisors. How will a solution be found if she will not even talk to them?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: Community employment, CE, supervisors play a pivotal role in our communities and do fantastic work - whether it be through Tidy Towns, meals on wheels or GAA clubs - right across the State. The Taoiseach will be aware that there was a 2008 Labour Court recommendation that occupational pensions be put in place for CE supervisors and their assistants. This morning there was a press conference...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: -----essentially to grind to a standstill or to sit down with the trade unions representing the CE supervisors.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I will finish on this. I was told by a SIPTU representative that at least two requests have been submitted to the office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, seeking meetings in order to try to address this issue once and for all. Those requests have not even been acknowledged.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: The Taoiseach must stop this protest and address this serious problem immediately.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (11 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the decision to increase the pension age to 67 years of age in 2021 and 68 years of age in 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to JobPath for a second and third time. [17004/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (11 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a half-rate carer's payment is assessed as means under HAP but not under rent supplement in circumstances in which those being transferred from rent supplement to HAP are having their half-rate carer's payment assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17002/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (10 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of primary care centres in Greystones and Arklow, County Wicklow further to the announcement of a developer (details supplied) not to proceed with the Arklow centre; the impact this will have on the development of both centres and the planned timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16878/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: Yesterday, Action Health Enterprises, which is engaged by the HSE to build primary care centres in Arklow and Greystones in County Wicklow, made the announcement it is not going ahead with those projects. In January, it had been granted full planning permission after a number of delays to go ahead with the Arklow primary health care centre. If anything, it gives us another reason that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: We welcome any provision that will mean additional financial security for workers when they reach old age. That said, we have some concerns in regard to the Strawman that was published and we made a submission on that. To come to the crux of the issue, there is poor coverage and only one out of three employees have a private pension in the private sector. When we take into account the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: Hopefully, the Minister will publish that document and she has said she will furnish it to the joint committee. I look forward to seeing it and scrutinising it. The crucial elements are the contributions from the three sides - the employer, the employee and the State - and how this will be teased out and expanded upon. Obviously, from the perspective of my party, fund management is one of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce auto-enrolment; the stage plans are at; the next steps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15638/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I wish to ask the Minister about the status of her plans to introduce auto-enrolment. The consultation period ended last November. What are the next steps? I call on the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: To hear the Minister put forward arguments from employers that there have been genuine errors in classifying people as self-employed reminds me of when IBEC appeared before the committee last week and stated that it does not believe legislation is necessary. That the Minister is considering bringing forward legislation must be welcomed, and it also shows that she and her Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals she recently brought to Cabinet regarding bogus self-employment; her plans to progress these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15639/19]