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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I have tabled this question to ascertain whether the Minister intends to proceed with the change to the lone parent's allowance conditions which is scheduled to take effect from July.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister said earlier this week that she had spoken to a number of lone parents about these changes, but I have been in direct and indirect communication with several hundred lone parents and not one of them has spoken in favour of the reforms or changes she is proposing. I have one simple question for the Minister. In this House on 18 April 2012 she promised single parent families that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I do not. I asked a specific question. Is the Minister going to break her promise - yes or no?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: It is working lone parents whom the Minister is hurting most, the very ones she says she wants to incentivise. Is she telling the House that the child care provisions to which she has referred constitute a Scandinavian-type child care system? If not, she is breaking the promise she made to the House on 18 April 2012. Last evening the Minister of State at the Department of Social...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the F grade for the Government in the area of child poverty in the 2015 report card of the Children's Rights Alliance is a fair assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9403/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I put down the question to ascertain what progress, if any, the Government has made on its stated commitment to reduce child poverty.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister mentioned the increase in child benefit. That increase was only a partial reversal of the decrease the Minister had already introduced. Is the Minister aware of the UNICEF report, Children of the Recession, published last October? It demonstrates clearly and unambiguously that there are 130,000 more children living in poverty in this country now than there were five years ago...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The UNICEF report is clear. Of the 41 countries surveyed, we come in at No. 37. That puts us behind countries that only recently became democracies and countries whose economies are far less well developed than ours. The Minister mentioned three things in regard to social transfers, one of which was the partial alleviation in the original reduction in child benefit. Commenting on that, the...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State said that he wants to thank the people who have brought us to this point. I wish to be associated with his comments in that regard, which relate to groups such as Transgender Equality Network Ireland, TENI, and LGBT Noise, individuals such as Michael Farrell, organisations such as Amnesty International, the former Equality Authority and the great heroine of this...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Why can the Government not simply wait to find out?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on her Department's recent report, which states that better-off families are set to be the main beneficiaries of budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9125/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will bring forward proposals for a new supplementary workplace retirement saving scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9123/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her targets for expenditure on social protection, as a proportion of gross domestic product; the latest figures for Irish expenditure on that matrix; the way it compares to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9124/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is putting in place to tackle food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the proposal by the National Youth Council to double JobBridge payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9122/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by the Garda vetting office regarding an application for a contractor's licence (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9883/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure all public transport services are put out to tender; if it will be covered by the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5023/15]

Order of Business (11 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach stated yesterday that he intends to bring forward proposals to modify the insolvency regime next month. Will these be legislative or non-legislative proposals? If the are going to be non-legislative, will he give a commitment to the effect that the House will be given an opportunity to discuss them before they are proceeded with?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Will they be legislative or non-legislative?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (11 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of her officials' discussion with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a pension plan for community employment supervisors; when they will report back, which they had previously indicated would be by January 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10650/15]