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

John Brady: The Minister should do his job and answer the question.

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

John Brady: The Minister might start implementing stuff here as opposed to it being imposed on him.

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

John Brady: I will not take lectures from the Minister as to who writes my speeches or dictates my policy. My party members dictate my party's policies. I question where the Minister gets his right-wing policies from. The simple fact of the matter is that since 2012, one third of new applicants for the State pension have received smaller pensions than they would have received had they retired prior to...

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

John Brady: So it is a good outcome for the 36,000 older people.

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the report on the impact of reduced jobseeker's payments for those aged under 26; his plans to end this discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17954/17]

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: We are aware of the ongoing discrimination against our young people aged under 26 who are unemployed. This has been borne out by evidence, through constituents, by people coming forward and by a number of organisations. The budget just gone has continued that discrimination. What is the Minister going to do to bring an end to the ongoing discrimination?

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: I urge the Minister to look at it in the next budget. It is certainly having a huge impact on our young unemployed. We know the figures. Young people are twice as likely to be unemployed as older people. The Minister did commit to a report, which I believe was due to be brought forward in the second quarter of 2016. This was in the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy but we still have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will end the current situation in which child maintenance is included as a source of income in the calculation of rent supplement for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17951/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assurances he can give to persons living here receiving a pension payment from the UK as a result of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the future of the rural social scheme and community employment; the impact these changes will have on current participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17952/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will issue a policy directive to the Citizens Information Board to ensure that the MABS and Citizens Information Services are retained as they are to avoid any restructuring;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person can receive an extension to their community employment scheme if they are over 62 years of age; if this extension can be up until pension age; when this measure as part of community employment reform will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on communications between an elected representative and Turas Nua regarding a person engaged with Turas Nua with the person's consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17539/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reinstate a diet supplement payment; the way in which persons, particularly those in receipt of social welfare payments, are to manage these payments without the diet supplement payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17540/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to phase out crèche and play school service provision by community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide additional resourcing for QQI level six training for community employment participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the additional supplement provided to community employment participants in view of increased transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is his Department's policy objective to place jobseekers in JobPath in preference over community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Schemes (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the precise criteria required for a person to transfer from JobPath to community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is his Department's policy to replace local employment service mediators; if so, his plans to replace them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17627/17]