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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (2 May 2017)

John Brady: 595. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the payments made to participants on community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Medals (2 May 2017)

John Brady: 734. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if guidelines were issued last year from her Department to local authorities regarding the issuing of 1916 commemorative medals to members of the fire and rescue service. [19964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Medals (2 May 2017)

John Brady: 735. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the responsibility her department had in relation to drafting the guidelines for the issuing of 1916 commemorative medals in 2016 to members of the emergency services such as An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and the national ambulance service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19965/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: I thank the Chair and members for bringing this Bill forward for scrutiny by the committee. I would also like to acknowledge the support, assistance and advice I received from a number of organisations ahead of the debate on this Bill in the Dáil on 23 February last, including Age Action Ireland, Active Retirement Ireland, the National Women’s Council of Ireland and SIPTU. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: I thank Deputy O'Callaghan and acknowledge and welcome his comments about the Bill. The sole purpose of the Bill is to give workers choice because up to now, the choice has been in the hands of the employer. There are many people who feel they have many more years of work in them. Their decision is based on a number of grounds, be they financial, personal or to prevent isolation. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: I welcome Deputy Chambers's overall comments in support of the Bill. We will do away with any age restrictions because age is a figure on a piece of paper. In many circumstances, people do not feel as old as that piece of paper states. To use a terrible cliché, 80 is the new 70 and 70 is the new 60. That is the case for many people because of healthier lifestyles. The Bill will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: It would be done by the Employment Appeals Tribunal which up to this point has been adjudicating on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: No, only where there are difficulties within the employment and if the employer is forcing the hand of the employee to retire. Ultimately, that is where it will lead. The difficulty up to now is that the directive from the EU, which was passed 17 years ago, was only incorporated into legislation here in 2015. The courts have tended to be interpret it in the employer's favour. There have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: Many of the organisations I referred to in my opening address, such as Age Action Ireland, have been calling for the abolition of mandatory retirement to give workers the choice. The issues around schoolteachers and others in the public service who are being brought back as consultants to work clearly shows that for a multitude of reasons they feel that they must continue working whether...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: There is none in particular. On the point that Deputy O'Brien mentioned around the isolation when people are forced into retirement, I want to acknowledge the fantastic work of Active Retirement Ireland in trying to make the process of retirement easier for so many people. I acknowledge the fantastic work it does right across the State in helping to keep people active and in breaking down...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: Discussion (3 May 2017)

John Brady: The Chairman touched on it all himself. I know there are so many people watching this debate. I have been inundated. I do not say that to overplay this Bill's importance, but since I brought it to the floor of the House I have been inundated by people who are turning 65 this year, including schoolteachers who are turning 65 in September and who are hoping that this Bill is passed before...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

John Brady: The programme for Government has committed to the full implementation of the national maternity strategy, yet the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar, seems confused about something as basic as the current waiting times for the payment of maternity benefit. In a reply to a parliamentary question four weeks ago, he stated that the average waiting time was 17.7 weeks. This morning...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

John Brady: Advising expectant mothers to sign on for the supplementary welfare allowance is totally unacceptable. Why is there any delay and when will the additional staff be taken on to deal with these unsatisfactory delays?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (10 May 2017)

John Brady: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanisms in place to recoup money owed by companies that become insolvent after his Department intervenes and covers all the necessary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (10 May 2017)

John Brady: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department follows up with companies that start trading again after a period of insolvency to recoup costs paid by his Department on behalf of the same company; the way in which this process is undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22209/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (10 May 2017)

John Brady: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent by his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for covering all necessary costs for companies that become insolvent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2017)

John Brady: 135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that his Department has covered costs for including workers' redundancy payments and other insolvency costs when that same company has become insolvent or dissolved in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2017)

John Brady: 136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff redundancies that have been paid by his Department in circumstances in which a company has become insolvent or dissolved in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2017)

John Brady: 137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that are operating in circumstances in which his Department had stepped in to cover costs including workers' redundancy payments and other insolvency costs in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of desk based assessments of entitlements further to reviews of his Department's schemes; the number of direct inquiries with social welfare recipients; the number of site and employer visits; the number of face-to-face interviews conducted in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22819/17]