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

Willie O'Dea: 1470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year-cost of increasing the rate of maternity benefit by €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16477/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing paternity benefit by €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16478/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child payment by €2, €3, €4 and €5, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16479/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by 10% on average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing expenditure on the school meals programme by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16480/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: 1474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the Living Wage Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16481/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change section J3 of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; if so, when the change will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14960/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1629. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to make 6 December a national holiday to commemorate the signing of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland in 1921 (details supplied). [15082/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (19 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the events surrounding the closure of a school (details supplied); if there is provision for payment of outstanding moneys owed to teachers; his plans to regulate these establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17240/18]

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move:"That Dáil Éireann:acknowledges that:— Community Employment (CE) schemes provide much needed services in communities throughout the country, and that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is now responsible for these schemes; — CE schemes are designed to help those in long-term unemployment, who are disadvantaged or find it impossible to...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: We should wait until the relevant Minister arrives. I was assured the Minister with responsibility for social protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, would be here in person to take this debate.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I do not accept that.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As I said, we were assured that the Minister with responsibility for social protection would come to the House to listen to the debate. She is the direct line Minister and the person who understands the issues involved. I say that with all due respect to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I am taking this debate under protest because the line Minister should be here. On 22 July 2008, the Labour Court ruled that an agreed pension scheme should be introduced for community employment supervisors and that the scheme should be funded by FÁS. It also ruled that this should be done without delay. Ten years have passed and the scheme has not been put in place. On 22...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate. I thank all the parties and individual Deputies who expressed their support for this motion. We very much appreciate that. There was one aspect of community employment that has not been mentioned tonight, namely, the sponsors. I recognise the important role the sponsors play in the delivery of the community employment schemes. I also want...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: That is the reason the Government has refused to implement the Labour Court recommendation. The Minister of State also said, in his supplied script from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, that while he accepts the figures of €6 million per year plus €19 million for the gratuity, this could lead on to enormous, potentially life-threatening sums of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been scheduled for a meeting to discuss with unions the outcome of the high level forum in respect of providing a pension for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the paper outlining costs that was presented at the high level forum on 23 November 2017 relating to a pension scheme for community employment supervisors has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17962/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for a proposed new development (details supplied) in County Limerick has been agreed in view of statistics; his views on whether this constitutes sustainable development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17577/18]