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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of equalising to the adult rate reduced rate pensions and jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39290/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making child benefit payable to families with children over 18 years of age who are enrolled in secondary school reflecting the higher educational costs for families with adolescents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending statutory paid maternity and paternity leave to a year, both shared and unshared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39304/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly allowance for children living in direct provision to the current rate for a qualified child including a €5 increase for over 12's and the adult weekly allowance to €38.80 as recommended by the working group on the protection process; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing universal child benefit by €5. [39307/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to €161 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39308/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment until the youngest child is 18 years of age and until a child finishes secondary school, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39310/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the threshold for one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to an increased limit of €500 per week with a €50 increase for each additional child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39311/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing the means-test for maintenance payments, particularly for rent allowance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39286/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance for vulnerable households to remove the extra costs of increasing the carbon tax to €20 and €30 per tonne, respectively; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39287/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will expand the Creative Ireland social welfare pilot beyond writers and visual art artists to include the performing artists and makers (details supplied); the estimated cost of extending the scheme to these artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39294/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of removing the means-test for maintenance payments, particularly for housing assistance payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39286/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of revenue which would be raised if the vacant site levy was applied to all sites above 100 m and below 500 sq m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39295/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met religious leaders in Ireland recently; and his plans for managing the transition to a new relationship between religion, religious institutions and the State. [37882/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was particularly interested in the speech the Taoiseach gave alongside Pope Francis in Dublin Castle. In it he set out the ambition of "a new covenant", if I am quoting him correctly. Later in the speech I think he made a point about our hospital services, saying he was looking for a hospital service based on a civic and scientific ethos. I agree. The real question, however, is what...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 45. To ask the Taoiseach if Brexit was on the agenda at the informal meeting of Heads of Government in Salzburg. [37883/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products Supply (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing combined oral and other contraceptive options such as the coil, implant, injection and vaginal ring free of charge on prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Casual Trading Regulations (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to issue guidelines, directions or circular letters to ensure market places are provided and maintained; if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of six weekend markets (details supplied) in summer 2018 in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40096/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to raise a matter now rather than at the end of the meeting. As the Chairman will know, at the recent meeting of the Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, we asked the Minister, Deputy Naughten, about the consultation document on the national energy and climate action plan. Last week, his Secretary General said that the completion of the document was imminent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: At a certain point we will have to play hardball with the public service if it is not-----