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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if particular conditions will be attached to the legislation which will increase the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70 years of age for public service employees; if these conditions will be similar to the interim arrangements put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55101/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce legislation to increase the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70 years of age for public service employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55102/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sale of State Assets (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 629. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the sale of studios (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 1564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main areas of policy making and policy programmes for which the three poverty measures contained in the CSO's SILC are used, that is, the at risk of poverty rate, deprivation rate and consistent poverty rate; and the main areas of policy making and policy. [54433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 1596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those in receipt of a carer's allowance are eligible for a contributory State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55092/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 1597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person that is required to carry out a paid internship for a certain period of time over the academic year as part of their college course could lose their back to education allowance; if this income will mean that the back to education allowance and rent supplement would be reviewed; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Enterprise Ireland Properties (16 Jan 2018)

John Brady: 1915. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the sale of studios (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54999/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his fairness and wish him and everyone else a happy Christmas. Last week, the Government announced that it was bringing forward plans to increase the retirement age from 65 to 70 for public service workers. It is a small step in the right direction but it does not go far enough. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform brought forward interim...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (14 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of farm assist payments are eligible to pay PRSI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Inspections (13 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 6 December 2017, the recommendations made to Wicklow County Council regarding its inspection and enforcement function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53351/17]

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

John Brady: It is not only a Dublin problem.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Data (12 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have received funding under the minor works grant in 2016, and to date in 2017. [52667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive funding under the minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí allocated to each Garda division in 2017. [52669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disabilities Data (12 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of persons with disabilities in public service employment in view of the commitment made in the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with disabilities. [53122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Data (12 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses impounded, euthanised and re-homed in each year since 2010; and the costs involved, by county, in tabular form. [52699/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I welcome Dr. O'Sullivan and thank her for a very informative opening statement and for dealing with her personal situation and circumstances. Having read over her submission and having listened to it again this morning, one line jumps out at me. We, like Deputy O'Dea, come across such cases in our offices weekly and from speaking to people in the real world. The line that jumped out at me...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme (7 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 480 and 481 of 14 November 2017, if the treasurer of a company (details supplied) that her Department officials approached to establish a new entity to avail of the funding previously provided to an organisation under the community services programme was a member of the board of the...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: It is unfortunate that the Government does not acknowledge the need for a report on this matter. The Minister indicated she was prepared to examine the issue and that it would be useful to do so. It is not right that the payment of €22.50 should remain static for the 376,000 people who depend on it and are, as the Minister of State acknowledged, among the most needy in the State. In...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 12:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on the pension bands and rates 17.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the issue of the 2012 changes to pension bands and rates, including possible solutions and the associated costs involved, immediately following its presentation to the Cabinet.”....