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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement payment has been suspended from any person for engaging in industrial action since the introduction of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16945/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing disability allowance in line with inflation plus €4 in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [17027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing disability allowance by €20 and index linking it to inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17063/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that material from the River Dargle, Bray, County Wicklow, was used for the construction of the R755 road at Roundwood as part of the River Dargle flood protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of material that was taken from the River Dargle site in Bray, County Wicklow, as part of the River Dargle flood protection scheme; if a waste licence was applied for to the EPA for the removal of the material; if testing was carried out on the materials, if the material was all in earth material, if the local engineer in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that material from the River Dargle, Bray ,County Wicklow, was used for the construction of the R755 road at Roundwood as part of the River Dargle flood protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16948/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of material that was taken from the River Dargle site in Bray, County Wicklow, as part of the River Dargle flood protection scheme; if a waste licence was applied for to the EPA for the removal of the material; if testing was carried out on the materials; if the material was all in earth material; if the local engineer in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (6 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department omitted Greystones, County Wicklow from the rent pressure zones list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to planning concerns at Wicklow County Council which successive Ministers have committed to examining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17114/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to ongoing issues in the JobPath scheme; when the next review will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: Is the Minister aware of ongoing issues in the JobPath scheme and when does he intend to carry out a full review of the scheme from its introduction?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The emergence of JobPath signalled a drive towards a privatisation agenda within the Department for job activation schemes. Since 2011, penalties have been increasing year on year for those who do not engage in a job activation scheme. Between 2011 and 2016, more than 27,000 people were sanctioned. As the live register goes down, penalties go up. Is this a new policy within the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The only review that has been carried out so far was useless. The review relates to the first three months of the operation of JobPath, from July to September 2015. This review was not published until January of this year. I am sure other Deputies have similar experiences of constituents coming through their doors outlining many concerns. That report is not a true reflection of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: Will the Minister release the figures?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: We are informed that they are commercially sensitive.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: Will the Minister commit to releasing the figures?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end inequalities in the State pension payment for women as a result of the 2012 changes and the calculation of contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18280/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: What plans does the Minister have to end the ongoing discrimination imposed on women in their State pension payments as a direct result of changes made by his party in 2012? What will he do to make the calculation methods for contributions fair for those individuals?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: To date, 36,000 older people are in receipt of a lower State pension payment than would have been the case prior to the band changes as a direct result of the changes introduced by the Government, of which the Minister was a part, in 2012. I commend Age Action Ireland on highlighting that in an excellent and very detailed report which it recently launched. The Minister constantly points...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The Minister does constantly. He mentioned it previously.