Results 7,401-7,420 of 8,039 for speaker:John Brady

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

John Brady: Some are more equal than others.

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: That is not factually correct.

Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: Deputy Ó Laoghaire asked me to take the question. Is that possible?

Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: That is no problem.

Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spends annually on the school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8703/17]

Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: How much will the Minister's Department spend this year on the school meals programme in light of the cuts he has made to the programme for this school term?

Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: I have been contacted by a primary school principal at a DEIS school who accidentally discovered that the school meals programme has been cut and that by May there will not be enough funding to carry the school through to the end of the year. That principal only found out that the funding had been cut on contacting the Department when a number of additional pupils were taken into the school....

Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: I appreciate that and I will pass on the details but it is not an isolated incident. Principals are only now being informed of this. They are not being notified, they only find out when they contact the Department and are informed that they will only get 90% of the funding they received in previous years. Schools are facing into serious difficulties. I refer to the DEIS schools in this...

Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: Will the Minister ensure that there is 100% funding? That is the question I asked.

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: I note the Minister welcomes the findings of the SILC report. He referred to the overall increase in living conditions. However, he completely brushed over and failed to acknowledge that there is a serious problem with consistent poverty for lone parents, which has increased from 25% in 2014 to 26.2% in 2015. This has to be down to the disastrous changes that were introduced under the...

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: The Minister talked about statistics. Obviously, I will select statistics that jump out at me and that raise serious concerns. Obviously, the Minister wants to talk about smashing the unemployment figures and the type of language he is good at. However, I will stick to the real statistics here - the statistics for which we are constantly told we must wait until the subsequent year. While...

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: Are Questions Nos. 26 and 29 being grouped together?

Priority Questions: Poverty Data (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking in response to recently released figures on poverty rates in the survey on income and living conditions, SILC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for reviewing the community employment schemes; his plans for the future of the scheme including any planned changes to the eligibility for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8414/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the refusal rates for those applying for carer’s allowance and disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that almost 36,000 new applicants for the State pension (contributory) have received smaller pensions than they would have if they had retired before 2012, as a consequence of the 2012 pension eligibility changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the review process in place for the supplementary welfare allowance scheme being issued from community welfare offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8415/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending the eligibility for the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension to include unmarried cohabiting partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons, broken down by gender, who were awarded a contributory State pension in 2015 and 2016; the total number of lifetime social insurance contributions, paid and credited, made by those persons, by gender; the total number of lifetime credited contributions made by those persons, by gender; the quantity of each type of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Feb 2017)

John Brady: 292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by gender and age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8251/17]