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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a higher rate of a qualified child increase for children of 12 years of age and over in view of research by an organisation (details supplied) which shows the additional costs associated with adolescence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19176/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the operation of the exceptional needs payment in view of concerns that have been raised regarding access to the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the restructuring process for Money Advice and Budgeting Services and Citizens Information Services; her views on the manner in which the process is being handled and the significant opposition to the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19178/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address issues in defined benefit pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address social welfare appeals processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of the new male and female facilities for Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19363/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (8 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I raise this issue to highlight the plight of 1,200 workers formerly employed by Irish Life, which was sold to a Canadian company, Great-West Lifeco, GWL. The net effect of what is proposed is that, on 30 June, the defined benefit scheme will be changed to a defined contribution scheme. This means that there will be an immediate loss of more than one third of the pensions the people...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (8 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: This is the new politics. Instead of Government saying that it will vote something down, it simply says that it will get back to it. That is the difference. The Social Welfare Bill 2017 introduced by the current Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, originally included some provisions relating to defined benefit pension schemes. These were removed on the basis that they would be put back in...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (8 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: While I do not have any problem with the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, I regret that the Minister for Social Protection herself is not here. That said, what we want to bear in mind here is that the workers in Irish Life, or GWL, as it is now called, are watching this debate because they face the prospect of huge cuts to their pensions. What the Minister of State says is not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (9 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the income limit for a medical card for persons over 70 years of age to €1,000 per week for a married couple in view of the fact that the limit for a single person is €500 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Versatis patch to be made available on the medical card and long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a new scheme in relation to the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has discontinued funding for the Age Well Programme in the mid-west despite the great success this programme had in combatting loneliness and isolation; if core funding will be provided for this programme in view of the fact the population is ageing and loneliness and isolation is growing; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times for CT scans for oncology patients as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Data (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff at each Irish Embassy and Consular General office as of 4 May 2018, by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when sections 14(8) and 14(9) of the Passport Act 2008 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance when section 76 of the Finance Act 2015 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations in the Limerick Garda division that received refurbishment and maintenance in excess of €5,000 in 2017 and to date in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21518/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles attached to the Limerick Garda roads policing unit in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21516/18]