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Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: The Minister is willing to accept the amendment, which is welcome. I acknowledge, as would Chime, that costs have fallen but, unfortunately, uptake has not increased. There remains a big difference between people in respect of receiving a medical card, where there is a clear problem. Eye and dental patients must pay their contributions. There was a significant cut from €830 to...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: That is welcome.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 6: In page 14, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Report on appropriate State pension age 20.The Minister shall conduct research, including international comparative research, engage in public consultation and make recommendations and report on all aspects of the most appropriate age at which a person should become entitled to receive the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I do not agree that it would be a very costly exercise. Public consultation is easy. When the Minister consults organisations, as she does at a forum every year in advance of the budget, I am sure it does not cost tens of thousands of euro. Consultation is critical and not necessarily very costly. International research is also very important. I cited some information on our European...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: It needs to be compiled by the Department.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I do not think that key piece of work was ever done by the Department or the Government when these measures were brought forward. It is not up to me to do it. I am happy to withdraw my amendment and resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 7: In page 14, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Review of the criteria to qualify for the Treatment Benefit Scheme 20. The Minister shall conduct a review and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the current criteria in place in order to qualify for Treatment Benefit and specifically to examine the number of contributions...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: No one is arguing against the making of contributions. I oppose the qualifying criteria which require the making of 260 contributions. That is the piece that needs to be examined. How many 25-year old college graduates have that number of contributions? The answer is very few. Different criteria apply, depending on someone's age from the age of 18 years upwards.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 8: In page 14, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Review of qualifying conditions for Fuel Allowance in respect of certain social welfare payments 20. The Minister shall conduct a review and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the current qualifying conditions in place in order for those in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I will withdraw the amendment, with a view to resubmitting it on Report Stage with the change suggested.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I think amendment No. 10 which is similar will seek to delete the entire section.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I am sorry, section 10.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I oppose the section.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I am a little confused by the wording.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: I am sorry, I tabled an amendment, but the list of amendments includes the words "Section opposed".

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Nov 2019)

John Brady: As matters stand, there will be no hard Brexit. For the excuse of Brexit to be used not to give the 136,000 workers on the national minimum wage a 30 cent increase is unbelievable. It is a slap in the face for all those workers who get up early to go to work not to receive their just reward. My party and others want to see the introduction of a living wage, but that is a different piece of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2019)

John Brady: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the abolition of the one parent family tax credit announced in budget 2014. [49001/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2019)

John Brady: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an alternative in place for separated parents who contribute to their children and share custody in view of the fact that they can no longer access the one parent family tax credit. [49002/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2019)

John Brady: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount saved from the one parent family tax credit being abolished. [49003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (26 Nov 2019)

John Brady: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath; the number of persons referred twice, three and four times, respectively, having already spent at least one year on the scheme previously, in tabular form. [48686/19]