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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I accept that the Minister is to recommend to Cabinet that Government authorises the continuation of the contract until the end of 2019. I ask her to do so immediately because there is an element of uncertainty here which has resulted in mortgage advisers deciding not to take on any new clients from 1 January. This is an undesirable situation. It is also my understanding that because many...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: They are not taking on any new clients from 1 January.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Reform (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Can the Minister confirm that nobody who used a photocopied form has been paid? Is she aware of a survey done by the national GP forum in recent weeks that indicated that 70% of GPs surveyed were still using the old forms or photocopies? Is she also aware there are a number of legal cases pending against the Department in respect of this matter? I am told there are at least five such cases.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Reform (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in regard to the issue of medical certificates for illness benefit; the number of doctors who have accepted the new forms; the number still using the old certificates; if doctors who continue to operate with the old certificate since the changes were introduced have been compensated; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Reform (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: This question relates to a unilateral decision by the Department to change the certification system for illness benefit without any notification or advanced consultation. Will the Minister indicate if the situation has settled down and if the new system is operating seamlessly?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Reform (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her response but the information I am getting contradicts it to some extent. The Minister said that GPs could continue to use the old forms until such time as stock was exhausted. The information available to me is such that photocopies of certificates are being submitted, which means GPs continued to use the old forms when stock ran out and they have been paid in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment pension system; the expected date the system will come into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the recovery of overpayments for social welfare; the amount outstanding for persons that are unemployed; the amount outstanding for persons in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53323/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expedite the analysis being conducted by her Department on the impact of Brexit and reciprocal arrangements in view of the increased uncertainty regarding Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53325/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons that have qualified for the invalidity pension; the date on which jobseeker's benefit will be extended to the self-employed; the estimated cost of extending the benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53322/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current data on child poverty here; the likelihood of achieving the child poverty target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of consultations undertaken by her Department since 16 May 2016 to date in 2018; the subject matter and or title of the consultation; the cost of the consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53697/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rates of poverty for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Act Employment Targets (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working-age persons with a disability in employment here; the way in which this compares to the European average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53700/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the data on in-work poverty here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53701/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households that have had rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits for their area in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53702/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Remuneration (18 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 420. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the pay anomalies for section 39 staff at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53133/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (18 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52717/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (18 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52718/18]