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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (14 Dec 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 173. To ask the Minister for Health when negotiations will take place between the HSE and a company (details supplied) regarding the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (16 Dec 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households by county currently in receipt of the rent supplement payment in tabular form; the number of households by county that have had their rent increased above the prescribed rent supplement limit for their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40609/16]

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Before Christmas, the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government undertook to get the Residential Tenancies Board to carry out some research to ascertain whether rent control would be extended to Limerick, Galway and Waterford. What stage is this research at and will the Minister be able to meet his commitment that the decision will be made towards the end of this month...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the terms of the tax concession for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme 1994, in respect of a person (details supplied); when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41749/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (17 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to enable teachers in appropriate special education settings, resource and special class, to have their probation completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (17 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 651. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2016 in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1516/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 662. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of putting the social welfare appeals office on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1686/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1723. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Army Ranger Wing applied for a pay rise in 2006 which went to arbitration which stated the minimum pay rise was to be €50 per week backdated to 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41358/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I am a little confused because I thought the remit of this committee was to consider a mechanism for water charging. A lot of the presentation I have heard seems to be a justification for the existence of Irish Water, which we are not discussing at all. The expert committee appeared to recommend that there should be absolute equity between people who are getting their water supply through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: What percentage of compliance is it based on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Surely it must adjust the charges depending on how much the State could afford to subvent them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: We have to know what the net cost was. We are discussing the impact on the public finances.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that a profitable company can close down a defined benefit pension scheme whilst the scheme is in deficit to the detriment of existing and deferred pensioners; his plans to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3027/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will be aware of the controversy before Christmas that indicated a major gap in Irish law, namely, that a solvent company can walk away at will from a defined benefit pension scheme. I ask the Minister if there are any proposals to change that situation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I take the Minister's point about these being voluntary and depending on the willingness of the employer to engage in them, but everything the Minister has said applies equally to the defined benefit schemes in the United Kingdom. The UK has introduced legislation to prevent a solvent company from winding up a defined benefit scheme until such time as it makes up the deficit that is owed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister, in comparing the UK system with the Irish system, said that Deputy Penrose and I are trying to achieve something retrospectively. Everybody knows defined benefit pension schemes were in place in the UK before the relevant legislation was introduced, and its introduction did not have all the dire consequences the Minister has outlined today. The Minister's position seems to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify recent comments he made in the media to establish a new SSIA-style universal scheme for private sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3028/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: This is as a result of a recent newspaper interview given by the Minister referring to the pressure that what we know as the old age pension system will come under due to the rapidly increasing elderly population. I merely want the Minister to elaborate on his ideas on how to deal with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: What the Minister is talking about is an auto-enrolment scheme where one will be opted in and one can opt out if one wishes. The Minister's calculation is that, if he starts at 1% extra per annum, it would eventually rise to 6% per annum to be matched by employers and the State. Is he talking about a situation where, ultimately, when this is in place, there will be 6% extra on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Minister intend to start putting this system in place in time for the next budget and what sort of timescale does he envisage to have it completely in place? I accept this depends on political consensus and various other issues, but the Minister must have some sort of a timescale in mind. Does he intend to start at the next budget?