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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Hill can give me figures to back that up, I will be only too happy to put forward the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Hill can supply the figures, it will give us an idea of the cost-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: -----and, if it is what he says, we would have no problem putting it forward. I will ask Mr Byrne the same question. He has made recommendations. The figures in question would not substantially increase the national debt or affect the debt-to-GDP ratio in any discernible way but we would like to have a figure, some sort of costing, because our guests are asking us to put forward certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Byrne can supply those figures, we will certainly put the case forward.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances for apprenticeships will be sought in Budget 2020; the estimated cost in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the free travel pass to those categorised as unable to drive a vehicle on medical grounds or due to the fact they do not meet regulations set out by the Road Safety Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28315/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for introducing a statutory right to home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces School of Music will take place in the second half of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28130/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the conditions to qualify for a primary medical certificate under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 are perceived to be very narrow and are being interpreted very strictly; his plans to widen the application criteria; the cost of the concession in 2017 and 2018;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Students Data (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from New Zealand studying here; if he, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, is taking further steps to attract additional students from New Zealand to come here to study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to each divisional protective services units established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Laundering (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Criminal Justice (Money, Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28069/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time the construction of a new female prison in Limerick and a new wing at Limerick male prison will take to complete; if both construction projects have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Budgets (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 363. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission increased by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28070/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with an intellectual disability in residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28051/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adolescents with an intellectual disability in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28071/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/19]