Results 541-560 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: Will the Minister outline the eligibility criteria for the carer's allowance and indicate when the last review of those criteria took place?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: At a committee meeting last December, the Minister indicated that in the first half of 2016, there was a 19% increase in applications for carer's allowance compared with the same period in the previous year. I asked at that meeting what percentage of those applications were refused and I am still awaiting a formal response. Will the Minister provide it now? Statistics showing a high...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: The Minister outlined some of the financial criteria. I am glad he outlined some of the medical criteria that are needed. Last week I was made aware of a man who applied for carer's allowance to look after his wife. There was a letter of refusal from the Department and this has been sent to the Minister. The letter stated his wife, whom he was seeking to become a carer for, was not ill...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the reduction in referrals to the local employment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3061/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: In the space of a year the Minister has reduced referrals to the local employment services by 10,454. People working within the local employment services across the State are asking the Minister to explain the reason he hugely slashed referrals to those excellent services.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: In 2015, the LES saw 30,321 referrals. In 2016, it saw 19,867 referrals. Every county in the State, with one exception, experienced a reduction in referrals in the space of a year. People working in the LES are deeply concerned about the Minister's intentions for the LES and its sustainability into the future. If reductions continue at this scale, it will call into question the viability...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: It is certainly not rocket science and I do not take the Minister's condescending remark lightly. However, it is interesting to see the emergence of the privatisation of this area. At the same time as the Minister has been cutting referrals to the LES across the State, more than 60,000 people have been referred to private entities in JobPath. Is the real reason behind the huge cuts in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: Then referred to a private entity.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Employment Service (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: There have been no cuts to JobPath.

Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: I have a supplementary question. When the Minister came before the Committee on Social Protection last December, I asked whether discussions had started with the opticians and dentists. He said he was starting that process. Perhaps he will take this opportunity to outline how these discussions are going, whether he thinks the deadline of March is achievable and whether there are any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the drop in supplementary welfare allowance scheme payments being issued from community welfare offices in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2764/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the most up to date figures on the refusal rates for those persons applying for a carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking with regard to pension reform, including closing the gender pension gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (25 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons aged under 60 years of age in receipt of a widow's contributory pension are unable to qualify for the household benefits package and mortgage interest supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3347/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (25 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of health centre locations in County Wicklow and a breakdown of the services provided in each of the health centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the services available at the three district hospitals in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (25 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the current ambulance response times for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (25 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance bases in County Wicklow; the number of ambulances stationed at each of these bases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jan 2017)

John Brady: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists with a County Wicklow address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/17]