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- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: 9 o’clock I do not intend to accept these amendments. I wish to point out that the current rate bands applying to the contributory State pension were introduced from September 2012, replacing previous rates introduced in 2000. The rate bands prior to 2000 were less generous and the improved rate bands introduced in 2000 were a feature of the economic and political environment at...
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: No. It will be a meeting of the sub-committee on that date.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: The Cabinet meeting will take place in January.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I am referring to the sub-committee.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I wish various Deputies would take the Minister's word. We have a date of 18 January. That is when the Cabinet committee on pensions is meeting. We all know that an injustice has been done and the preparation of a report is ongoing in the Department. It is looking at the various options. I ask Members to acknowledge that the Minister has given a date on this. It will go to Government...
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I accept Deputy O'Dea's amendment.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I thank Deputy O'Dea for not pressing the amendment.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I can inform Deputy Brady that the report has not been published in full. Initial results were published in April. We hope the report will be published in the coming weeks or months. We do not have an exact timetable for it yet. NUI Maynooth is undertaking research, the purpose of which is to examine the effectiveness of the reduced rates in encouraging young jobseekers to avail of...
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I do not propose to accept the amendment. In addition to the PRSI paid by employees, PRSI is payable by employers on the basis of the salary paid to their employees. Most employments fall under PRSI class A. The rate of employer PRSI under class A is 8.5% where weekly earnings are €376 or less and 10.75% where weekly earnings exceed €376. It is generally recognised that...
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: It is not agreed.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: No.
- Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: I thank Deputies Brady and Broughan for their contributions. I do not propose to accept this amendment. Fuel allowance is just one element of the Government's strategy to tackle energy poverty, which is a complex matter. In 2016, the Government launched a comprehensive strategy to combat energy poverty. This followed extensive public consultation and the strategy builds on the progress...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (6 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52248/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52722/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance application by person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52742/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: 505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52789/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Dec 2017)
Pat Breen: 506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52790/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (16 Jan 2018)
Pat Breen: Neither the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation nor the Health and Safety Authority have imposed any restrictions on either occupational first aid instructors or on health and safety training organisations in relation to the advertising of occupational first aid courses. As the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council is an organisation under the aegis of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (16 Jan 2018)
Pat Breen: 1608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1028/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)
Pat Breen: 1609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1029/18]