Results 1,321-1,340 of 12,629 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reducing the hours required to qualify for the working family payment from 19 to 15 hours for lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between seven and 14 years of age to receive both jobseeker's transition payment and the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44089/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment for lone parents until their youngest child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the free travel scheme to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €100, €200 and €300, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 single and €665 for a couple to €450 and €900, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €10, €20, €25, €30, €35, €40, €45 and €50, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44101/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of the new jobseeker's benefit payment for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if staff in Intreo offices have received disability awareness training; if not, the estimated full-year cost of training all staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department provides funding or financial aid towards purchasing assistive technologies for persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of persons refused an exceptional needs payment to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current expenditure on the housing adaptation grant taking into account changes announced in budget 2020; the full-year cost of increasing expenditure by 10% and 20%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44106/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I think the Minister is very touchy today.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will not cave in, but he has been the worst Minister for Health ever.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Without exception, he is the worst Minister for Health ever. Let us take the budgets announced over the years. Talk about fooling people, the Minister is fooling them on a constant basis.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister aware that in the mid-west region there is a three-year waiting list for aids and appliances? I have been talking to people who received sanction for aids or appliances up to three years ago and when I contact the HSE, I am consistently told that money has not been provided and that the list is growing. Can the Minister provide reassurance in that regard? When will money be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with the Minister about the need for a conversation because the number of carers will increase significantly over the next ten, 15 or 20 years. However, her reply is a little disingenuous. She has agreed to increase the number of hours from 15 to 18.5 per week, but she says that increasing the disregard would cost €117 for a single person and double that for a couple, at a...