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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the costs associated with the JobPath scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53390/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: After several years of asking for the costs associated with JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec and constantly being told that because of commercial sensitivity the figures could not be released, the figures were eventually given to the Committee of Public Accounts. Do these costs represent value for money? Will the Minister comment on the overall costs?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: The Minister referred to the low cost of operating the scheme. We know €149 million has been given to private companies, Seetec and Turas Nua, since 2015 and 195,000 people have been referred. For each one of those people, an initial registration fee of €311 was paid to one or other of these two companies. I do not consider that value for money. We know that over 15,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: There is evidence that Turas Nua and Seetec are hounding people who find employment by themselves and trying to claim credit for it so they can get the sustainment payments. That needs to be looked at. When JobPath was first rolled out it was said it was to assist people to secure and sustain full-time employment or self-employment. I received an interesting response from the Minister and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if illness benefit payments are now back at normal levels; if all fixes of the automated system have been put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage at which the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 is; if concerns regarding defined benefit pension schemes have been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53333/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money recouped since her Department began recovering moneys that were overpaid to a person from the estate of the deceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53334/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 374. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a tele counselling pilot project in County Wicklow; when it will be launched; the way in which it will operate; the target group for same; the estimated amount it will cost per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress a Jigsaw youth mental health service in County Wicklow in 2019; the progress made to date in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53857/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policy Functions (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the high level group has the scope to explore new policy ideas in which collaboration between her Department and the Revenue Commissioners would be central to such policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53484/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage plans are at to publish definite proposals regarding the new auto-enrolment pension scheme following on from the consultation process that was to feed into the decision making process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made to base the pension review for those impacted by the 2012 changes on a 40 year contribution record in order to gain a full State pension (contributory); if this decision has been made for the TCA model; if so, the reason 40 years has been chosen; if consultations on this decision took place with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: The CSO survey on income and living conditions 2017 was published yesterday. It shows that 109,000 people with jobs, the very people who get up early in the morning and go to work, are living in poverty. They are the working poor and the numbers are alarmingly on the increase. There are over 4,000 more people in employment at risk of poverty than 12 months ago. The Taoiseach has often...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: What about the living wage?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: Stop the spin and start listening.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Guarantee (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding drawn down as part of the Youth Guarantee since 2013; the amount spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53421/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services Waiting Lists (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list to see a psychiatrist at Enniscorthy child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS; the length of time the person has been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53248/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 528 to 530, inclusive, of 11 December 2018, the amount that has been recouped since her Department began recouping moneys from the estates of deceased persons in cases in which an overpayment was identified due to means not declared; the number of cases that have been opened by her...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 11 December 2018, the number of persons to date who have gained employment through the JobPath service; the number who have returned to claim social welfare payments having previously taken up employment through the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Dec 2018)

John Brady: 645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the commitment made in Pathways to Work 2016-2020 to review and report on the impact of the reduced jobseeker's payment rates for jobseekers aged 18 to 25 years of age has not been met; the stage the work is at to complete the report; the date when it is envisaged it will be published; and if she will make a...