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Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

John Brady: -----and the fact that Fianna Fáil is effectively in government.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

John Brady: I will finish up. Sinn Féin has produced measures and pre-budget submissions. We presented them to the Government and to Fianna Fáil in the past.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

John Brady: I thank the Minister for his speech. I am surprised by Fianna Fáil Deputies speaking out of both sides of their mouths. They failed to mention that they were in government and implemented many of the cuts to which reference has been made.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

John Brady: Fianna Fáil cut rent supplement when it was in power and also initiated the cuts to social welfare for those under 20 years of age.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

John Brady: Absolutely. It is surprising there is no increase in funding for social protection. One would think we lived in some sort of utopia, with no serious social or economic difficulties facing massive sections of Irish society. The programme for Government acknowledges that Irish people have worked hard for the economic progress we now have. The Government continued to pat Irish people on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (22 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes he is considering in relation to making child benefit payments to fathers or guardians of children and the expected time frame for any such changes. [17413/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the report and review on the impact of the reduced jobseeker payment rates for jobseekers 18 to 25 years of age, as committed to in the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy has commenced; and if not, when it will be undertaken. [16698/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the future of the social welfare office in Swinford, County Mayo; if he can assure people in east County Mayo that there are no plans to close the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16818/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive the jobseeker's transition payment and the family income supplement if they meet the qualifying criteria. [16999/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of making the jobseeker's transitional payment and the Student Universal Support Ireland grant payable to lone parents who are undertaking an educational or training course for the duration of the course regardless of the age of the youngest child in the family or whether the family is in receipt under the rent supplement scheme. [17000/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 337. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State will acquire land (details supplied) as part of an expanded Wicklow Mountains National Park. [16697/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the motorised transport grant and, if so, the timeframe for its reinstatement. [16688/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (21 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a survey carried out by an inter-agency group to identify gaps in services for persons under 18 years of age experiencing substance abuse in east Wicklow (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16913/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (16 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) who has a pension under the invalidity pension scheme can obtain a certificate under the primary medical certificate scheme so as to recoup vehicle registration tax. [16451/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (14 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits to An Garda Síochána and the number of recruits who dropped out, by district and by station, in 2015 and in 2016 to date. [15972/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (14 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 472. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the methadone treatment list data for the Kildare and west Wicklow local health office. [15973/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for 2017 of increasing by €40 the weekly payments received by recipients of an age-related lower rate of jobseeker's allowance and supplementary welfare allowance. [14666/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €5 for 2017. [14668/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (8 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated net cost of an additional 1,000 places on the community employment scheme for 2017. [14667/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

John Brady: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the numbers of hours worked required to access family income support from 19 to 15. [14669/16]