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Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to facilitate a person's (details supplied) need to travel to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50100/17]

Other Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (29 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that women who are victims of domestic abuse and in receipt of social welfare payments are being informed by her Department that they are in danger of losing their single parent payments unless they try to obtain maintenance from their abusers and that women in these situations are...

Other Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (29 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I am quite happy with the Minister's comprehensive response. I hope this situation will never happen again to any individual presenting themselves in this way. I am glad the person did it and I take the Minister on her word in this case.

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: A key recommendation of the national rare disease plan of the previous Government was to establish a rare disease technology review group. I understand there is a chair but no members. The Minister understands and is cognisant of the serious situation in this country whereby citizens cannot get certain drugs because of a very flawed process. This is a life or death situation for citizens...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 42:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following new section: “Report on State Contributory Pension 17. The Minister for Employment and Social Protection shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on including claimants for the State contributory pension who raised families prior to...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 43:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following new section: “Report on Jobseekers Allowance 17. Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister will lay a report before the House on the impacts on young people under 26 and 24 of the reduced levels of jobseekers allowance applicable to them and report further on reversing these reduced...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: May I ask the Minister a question?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: If the report states that young people are discriminated against in this country and recommends that social welfare levels should not be age-linked, will she implement such recommendation?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I accept that I cannot pre-judge what it will say but, hypothetically speaking, if it were to contain such a recommendation-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: Many reports recommend that Ministers should do this or that but are not acted upon. That is the world in which we live.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: He will not be.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I accept the Minister's bona fides in this regard but the main obstacle is whether she will implement any changes the report may recommend. That is a hypothetical scenario but many young people feel very discriminated against in this regard. On that basis, I will be calling for a vote on the amendment.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: Okay.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: What is three months between friends?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I will go with that.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I am withdrawing it to resubmit it at Report Stage.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 44:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following new section:“Report on changes to State Contributory Pension 17. Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister will lay a report before the House on reversing the changes to the bands for the State contributory pension that have resulted in over 40,000 pensioners having their contributory pension...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 45:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following new section:“Report on Employers PRSI Contributions 17.Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Minister will lay a report before the House on increasing Employers PRSI contributions with special regard to the models and levels of employer’s contributions in other European states.”.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: What is meant is the relative contributions of workers and employers.