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Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I do not believe he answered the second one either.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I thank Deputy Cowen for tabling this motion. A total of 750,000 people in the country, that is one in six, live below the poverty line. Hundreds of thousands more are struggling just barely above that line. The population as a whole has been battered by year after year of austerity, cuts, charges and impositions of all sorts, both covert and overt. Against this background the least that...

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Undeterred by my failure at verbal communication, I sent an e-mail and got a response back late last night that stated, "The PPS numbers have to be submitted to ensure that correct water allowances are allocated to the correct recipients". That is a very interesting answer because it tells us that Irish Water is starting from the premise that the entirety - or almost the entirety - of the...

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: It gives rise to a number of very interesting questions. Is that the Minister's version of accountability?

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Is that his version of the democratic revolution for which people voted in such numbers in the last general election? I remember a grandiose statement from the programme for Government: "We believe that in recent years an over-powerful Executive has turned the Dáil into an observer of the political process rather than a central player and that this must be changed". How hollow that...

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I cannot remember exactly the amount because it seems to change every time he answers the question. However, the Minister should remember that nobody signed up with the troika for somebody on the dole with four or five kids to end up paying €400 or €500 in water charges year-in year-out. Nobody signed a deal with the troika or anybody else that the people of this country would...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the persistence of fuel poverty here; if she will enhance the fuel allowance in order to combat this poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that are currently in receipt of rent allowance; the number of persons that have been transferred from rent allowance to housing assistance payment under the pilot project which is currently being carried out in Limerick city; when she envisaged that HAP will be extended nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Security of the Elderly (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of elderly persons have been compelled to abandon security systems within their homes due to the abolition of the telephone allowance; her plans to rectify this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39806/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the PRSI anomaly resulting in lower paid workers taking home less pay when they earn more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to include the self-employed under State social insurance; the number of self-employed persons here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40231/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to ensure that landlords accept tenants who are in receipt of rent supplement; if her attention has been drawn to the high number of persons refused tenancy as a result of their receiving of rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with her Department’s actions in ensuring that those in long-term unemployment are supported by her Department in their attempts to return to the workforce; the number of long-term unemployed who returned to employment annually from 2011 to date in 2014; the number and percentage of long-term unemployed during that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review of the free travel pass scheme; the annual expenditure on the scheme since 2011; those in possession of free travel passes since 2011 broken down in tabular form under categories FT-P, FT+S and FT+C; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of allegations of bogus self-employment or subcontracting that have been made to the National Employment Rights Authority over the past five years; the number that were investigated; the number of allegations that were confirmed; the findings that were made; the action that was subsequently taken; if an employer has ever...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Investigations (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an investigation was carried out into employment conditions at a site (details supplied); the person who carried it out; the issues that were investigated; if bogus sub-contracting and underpayment of bricklayers were included in the matters for investigation; if the investigation was concluded; the findings of the investigation; if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (21 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he has taken to address the homeless crisis here; the actions he will take to ensure homelessness is ended within two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40230/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue pertaining to an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (23 Oct 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40753/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (4 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the figure for the number of community employment supervisors currently employed and the number of supervisors expected to retire in year 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41318/14]