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Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Fuel poverty is a reality. That is not based merely on the anecdotal evidence of old-age pensioners trying to keep warm in public buildings across the State in the winter months; it is based on the evidence and on facts. The latest SILC report demonstrates that 29% of people living in consistent poverty are unable to keep their homes adequately warm. In January, I asked the Minister on the...

Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: In that case, the review the Minister was talking about still has not been published.

Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: That is not what the Minister said in her contribution in January. She said she had found a back door to assess this. The evidence is all there and we know fuel costs have increased. In its pre-budget submission, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul told us that 48% of people went without heating in 2017 due to the cost. The society spends in the region of €4.3 million trying to help...

Other Questions: Legislative Measures (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: However, it gives other parties the opportunity to put forward amendments.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Where is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Where is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: It has been eight months since Second Stage.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: The Minister has given the green light to-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: In what way is priority being given to protecting the employees concerned?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections in place for the 1,200 defined benefit scheme members in a company (details supplied) whose scheme is to close on 30 June 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26671/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: On 30 June, the defined benefit pension scheme of 1,200 Irish Life employees will close.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. Unfortunately, this is another case of an employer reneging on its employees' pension scheme. It has been happening consistently in recent years. It is also a case of the Government reneging on its responsibilities, given that this issue has been widely debated, including in the Chamber and by Oireachtas committees. There is considerable frustration. Irish Life...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: The key issue is the shifting of pension risk from the employer to the employee. The Government seems to be deliberately dragging its heels in putting protections in place. The Bill passed Second Stage eight months ago and the committee has been screaming for it, but we are yet to see it. In my view and that of the people who are being impacted by this issue, there is a deliberate delaying...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to resource and implement the national action plan for social inclusion to work towards eliminating poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department's review into the current maintenance and liable relative procedures for lone parents has been finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26576/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is examining the issue of the falsification of birth certificates; if so, the action she plans to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26575/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of applications which were approved and refused, respectively. [26191/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)

John Brady: I have a few questions. Deputy O'Dea referred to the changes to home caring and so forth. Specifically on the T12, I acknowledge the Department will write in the fourth quarter to the 51,000 individuals it has identified, but there will be others outside that who clearly would like to have their cases reviewed. What process is in place for that? Will there be a way for them to contact the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Mr. Duggan has probably picked out the European countries with the more complicated systems. In Austria, for instance, the pension age is 65 years for men and 60 years for women and will move to 65 years for both by 2033. I have already given the example of Germany, where the pension age is moving to 67 years for men and women in 2031. There is no complicated methodology or procedure in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: State Pension Reform: Discussion (14 Jun 2018)

John Brady: It is not fair that people who, by virtue of their employment contract, are forced to retire must go to the WRC and fight to remain in employment when that is their wish. The evidence is available. The relevant legislation received cross-party support to facilitate its progress. We are now caught with red tape. All the evidence is available and people want to stay in work. They are being...