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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances under which social welfare branch managers will be paid under the new remuneration model; if the financial package will only be put in place following acceptance by all branch managers of a new agreement; if this is in line with the recommendations of the independent chair facilitated discussions with an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools Closures (26 Apr 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 19 April 2018, his plans to make provision for teachers in those schools who have not received their full salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18374/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Review (1 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the working group on the future of PRSI and the USC in respect of contribution rates and ensuring contribution classes are actuarially reviewed on an annual basis to determine the changes required to fund benchmarked increases in State pension payment rates or expansion of benefits cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19123/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (1 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the design of a total contributions State pension model; when it will be released for public consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19119/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (1 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to allow post-2012 pension recipients on reduced rates to utilise the total contributions model by 2019; the first and full-year cost of this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19120/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the development of a consultation paper on a rate setting or funding approach for the Social Insurance Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19121/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Expenditure (1 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress she has made to set a formal benchmark target of 34% of average earnings for State pension (contributory) payments and institute a process whereby future changes in pension rates of payment are explicitly linked to changes in the consumer price index and average wages; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the recently announced changes to the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19262/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister is aware, I recently published legislation proposing the change she is introducing; naturally, therefore, I welcome it. I tabled the question to allow her the opportunity to flesh out the details of how it will operate in practice.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her response. Did I understand her to say that if somebody was in the JobPath system, a vacancy occurred on a Tús or community employment scheme and he or she took up the place, he or she would have to continue with the JobPath service until the expiration of the 12 month period if he or she had already started? The Minister made reference to rearranging...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: We had published a Bill.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her comments. I am not claiming all of the credit but merely adverting to the fact that we published a Bill. The terms of our Bill did not envisage people being forced to participate in two schemes at the same time, although I can see arguments for and against. What worries me slightly in the Minister's response is her aspiration that there will be flexibility and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Food Poverty (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the fact that one in three calls to an organisation (details supplied) are about food poverty; her plans to address poverty and social exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19263/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Food Poverty (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: There is a lot of evidence, both anecdotal and official, that food poverty is still widespread in the community. I want to ascertain whether the Government has given any thought to targeting this problem in the forthcoming budgetary measures.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Food Poverty (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I am, of course, aware of the FEAD programme. Let us be realistic, however, and acknowledge that it is a drop in the ocean. I am also, of course, aware of the school meals programme. Nevertheless, in a recent analysis the Society of St. Vincent de Paul indicated that the number of calls it was receiving had risen since last year and that one in three was related to food poverty. For people...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Food Poverty (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: The school meals programme is an example of targeting in this area. Will the Government consider its extension? It deals with lack of food and ensures that the food provided to children is nutritious and healthy. Is the Minister aware of the recent study undertaken by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which focused on the higher cost of having a teenager? The Minister will...

Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise for the absence of my colleague, Deputy Curran. As the Acting Chairman knows, Deputy Curran is Chairman of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, which is sitting now, at the same time as questions on social protection in the Dáil. Why the two have clashed, I do not know. The question is self-explanatory.

Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister will be aware, among the volunteers, people at the coalface or the people providing the service there is still widespread opposition to this change. People are in constant contact with us about it. The Minister will also be aware that the Dáil voted by a majority of two to one against this. The Joint Committee on Social Protection, which includes a number of Members on...

Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister says there have not been any job losses. Has there been any loss of volunteers? Is she happy that, under the new structure, both schemes will attract the same number of volunteers as heretofore? All the information coming to me suggests the precise opposite. Could the Minister confirm the cost structure of the new organisation? Will it enable the State to provide the same...

Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It will cost more to provide the same service.