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Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received by the companies running JobPath and by his Department. [28782/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that those selected for JobPath are not denied other opportunities that may arise for them and, in particular, opportunities arising from the social inclusion clauses in State projects, for example, the construction of the national children's hospital. [28785/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister give an overview of how JobPath operates?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I have had a few constituents giving me their experience on JobPath. One was working in a primary school, providing a breakfast club service. Due to cuts, she became unemployed. She was randomly chosen by the Department to go on the JobPath scheme with Seetec. She ideally wanted to go back to working in a school environment but was barred from applying for a suitable CE scheme due to...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister's remark is terrible because people are not on jobseeker's payments because they want to be. People want to work and the girl in question wanted to do so. The only option she was given was a job for which she was told by the company at the interview she would have to be retrained at a cost of €700, and that this would have to come out of her own pocket. This is not a...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: What is the process for randomly choosing people for JobPath after they have been unemployed for a year? Do the authorities just pick a number or push a button? Are names put forward? How much have the companies operating the scheme received overall? How much did they receive to place individuals in employment? People are not averse to work. Before the crash, there were high...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: If one makes a complaint, one must do so through Seetec, a private company. If one is not happy, one must go to the Department of Social Protection. Why can the person not go directly to the Department in this regard?

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Government is taking money off them.

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reinstate the monthly telephone allowance of €9.50; and his plans to increase the State pension by €25 over a full term of office or by €5 per year. [28786/16]

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I tabled this question because older people were particularly badly affected during the recession by the cuts to all parts of their income. They had to deal with the household charge, property tax and the universal social charge, which has now been eased to some degree. They experienced increased motor tax rates and driver licence fees. Medical card entitlements, home-care packages and the...

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister was correct when he spoke earlier. The right course is to cut the austerity for very vulnerable people, like lone parents and the elderly. In that time the wealthy got more wealthy and social welfare payments were attacked. Now they have been pared to the bone. People are demanding extra money in their pockets. The Minister argues that there is a recovery going on but people...

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: There seems to be certainty in terms of the fact that pensioners are going to get an increase. An increase of €5 per week has been mentioned. At the weekend, I read reports that this might be the case and I believe the Minister made a statement that it could be €4 or €3. After pensioners got a €3 per week increase last year, which they felt was derisory in light...

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Deputy O'Dea has not agreed it yet.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the conditionalities introduced regarding working lone parents that have resulted in an up to 18% cut in their weekly income. [28783/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the impact on the income of families of the policy of stopping child benefit payments for schoolgoing children aged between 16 to 18 years of age for July and August and re-instating and backdating the payment for the two months when the child returns to school with a letter of confirmation that the child is attending school in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and shares and 0.1% on the value of derivative agreements and financial market bets; if he will provide evidence in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views of the potential loss of jobs and the industries which would be affected if Ireland was to introduce a 0.1% financial transaction tax on the trading of bonds and shares and a 0.1% on the value of derivative agreements and financial market bets; and if he will provide evidence of same. [29090/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Government will not introduce a financial transaction tax; if a study has been done which included a job-proofing exercise; and if so if he will make that study available. [29129/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 208. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the prescription charges for cancer patients and the inpatient charge of €75 should be abolished (details supplied). [29077/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Good morning. I understand, as has been said already by the officials appearing before the committee today, that they are responsible for the administration of the payments and not the policy. There are however some points I wish to make. The cuts to lone parent payments were probably the most controversial cuts during the austerity years because they have impacted so hard, particularly on...