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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: We will come back to the question of the 1998 legislation when we will debate this matter later today. Has the Minister fully read the report of the Data Protection Commission? Will she agree that it is carefully researched, detailed and analytical? On the face of it, it seems extraordinary that the Office of the Attorney General which spent much less time considering it was able to come...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Whatever about the Attorney General, the Taoiseach did not seem to require much time to read it. He stated that even a cursory glance - perhaps while he was in the car travelling between functions - of the different sections, subsections, miscellaneous provisions, etc, would readily lead one to conclude that the Data Protection Commission was completely wrong in its two year’s...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: We are going to court then.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to challenge the findings of the report from the Data Protection Commission on the subject of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38825/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I realise that we are having a debate later this afternoon on the public services card. I want to get a preliminary view on the Government's current thinking on the matter and on where we are.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost of disability research being undertaken by her Department; when she expects the research to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38831/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review capital assessment for entitlement to social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38833/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to publish a new action plan for social inclusion; the reason it was not published in 2018 as envisaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38832/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (24 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 272. To ask the Minister for Health when the perceived significant inequality in funding for the UL hospital group will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38362/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (24 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38449/19]

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

Willie O'Dea: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the means test for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38827/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (24 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of JobPath; her plans to renew the contracts of the two private companies tasked with delivering same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38828/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (19 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive arrears due to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach stated earlier that he respects the Data Protection Commissioner. However, he remarked in recent days, in the public domain, that anyone who took a quick glance at the law would conclude that the Government was justified in challenging the decision of the commissioner. The commissioner's office was established by statute to advise the Government on data law and data matters...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the commitment given in May 2018 at a conference (details supplied) that all graduating nurses and midwifes would be offered jobs in the public health services is not being honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37115/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (17 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive pay in lieu of notice when funding was withdrawn from the community employment scheme effectively rendering it closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37363/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rapid Response Initiative (6 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a new recruitment campaign for the rapid response roster will be carried out before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (6 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated if the 2% stamp duty on houses that are sold for in excess of €1 million was increased to 3%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (6 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a mechanism or his plans to introduce a mechanism to enable teachers to revert to their original pension status later in their career in view of the fact that under circular 07-2013 the status of a second level teacher's pension will change if the teacher ceases teaching for more than 26 weeks; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (6 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to replace aircraft and-or helicopters in the Garda air support unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36117/19]