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- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: Was any preparatory work done from the time the Minister came up with the scheme, or did it all kick in after the passing of the relevant legislation?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: Deputy O'Dea has asked some technical questions. Would the Minister like to address them now?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: I hope Deputy O'Dea is happy with that. Deputy Brady is next.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: Perhaps there could be an interim report.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: You have been co-operative today, Deputy. An interim report would suffice.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: The Minister spoke about the processing time for carer's allowance. What is the processing time for carer's benefit?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: No, it is specifically about carer's benefit. I have come across a number of emergency cases where an elderly person ends up in hospital, often as a result of a fall or a stroke, and the person will not be able to go home without a carer. When somebody who is working applies for carer's benefit, it takes an age to have it processed. The person applies to take time off work but is afraid to...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: It is causing difficulties for people who have a job and are trying to take time out for a period. It is mainly cases of elderly people having falls or strokes who cannot subsequently be discharged from a hospital or discharged to a nursing home. I have come across a number of such cases in the past year and I was surprised.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: It is proving problematic for people who are working.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: I have seen cases where people have had a stroke and are incapable of going home from hospital. Their discharge from hospital is delayed where the medical evidence would be very robust but the ability of the Department to process the medical evidence is the slowing factor. Something must be examined there.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: No, but it depends-----
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: Not everybody is in hospital. With the likes of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, there is not a day or time. It is not like a stroke. Certainly, I have seen last year, in particular, with benefit, a number of people who were hospitalised.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: I am not suggesting that.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: I have one or two other quick questions. The 2018 estimate for JobPath was €48 million and the outturn was €71 million. In her opening statement, the Minister indicated a significant drop in the live register yet the Estimate for 2019 is €57 million. While it is less than the outturn, it is still significantly more than the Estimate this time last year. Does the...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: It is not proportionate to the drop in the live register. The live register, as the Minister stated, is down 75,000 over two years. My question was in that context.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: I was taken by the Minister talking in her opening statement about those who remain unemployed, whether young or old. We are at a stage where the Minister rightly states there are jobs out there and it is more than merely equipping individuals. I accept that Deputy Regina Doherty is only the Minister for one Department and many of our solutions must be cross-departmental to be effective....
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019) John Curran: I thank the Minister for attending today. That concludes consideration of the Revised Estimate for Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Message to Dáil (27 Mar 2019)
John Curran: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2019: Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)
John Curran: I thank Ms Graham very much for her opening statement. I will follow the same sequence as Deputy Rock and start with MetroLink, another version of which was announced yesterday. We have seen many versions of it. If one adds the timelines set out in the opening statement, it would take in or around ten years to deliver the project. It is a long way down the road before it becomes...