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Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the group of persons which will become eligible for the telephone allowance in the period of time when the fuel allowance is not payable will receive their entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50590/17]

Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: The introduction of the telephone allowance was welcome, although it was introduced in a limited fashion because of the fuel allowance and living alone elements. I am concerned that people meeting those qualifying criteria during the summer months, when the fuel allowance is not available, will lose their entitlements. We are trying to establish how the Minister intends to identify them and...

Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: Yes.

Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: The group of people who become eligible during the summer months to receive the fuel allowance will not be able to apply for it until September. How are persons whose incomes fall during the months of April, May, June, July, August and September to be identified? Will they have an opportunity to make an application for the fuel allowance to ensure their telephone allowance will be payable...

Other Questions: JobPath Programme (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce flexibility into the JobPath programme whereby JobPath co-ordinators may have leeway when dealing with persons who have a guarantee of employment in the near future or who may be employed on a seasonal or part-time basis to excuse them from JobPath while maintaining their benefits; the number of...

Other Questions: JobPath Programme (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: This issue has arisen regularly. People who want to participate in a community employment scheme or various other schemes believe they are trapped in JobPath and Turas Nua. They are looking for flexibility in order that they can switch back and forth between the most appropriate schemes to allow them to up-skill and move on in their careers and lives without being trapped in Turas Nua.

Other Questions: JobPath Programme (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: Does the Minister accept that people who want to participate in community employment schemes are being excluded? This issue has been raised a number of times, including in my office in recent days. There is a constant flow of queries and many Deputies will have had the same experience. If a person has a guarantee of a job or an opportunity to participate in a community employment scheme or...

Other Questions: JobPath Programme (29 Nov 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: One solution may suit an individual better than another.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (5 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if some of the 500 civilian staff who will support the redeployment of gardaí to front-line policing in 2018 will be prioritised for rural areas in which Garda stations have been closed in view of the commitment to same in the expenditure report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51709/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (5 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the proposed new Macroom Garda station; when it will to go to tender; the timeframe for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51708/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: I support amendment No. 4 in the name of my colleague, Deputy O'Dea. It is an issue I have raised constantly in the Dáil and Cork County Council, of which I was a member when the change was made in 2012. It was a very harsh cut which was slipped in under the radar. It appeared that it only impacted on a small number of people initially, but as people reached pension age more and more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (6 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the school transport review; the actions he will take in implementing the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51987/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department was notified that the preferred contractor was withdrawing its tender for a new school (details supplied); if a reason for withdrawing was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tenders supplied for construction of a new school (details supplied) in 2016 and 2017 now remain valid; if not, when a new tendering process will commence; the length of time a new tender process will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52119/17]

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives planned in 2018 to increase the number of homes available for persons saving for a housing deposit that wish to purchase a home but that are presently unable to afford to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52264/17]

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: I ask this question on behalf of the many people who are caught in the middle. They are not eligible for social housing and they are unable to afford to buy a house. While they have good jobs and a household income of €40,000 to €70,000, they are still struggling to put together the money to buy a house because they are paying €1,300 for rent, child care and so on....

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister for the information. I have a number of questions. What does the Minister consider to be an affordable house? What is an affordable rent? The Central Bank has a limit of 3.5 times income. What figures has the Minister been able to put together on that? Has he assessed the impact of the help-to-buy scheme on the price of houses? Has he looked at developing any new...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to reduce hospital waiting lists and to examine where things are working well and learn from that and bring that forward in other areas. People in Cork with cataracts are waiting unreasonably long times, many over 18 months or two years. There are 6,900 outpatients waiting in Cork University Hospital, CUH, and there are a further 1,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork . [52605/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (12 Dec 2017)

Aindrias Moynihan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the school transport review recommendation to reduce the minimum number of students needed for a route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53119/17]