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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: On the procurement process, the Minister did not answer a couple of my questions on the €20 million condition that was used for JobPath. I appreciate she may not have started consideration of the tender but there are serious concerns about the matter. I also questioned the Minister using the payment-by-result model. On the EU guidelines, I acknowledge the Minister's point that she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: No. I said JobPath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I referred to the current scheme, specifically the LES and job clubs. Will the tender process apply to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: No. I asked the Minister if she was considering that matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (10 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of primary care centres in Greystones and Arklow, County Wicklow further to the announcement of a developer (details supplied) not to proceed with the Arklow centre; the impact this will have on the development of both centres and the planned timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (11 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the decision to increase the pension age to 67 years of age in 2021 and 68 years of age in 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (11 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to JobPath for a second and third time. [17004/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (11 Apr 2019)

John Brady: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a half-rate carer's payment is assessed as means under HAP but not under rent supplement in circumstances in which those being transferred from rent supplement to HAP are having their half-rate carer's payment assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17002/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: Community employment, CE, supervisors play a pivotal role in our communities and do fantastic work - whether it be through Tidy Towns, meals on wheels or GAA clubs - right across the State. The Taoiseach will be aware that there was a 2008 Labour Court recommendation that occupational pensions be put in place for CE supervisors and their assistants. This morning there was a press conference...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: -----essentially to grind to a standstill or to sit down with the trade unions representing the CE supervisors.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: I will finish on this. I was told by a SIPTU representative that at least two requests have been submitted to the office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, seeking meetings in order to try to address this issue once and for all. Those requests have not even been acknowledged.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: The Taoiseach must stop this protest and address this serious problem immediately.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

John Brady: The Minister will not even talk to the supervisors. How will a solution be found if she will not even talk to them?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (8 May 2019)

John Brady: 1340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an appeals process in cases in which a family has been served with a school attendance notice from Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18419/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Scrutiny of the Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 (Resumed): Discussion (9 May 2019)

John Brady: I will be fairly brief because a lot has been covered at this stage. I have a few questions, which are mainly directed at IBEC. I am not sure whether it is being done purposely but listening to some of the comments about the Bill and companies being unable to look into the distance when these contracts, which is essentially what they are, are signed off on, this Bill has come forward,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (15 May 2019)

John Brady: 27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the newborn screening test pilot scheme for detecting metachromatic leukodystrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (15 May 2019)

John Brady: 58. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre in Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (15 May 2019)

John Brady: 257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments are made to Turas Nua and Seetec in which a JobPath participant becomes self-employed and is deemed to be no longer eligible for job activation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20987/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

John Brady: Fine Gael has been in government for some time now.

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

John Brady: This day last week, at approximately this time of the day, a young man was found dead in my home town of Bray, which is in my constituency. He was homeless and had been living in a tent in the town. He was not the first homeless person to die in Bray. His name was Chris and he was 33 years of age. I attended his funeral on Tuesday and, as we walked behind Chris's coffin, a young person,...