Results 9,161-9,180 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the jobseeker's allowance scheme for those in receipt of €144 per week by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10, €15, €20 and €25 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the State pension by €5; €6; €7; €8; €9; €10 and €15 by week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing entitlement under the living alone allowance scheme by €2,€3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10 and €15, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the disability allowance scheme, the carer's benefit scheme, the invalidity pension scheme and the blind pension scheme by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10, €15 and €20 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the grant under the carer's support scheme by €50, €75, €100, €120, €125, €150, €175 and €200; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18499/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme for the age groups specified by €10; €15; €20; €25; €30; €35; €40; €50; €60; €70; €80; €90; and €100, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits that have been withdrawn under the treatment benefits package since 2010; the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring each of these benefits based on contracts agreed with dental and medical practitioners at the time they were withdrawn and based on a 5%, 10% and 15% increase on the rates agreed at the time; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of restoring the entitlement under the telephone allowance scheme to the rate it was at in 2010 and in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of extending the number of weeks the entitlement is paid under the fuel allowance scheme by one, two, three and four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18497/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Correspondence (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he has examined the issue raised; his views on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18391/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: There is a very firm commitment in the programme for Government to establish a special court to deal with mortgage arrears cases. Many people are anxiously awaiting the establishment of that court. When will it be set up?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (29 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 215. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will re-examine regulations recently introduced by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency which will compel child minders to complete Fetac level 5; if she is aware that this change in regulations may compel many persons who are providing child minding services in their own homes to discontinue this practice; if she is further aware...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assurances that can be provided that jobseekers who have been selected for the JobPath activation scheme will not be forced into unsuitable and inappropriate jobs given that participation on JobPath is mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: In tabling the question I wish to emphasise that we do not oppose the provision of programmes to help people to get back into work, but we are very concerned about any question or element of coercion into inappropriate or unsuitable employment, in particular now that the service has been privatised and there is a profit motive at the end of it. There are a number of problems with JobPath...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Out of all the queries, e-mails and personal visits I received on JobPath, I wish to read the Minister an excerpt from one e-mail which comes from someone in the Minister's constituency. I will be careful not to identify the person. The person said they will be 60 in a few weeks' time and they have been in full-time employment from 1976 until 2007 in a very responsible position.Currently I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: That is pretty serious. Could I just make one very quick point? In my area in Limerick I have heard constant complaints from people who have been asked the most demeaning and inappropriate questions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: -----in the presence of other people. There is no privacy. People are sitting cheek by jowl with other people from the same city who are being asked the same questions and they can all hear the replies.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The scheme is being operated by two companies. One of them is Turas Nua, which is a consortium of a recruitment company in Roscrea and a company called Working Links from the United Kingdom. Is the Minister aware that very serious allegations have been made about Working Links? For example, in an investigation by a parliamentary committee recently in connection with another company, A4e, a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle poverty in view of the anti-poverty targets that have been missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18819/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: This question was prompted by a recent report from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul that it is getting in excess of 2,300 calls per week from families in need. What are the current levels of consistent poverty and otherwise? Where does the Minister intend to focus in his budget to start making inroads into those?