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Other Questions: Social Insurance (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I do not agree with the notion that a voluntary system would not work. Voluntary systems have been put in place in other countries and they are demonstrably working. I refer the Minister to the section of the report where the group discusses the attitude of some social welfare officials to the self-employed when they claim jobseeker's allowance. Among certain sections of the Department of...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: It was €3 billion less than the Taoiseach would have paid.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Blather.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: We are feeling neglected.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Delighted.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach will recall that he promised nothing less than a constitutional revolution. Two weeks ago I asked him about the following commitment in the programme for Government: "We will also deal with the related problem of legislation being shunted through at high speed and will ensure that Dáil standing orders provide a minimum of two weeks between each stage of a Bill". When I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of JobBridge participants that have been employed by her Department; the number of JobBridge participants that have gained full employment in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10444/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of appeals made by those refused the invalidity pension, the carer's allowance and the disability allowance for 2013 and to date in 2014; the percentage of successful appeals arising from those appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10447/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Food Poverty (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress in tackling food poverty in Ireland as part of the commitment to do so in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10446/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) regarding reduced social welfare rates for homeless young persons; if she has considered these proposals; if she will take action on these proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10448/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I thank everybody for their submissions. We are not being told anything that is not already in the public domain but the witnesses made their presentations well and succinctly. I note what Mr. Whelan said about defined contribution schemes, and I agree with him. I have long suspected that the defined contribution schemes are not a panacea. I also agree with him that the way liabilities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: How was that calculated and over what period is it based?

Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this motion, which we will be supporting. It mainly concerns the gateway scheme, which everyone knows is a very different scheme from the community employment scheme. While I am not trying to be partisan or unduly critical, I never thought I would see the day when a Government, one third of which is made up of Labour Party members and which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for a second level school in the Raheen/Dooradoyle area of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11520/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (11 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department invited unemployed persons to a conference in Liffey Valley and then cancelled the event; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11923/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (11 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider abolishing the €100 emergency department charge for families-next of kin who are grieving following the death of a loved one in road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12026/14]

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Every day I become more convinced that the Taoiseach would make an ideal choice for President of the European Council.

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I would point out to the Taoiseach that we have passed the second anniversary of the Taoiseach's commitment to introduce the consumer and competition Bill. He told me it would be introduced "this session". Several sessions have come and gone. Does the Taoiseach believe he will bring it forward in this session?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (13 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm due to a recent change in his Department's policy pertaining to long-term illnesses, that a number of persons with medical cards are still paying prescription charges; when this change in his Department's policy came into operation; the arrangements that will be made to refund these persons since this change in policy was announced; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Mar 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding for a new second level school in the Raheen-Dooradoyle area of Limerick; the stage this project is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13328/14]