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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jun 2019)

John Brady: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of replacing the existing prefabs in a school (details supplied) with a permanent two storey building; the stage the plans are at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26288/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Jun 2019)

John Brady: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the request by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (25 Jun 2019)

John Brady: 702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes that have taken place to date as part of the restructuring of the MABS service; the costs incurred; the changes to office locations or staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26204/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2019)

John Brady: 725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the impact of the new national childcare scheme for low-income families, in particular lone parents; if concerns have been raised with her by stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26845/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2019)

John Brady: 726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she had an engagement with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the new national childcare scheme and the potential impact on low-income families and, in particular, lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26846/19]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

John Brady: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion and thank Deputy Penrose for bringing it forward. I welcome representatives from Family Carers Ireland to the Visitors Gallery. Sinn Féin has brought forward an amendment which I believe strengthens the motion. I hope all parties and none will read it and consider supporting it. Carers are the backbone of our society and save the State...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (26 Jun 2019)

John Brady: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for excluding self-employed workers from applying for the working family payment; if she has examined the possibility of extending the payment to these cohort of workers; if so, the estimated costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27134/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: Last month, I gave the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, a number of sworn affidavits containing serious allegations about planning irregularities in County Wicklow. The Tánaiste would be familiar with the content of some of them because they were on his desk when he was the Minister with responsibility for this area in 2016 and 2017. I have not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: -----who work in County Wicklow, investigate these issues and hold people to account if they are to be held to account?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: The Government's deafness to these issues is unacceptable.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It was way back in December 2017 when I first introduced this Bill. It is unbelievable this issue has been ongoing for more than two years. When the Bill was selected in the lottery, I asked myself whether it still had any relevance. I spoke to people on the ground who were involved in the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, across...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: They were not my words. They were the words of a volunteer.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: Can I point out that-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2019)

John Brady: I could say I am surprised by the initial response from the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who is no longer in the Chamber. However, I am not. That type of stick one's head in the sand approach has been adopted from day one. The Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, was in the Minister's position when this issue first arose. He did not want to deal with it. He did not want to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

John Brady: The N81 is one of the deadliest roads in the State. It has seven times the national average of head-on collisions and twice the national average for single vehicle collisions. After a ten-year site selection process to see the upgrade of the N81 over a 31 km stretch between Tallaght and Hollywood Cross, the scheme has been shelved. It is not included in the National Development Plan...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

John Brady: I ask that this project, which is essential not just in terms of road safety but also for the economic development of west Wicklow, be given priority and that the Minister correspond directly with his Cabinet colleague, the Minister, Deputy Ross, to get answers for the people in west Wicklow.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (2 Jul 2019)

John Brady: 351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers, single and family units being accommodated in temporary accommodation in Bray, County Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28276/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (2 Jul 2019)

John Brady: 352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the contract of the temporary accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Bray, County Wicklow; the timeframe of the contract; the location of the centre; the occupancy of same; the obligations within the contract; the cost of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (2 Jul 2019)

John Brady: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transition process for moving asylum seekers from temporary accommodation to direct provision; if the person in question is consulted; if they are moved to a location geographically close to the temporary accommodation; the way in which the health and well-being needs of asylum seekers are addressed within this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (2 Jul 2019)

John Brady: 354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if asylum seekers in temporary accommodation are supported to begin the process of applying for refugee status; the average waiting time for process by the RIA of new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28279/19]