Results 10,141-10,160 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

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

Willie O'Dea: 1639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for an auto-enrolment pension system; if a report has been or is being prepared on same; the expected publication date of same; the date this new system is expected to come into operation; the full-year cost of implementing such a system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1247/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the time limits for backdating all social welfare payments under the remit of her Department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of sanctions issued by her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2017 as a result of non-compliance or non-engagement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1924/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, by age and length of unemployment, who have participated in JobPath in each year since it commenced in 2013, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1925/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 45 years of age and above in receipt of jobseeker's payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1926/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest survey of income and living conditions, SILC, data which show that approximately 11% of children are living in consistent poverty, that 19% are at risk of poverty and that 25% are experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2134/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I raise this question to reflect my concern that the substantial rates of economic growth we have been experiencing in recent years have not translated into a substantial reduction in the level of child poverty.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Lest people think I was being churlish. I also wish everybody a happy new year. I acknowledge what was done in the budget and the previous one. I also acknowledge that there has been a reduction in the rate for those experiencing deprivation. Nevertheless, the figure for the number of children living in consistent poverty in 2014 was 12.7%, which figure was reduced to 11.5% in 2015...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I note the Minister said future figures will show the differences. We have heard that before. Before the latest figures were produced, we were assured that, because of the accompanying economic growth, they would show a substantial reduction, but that has not transpired to be the case. The 2020 child poverty target that was agreed by the Government would require it to lift 102,000 children...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to correct the 2012 pension anomalies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2190/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the clarification. The report is going to the Cabinet sub-committee tomorrow, which will discuss the proposed solution and it will then go to the Cabinet on Tuesday. The Minister has said she will publish the report regardless of the outcome. Is the Minister saying that even if the Cabinet turns down the proposals, she will still publish the proposals after that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Burton who initiated the changes told us at the time that it was an equity measure, a measure to bring contributions more into line with payments, but in recent debates she has portrayed it as a cut to protect the Social Insurance Fund. Assuming the Minister gets this proposal through the Cabinet subcommittee tomorrow, and I wish her the best of luck with that, and assuming it goes to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I would be delighted to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Duly noted.

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to improve the operation of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1966/18]

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise. The reference in Question No. 9 to "family income supplement" should read "working family payment".

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the response. She answered one of the questions I was going to ask in saying the hours would be part of the consideration.

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister. She is most kind. Will she tell the House when, approximately, we will be in a position to see the report in order that the committee can discuss it? She said the budget for family income supplement last year was of the order of €430 million. The working family payment will cover a wider area and, as such, the budget will be considerably larger. Does the...

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: In addition, the Minister will appreciate that work patterns have changed and that there is now more part-time work, etc. It is only fair and proper that the social welfare system should reflect that.

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will live with that.