Results 8,101-8,120 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I have some brief questions. One of the items we are dealing with is lone parents allowance. The Minister has said, and I agree with her, that her objective is an active system where people are activated to go out to work, when the work is available, rather than staying at home and relying on welfare. One of the means by which savings have been got in regard to lone parents is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: We have only half an hour left anyway, despite events in the House-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: My understanding is that we must be out of here by 3.30pm in any event. We will have to adjourn then and come back another day. The wage subsidy scheme is part of the working age employment supports. This scheme is designed to increase employment for people with disabilities. Some €10.9 million has been allocated to it. The rate of unemployment among people with disabilities is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: There are 620 people on this scheme at the moment. Were there many refusals to take part in the scheme and what sanctions, if any, were imposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I asked a specific question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I refer to the question I asked initially. I do not doubt that a number of people who are unemployed want to get on the scheme but my understanding is that people are selected for and sent on the scheme by the Department and that sanctions are imposed if a person refuses to go on a scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Have there been instances of refusals or sanctions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Did the Minister receive the submission prepared recently by the Carers Association and how does she intend to respond to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I have three brief outstanding questions. The report of the child and family income supplement advisory group recommended dramatic changes in child benefit. Where are we with that? Second, has the Minister taken any decision on the rent supplement caps? Third, would the Minister consider a suggestion that the names of people who receive rent supplement from the State, that is landlords,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if the committee which is currently reviewing eligibility for medical cards will consider the question of eligibility for long-term illness cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34905/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 179. To ask the Minister for Health his views on extending entitlement to a long-term illness card for people who are suffering from Huntington's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34906/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision that will be made for children in County Limerick who have not yet been placed in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (23 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons currently participating on community employment schemes who are in receipt of a second social welfare payment can suspend their second payment until they have completed their time on the scheme and then receive the second payment again once the scheme has finished as an alternative to having to finished the scheme in December in order...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: On assuming the leadership of the Labour Party, the Tánaiste expressed great concerns about the levels of pay in this country and announced that as part of her price for continuing-----

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: -----in government, the Government would immediately bring in legislation to establish a commission on low pay. According to this list, the legislation just to establish the commission to look at the subject will be brought forward at some unspecified time next year. It has not even been approved by Government yet. Will the Minister confirm that is the case because if it is, it calls the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to detail the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance introduced since the Government came into office; the cost of fully restoring the cuts outline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (25 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to electricity and gas element of household benefits package introduced since the Government came into office; the cost of fully restoring the funding cuts outline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36270/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (25 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to the telephone allowance element of the household benefits package introduced since the Government came into office; the cost of fully restoring the funding cuts outline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36271/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (25 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to detail the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut resulting in a reduction in training and materials grants for community employment scheme, back to education and jobs initiative schemes introduced since the Government came into office; the cost of fully restoring the funding cuts outline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36272/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (25 Sep 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the cost of restoring by 50% the funds cut to child benefit introduced since the Government came into office; the cost of fully restoring the funding cuts outline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36273/14]