Results 1,001-1,020 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Data (27 Jun 2017)
John Brady: 581. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of mortgage income supplement in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30069/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Data (27 Jun 2017)
John Brady: 582. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions being put in place for persons in receipt of mortgage income supplement who will no longer receive this assistance after 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30070/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)
John Brady: As the Taoiseach is aware, on 1 June the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection issued a report on the proposed changes for the restructuring of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS and Citizens Information. This report was presented to the Taoiseach when he was the Minister for Social Protection, before it was actually published on 1 June. We are at the end of June and...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)
John Brady: That is not true and the Taoiseach knows it. He has the power. It was used previously to stop the regionalisation of MABS.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (28 Jun 2017)
John Brady: 281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason seeking maintenance from the other parent is a condition for lone parents to continue to be eligible for the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30350/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (28 Jun 2017)
John Brady: 282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which her Department checks if a lone parent has actively sought maintenance from the other parent in order to remain eligible for their one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30351/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (28 Jun 2017)
John Brady: 283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a lone parent has had their one parent family payment suspended, reduced or removed on the grounds of not seeking maintenance from the other parent; and if so, the number of instances in which this has this happened in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30352/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (28 Jun 2017)
John Brady: 284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection report entitled, Report on the Position of Lone Parents in Ireland, published online in June 2017; her views on this report and in particular, the recommendations made by the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30353/17]
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It became apparent this morning that the huge delays in maternity benefit payments did not come as a complete shock to the Taoiseach, who was the Minister for Social Protection at the time. In fact, he had been made aware of the delays a full three months in advance. One cannot ignore the fact that this issue was brought to public attention in May, when the then Minister was immersed in a...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It has no time for all those people who require social support. Why did the Taoiseach sit on his hands and abandon thousands of new mothers?
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: The Tánaiste's response clearly shows again that the Government does not get it. It does not have any regard for people who depend on social benefits, and her response clearly shows that. I concur with the Tánaiste that the staff in the Department are very efficient - efficient in the fact that they highlighted concerns over staff levels a full three months before the Taoiseach...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It was only dealt with because it hit the headlines.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It was not timely. Three months earlier would have been timely.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: The proposals from the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, regarding the creation of a new charging regime for waste collection means that commercial operators will themselves choose which option to take. This gives far too much leeway to private companies and far to little to the consumer. The proposed annual support of €75 to assist...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: There are, however, no provisions in place for low-income families or lone parents who will not be able to afford any of these additional charges.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: How will the people who cannot afford these charges be assisted?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It is about low-income families.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It is good to do that, but I am talking about low-income families.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: They are at the mercy of private companies.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)
John Brady: It is new politics.