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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I want to ask about the Data Protection Commissioner's report into the public services card, which to date has cost up to €60 million. The report was carried out to examine whether the card and related systems fully complied with Irish law following a number of concerns around the purpose of the card, including the legal basis for its introduction. The Irish Council for Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working within the carer's allowance section; the number in each area within the section; when staff were last taken on in the section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1829/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received, awarded and refused, respectively for carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit in 2018. [1830/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will publish the analysis being undertaken examining all scenarios of Brexit on the reciprocal arrangements in place between Ireland and the United Kingdom in relation to social security payments; when she will publish same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1933/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage plans are at to move the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 to Committee Stage; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Data (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance and the short-term enterprise allowance as of the end of 2018. [2003/19]

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: The debate this evening is welcome and long overdue. It comes on foot of the threat of deportation in respect of Eric Zhi Ying Xue. Eric is nine years old. He is in fourth class in St. Cronan’s national school in Bray in my constituency. He was born in Ireland, although he is not an Irish citizen and has never been outside the country. If he is forced to go to China, where his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I welcome all of our guests and thank them for their very powerful presentations. It is always interesting to get an outside view through a different lens. I have looked at this matter comprehensively in recent years and have heard all of the stories which have, unfortunately, been dismissed by two Ministers. The Taoiseach, when he was Minister for Social Protection, dismissed them and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I have just a couple of additional points. We know the contract for JobPath, Turas Nua and Seetec is due to expire this year. I have been calling for it to be cut right now. That needs to happen. What would the witnesses like to see happen in the here and now, if the Minister is not prepared to curtail the contract? Would the adult guidance service be in a position to meet the demand at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: It was absolutely appalling. I remember reading a book by Pádraig Pearse many years ago. It was called The Murder Machineand was about the education system. It contended everyone was moulded to be the same, coming down a conveyor belt.With regard to labour activation, everyone is expected to conform to the same product and have his or her identity done away with solely to get into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: Has the Department or Minister been furnished with the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I have a few observations and questions that stem from the answers given. I was struck by the comment made by Dr. Boland in his concluding remarks that JobPath obviously did not work, that it damaged users and everyone in the workforce and that there could be liabilities downstream. That was a huge statement to make. I have said this is an investigation in the making and that we will come...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative accommodation arrangements for a school (details supplied) once the lease expires on its current temporary accommodation in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2660/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a new school build (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2659/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 293. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that play therapists are unregulated; the measures he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2927/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place should a person wish to make a formal complaint against a play therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if play therapists are regulated by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2930/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 593. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consent of both parents is required before a child can be referred to a play therapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (22 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sanction rates and penalties in place for failure to engage with the JobPath scheme by county in tabular form. [2931/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

John Brady: Expensive bread and board.