Results 10,101-10,120 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for all social welfare payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which there is no oral hearing and in cases in which there is an oral hearing in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53411/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since 6 May 2016 to date; the report and expenditure on each report in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53412/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Question Heading for question(s) 256 (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the welfare cheats cheat us all campaign since its commencement to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation here; the way in which this rate compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53414/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rates of poverty and deprivation for those not at work due to an illness or a disability in tabular form; the way in which these figures compared to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53415/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; the way in which this compares with the EU average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of unemployment for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares with the EU average in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54156/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Government's child poverty target; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54157/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the national social target for poverty reduction; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in the years 2012 to 2017 in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households in those years that have had their rent supplement increased over and above the standard rate set for each local authority in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54159/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years and over in receipt of a jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places on the momentum programme; the full year cost of increasing the number of places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1242/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the position of resource teachers for Travellers in view of the fact that they are now recognised as a separate ethnic group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1525. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full-year cost of matching the contribution to the community services programme to the national minimum wage rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1221/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1241/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if candidates interviewed for the post of chief executive of the Citizens Information Board were asked to outline proposals to dismantle and replace or otherwise restructure entities, such as citizens information services and MABS, funded and supported by the board (details supplied); if this took place in advance of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social insurance payments by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social assistance payments by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1223/18]