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Pensionable Age Task Force Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I must commend the Minister and the Department on putting the document before us together. It makes this process an awful lot clearer and easier to follow. A lot of the questions I had intended to ask have been covered by my colleagues but I would like some additional information on a number of issues already raised. On the 2012 changes to the pension and the recalculation process, the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: At least 50,000 have yet to be even reviewed. How long is that process expected to take, in terms of finalising the 24,000 and dealing with the others? Is there a timeframe for dealing with all of that? I ask the Minister to indicate the size of the average payment. She said that 80% of the 8,500 have seen their payment increase. What is the average uplift? I agree with the comments...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Of the 50,000 some will be straightforward and I expect the payment will be automatic, and some will need to come back and fill in the gaps. It is a question of going through the remaining 50,000 to weed out the ones that might need a little more work and the ones that should be straightforward.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Is there an average?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I am not asking the Minister to close it off.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: It will not fix the problem but it will end the discrimination.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: That is the problem.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: After two years there must be a considerable amount of work done on it.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Yes. If the Minister is saying she will scrap that and start on a different process-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I have not seen them.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: What about the issue with the GPs?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I have a supplementary question, which I should have mentioned in the first round. It relates to the local employment service, LES. The committee is due to discuss the service but I note the Estimate is the same as in 2018. That has to be welcome-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: There is massive concern among the public on foot of the Indecon report. Much of it is legitimate concern. The Minister has the opportunity now to allay some of the concern. I will not delve into the Indecon report because that is a separate piece of work the committee intends to undertake. I would appreciate it if the Minister could allay the concern and say that the LES, as is, will remain.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (26 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 1224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to make changes to or end a community employment scheme (details supplied) in view of plans for development at the scheme location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13269/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 1270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age in receipt of a jobseeker's payment. [13423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age who are engaged in job activation schemes in tabular form. [13427/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 1276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age who are in receipt of the back to education allowance. [13429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (26 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 1271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the progress of the youth employment support scheme; the number of persons aged from 18 to 24 years of age who have signed up to the scheme; the number of businesses and-or organisations that have signed up to provide placements; the amount spent on the scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data (26 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 1272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age who have sought assistance through the supplementary welfare allowance in each of the years from 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [13425/19]