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Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I said Sinn Féin has bullied women.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I did not accuse you.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I want to make it clear I am talking about the Sinn Féin Party, not Deputy Brady.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It is typical.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: It is typical. He asked me to say something and-----

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: -----then he will not give me the chance to say it.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I did not make any charge specifically against Deputy Brady.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I made a charge against his party.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: If you say I did, you misinterpreted what I said. We also had a lecture from the so-called left here, stating Fine Gael will not do this in government and Fianna Fáil will not do that in government. The irony is that those to whom I refer do not want to be in government at all. They want to be shouting from the sidelines permanently. Toy town demagogues, that is what we are dealing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for an early intervention unit at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (24 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals in DEIS schools in the Limerick city and county catchment area; the supports and resources that are available to free them up to attend external meetings such as child protection case conferences or Meitheal meetings in which their contribution is vital to enhancing an inter agency response to a vulnerable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (24 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) dealing with Turas Nua cannot accept an offer of employment from north Tipperary Leader partnership in view of the fact they are on a job programme with Turas Nua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44618/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (24 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) signed up with Turas Nua cannot avail of funding to undertake a course that will help him or her to establish his or her own business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44808/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason pensioners who were formerly civil servants, gardaí and members of the Defence Forces are excluded from NHR tax exemption in Portugal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected publication date of the report on pension inequities agreed to by the former Minister for Social Protection during the passing of the Social Welfare Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45393/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she will take if the report on pension inequities agreed to by the former Minister for Social Protection finds that the changes introduced to bands in 2012 had an adverse effect on pensioners and women pensioners in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45394/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the anomalies in the calculation of the contributory pension before 2020 in view of the fact that the system is scheduled to move from an averaging approach to a total contributions approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45395/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Agencies Reports (7 Nov 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all members of the Citizens Information Board unanimously signed off on the cost-benefit analysis report on the restructuring of MABS and the CIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46918/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Agencies Reports (7 Nov 2017)

Willie O'Dea: My question is self-explanatory. Did the Citizens Information Board unanimously sign off on the cost-benefit analysis of the restructuring of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, and the Citizens Information service, CIS? I want to know if the Citizens Information Board unanimously signed off on the cost-benefit analysis on the restructuring of MABS and CIS.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Agencies Reports (7 Nov 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her response. My recollection is that when we discussed this matter with the Minister at the committee, she confirmed that the board had signed off on the report. I am open to correction, but the information available to me is that when the final report was produced, the consultants had not engaged with anyone other than the executive of the board. It is also my...