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Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: I urge the Minister to release the details. He said there are 86 companies that had been removed.

Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: I urge him to release-----

Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

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Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: The Minister gave the number of 86 companies and we know that the Indecon report raised serious concerns which were not acted on at that stage. I imagine the number is far higher than 86. When we look at the type of jobs being advertised, a well known company which I will not name advertised for a sandwich artist. A deli assistant position was advertised as a sandwich artist position. The...

Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: And the employers.

Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: What work experience does someone need to have to make a sandwich - a half an hour's training?

Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: It certainly is not beneath them, but they should be paid.

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: Last Friday evening an email was circulated by the chief executive officer of Wicklow County Council to county councillors and the five Deputies for County Wicklow informing them of a decision that had already been made and signed off on. It will mean that the waste intake at the Ballynagran landfill site in County Wicklow will be increased to 190,000 tonnes. That represents an additional...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: I thank the Minister for reading that, but it did not answer even one of my questions. There are legitimate concerns. I outlined the number of official complaints made to the EPA. The Minister stated he did not sign off on this, but I asked him whether he was aware of the pending emergency. Will he consider the matter? The volume of concerns facing the people of County Wicklow is...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: Deal with this issue, please.

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: What about the concerns of the-----

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: What about the immediate problem? There was no consultation.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the Millar report entitled Lone Parents and Activation, What Works and Why: A Review of the International Evidence in the Irish Context; his views on the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36022/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the procedures used by Turas Nua and Seetec under JobPath in view of ongoing concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36019/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions he is taking to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36020/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: 80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will put in place to ensure the survival of the post office network, including the roll-out of further social protection services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36021/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (22 Nov 2016)

John Brady: 287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be in receipt of a carer's allowance payment and reimbursed all moneys owed following their successful appeal on 11 October 2016 to the refusal of their original application for carer's allowance in October 2015; and his views on the length of time it has taken his Department to process this person's...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

John Brady: I am surprised by the Minister's amendment because he agreed to the amendment I and my colleague, Deputy Denise Mitchell, put forward last week on Committee Stage. That amendment proposed the report would be commissioned, produced and presented to the Oireachtas committee within a six-month timeframe. There are significant difficulties facing lone parents. We all know the poverty rates and...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

John Brady: When we tabled our amendment, there was no mention of the phrase "independent report". It is preferable to have an independent report. However, even if it is done internally, surely there can be independent scrutiny of it by a committee, for example. We can examine its content and take the issue from there. I do not know why the three-month window is necessary. The Minister has stated...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Child Poverty annual report 16. The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the State’s child poverty rates which will be carried out annually and that this report shall be issued to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection.”. The...