Results 10,301-10,320 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of operating the free travel scheme; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14744/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Reasonable Accommodation Fund Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 425. 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. [14745/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the estimated cost of training staff which have not yet undergone such training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14746/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14747/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the social welfare appeals office; the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of staff by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14749/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobless households here; the way in which the rate of jobless households compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14750/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been subject to sanctions for non-compliance or non-engagement with her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for child poverty; the likelihood of the target being reached within the set timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14753/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for poverty here; the likelihood of the target being reached within the set timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14754/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (29 Mar 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on external consultant reports from May 2016 to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14755/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change legislation on the disabled drivers scheme in view of the fact the qualifying conditions seem to be rigid and inflexible and may be causing inequity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15828/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation will be introduced regarding parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15267/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 872. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 13 March 2014, when persons will be fully reimbursed for prescription charges as a result of the then Minister's announcement on 2 July 2013 that eligible persons who paid prescription charges prior to 1 December 2013 will be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15142/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received a supplementary welfare payment for clothing in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of persons who have been refused a supplementary payment in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 406 and 407 of 29 March 2018, the full year cost of increasing all social insurance and social assistance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively by payment type in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for adults in direct provision from €21.60 per week to €22, €23, €24 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16473/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for children in direct provision from €21.60 to €22, €23, €24 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16474/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing payments (details supplied) by €5, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16475/18]