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Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

John Brady: Taxpayers are already paying for it twice.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

John Brady: Does that not tell the Deputy anything?

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

John Brady: The Deputy should read our pre-budget submission to see how we will manage that.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (28 Sep 2016)

John Brady: 156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Intreo offices are still directing jobseekers to JobBridge in view of the fact that it is to be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

John Brady: 147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is refused disability allowance on financial grounds where a payment made to them from the North is calculated as means when the equivalent payment in the South would not be calculated as means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service (29 Sep 2016)

John Brady: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of referrals made to the local employment service network in 2015 and in 2016, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27835/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service (29 Sep 2016)

John Brady: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of mediators employed by his Department in the local employment service network across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27836/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service (29 Sep 2016)

John Brady: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria in place when referring jobseekers to the local employment service network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (4 Oct 2016)

John Brady: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial assistance currently available to volunteer organisations to ensure the continuation of their valuable service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28051/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Oct 2016)

John Brady: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an autistic unit at a school (details supplied); the proposed timeline for the commencement for its construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28138/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fit for Work Programme (4 Oct 2016)

John Brady: 260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which fitness to work will be assessed under the fit for work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28099/16]

Other Questions: Irish Water Funding (5 Oct 2016)

John Brady: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the impact on the financing of the Irish Water capital programme to 2021 from any reduction in water charge revenues arising from the outcome of the independent commission and the Oireachtas committee on the future of water charges. [28707/16]

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

John Brady: In May, Wicklow Comhairle na nÓg conducted a survey to which over 1,000 young people from across the county responded, with 89% of them rating mental health as the number one issue for them. They cited the need for more conversations around mental health, improving services and reducing the stigma around the entire issue. This is a fascinating statistic coming directly from young...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (5 Oct 2016)

John Brady: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 25,000 new social housing units detailed in Pillar 2 of Rebuilding Ireland by unit type, that is local authority new build, local authority Part V acquisition, approved housing bodies new build, approved housing bodies Part V acquisition and other. [28706/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

John Brady: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the report into the impact of the reduced jobseeker's payment rates for jobseekers aged 18 to 25 years of age, as committed to in the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29008/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

John Brady: In a number of budgets from 2009 onwards, discriminatory cuts were made to jobseeker's payments for those under 26 years of age by both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. Young people were one of the first groups to shoulder the burden in the early stages of the economic crisis and these cuts have left 18 to 24 years olds on €100 per week, 25 year olds on €144 per week and those...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

John Brady: I am not talking about unemployment rate, I was referring to the rates for the unemployed. The Minister may have missed that point. The OECD report to which the Minister referred, which was released yesterday, showed that Ireland has the highest rate of young people receiving unemployment and disability benefits across all 35 member countries of the OECD. The rate in question relates to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

John Brady: All we have are the figures in front of us. Some of the most recent figures released by Focus Ireland show the impact of cuts to the under-26s. I am interested in the rates because they are having a direct impact on youth homelessness. If one looks at the figures that have been published by Focus Ireland and other organisations they show that young people are more at risk of homelessness....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

John Brady: Will the Minister commit to reversing these discriminatory cuts, as Sinn Féin has, with €40 this year and €40 next year to bring it back up to the €188 that it was? Will the Minister commit to ending this discrimination against young people and restoring the cuts that have been introduced by Fianna Fáil and continued by the Minister's Government?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

John Brady: The Minister is not answering-----