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Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Government is seeking votes by giving a few cent to everybody. The Members of this House - those on all sides - were elected to govern a society, not just an economy. Let us take a step back and consider the type of society that exists almost four years into the lifetime of this Government and in the aftermath of the introduction of its fourth budget. According to the CSO,...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This is a very short Bill with one purpose, which is to expedite the social welfare appeals system. I propose that the maximum period for an appeal should be 60 working days, which is 12 weeks, except in very exceptional circumstances. The Minister of State is aware of the 2012 report of the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, which examined...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State for his response and Deputy Ó Snodaigh for his support. I join with the Minister of State in complimenting the staff in the Department of Social Protection and the appeals office, with whom it is always a pleasure to deal. They are very courteous and helpful people. I will make a couple of general observations, none of which is directed personally at the...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Of course it does but the point is that when they are introduced 20 months after they were produced, it says something about how the system has changed.

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Ó Snodaigh made the point that 60 days may be too short a timeframe. With the resources etc. available to the Department, that may very well be correct. I am not caught up with 60 days. What I am trying to deal with is the situation of some unfortunate who has been turned down for social welfare. The statistics from the Department show that in more than 50% of cases, he or she...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I will do that. I also ask the Minister of State to take on board Deputy Ó Snodaigh's very good suggestion that the right to a review be clearly set out because people have come to me who think they must go straight to the appeals office and they are amazed to hear they can actually go back to the deciding officer to have their case looked at again. That is not clear on the form. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been transferred from rent allowance to housing assistance payment in Cork County Council, Waterford City and County Council, South Dublin County Council, Kilkenny County Council, Monaghan County Council and Louth County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42827/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsIreland Service (11 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts her Department will make to ensure all customers' CVs uploaded will be kept confidential; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42870/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision to remove funding for a primary school teacher (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that church assets are now being sold to privately fund the teacher's salary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42959/14]

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I support the thrust of the amendment. The corporate veil was to some extent pierced by the Companies Act 1990, which stipulates that in certain situations directors of a company which had gone out of existence could be held personally liable for trading while insolvent or other activities. There is no doubt that, as previous speakers indicated, certain companies are playing fast and loose...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: It is a bigger challenge for the families.

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: What about the rent caps?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: We do that every week.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach was going to do things differently.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Why finish at 8 p.m. on Thursday? What is the rush?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: What is the urgency?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: European Court of Justice Rulings (18 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact the recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case (details supplied) will have on social welfare policy here; the actions she will take as a result of this ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44173/14]

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Labour Party stand over it?

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: You would get wet.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Allegedly.