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Other Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the enormous amount of information she has given me. I got everything but an answer to my question, which concerns when the plan will be published.

Other Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Why has it not been published to date? I welcome the fact that there is an anti-poverty strategy. Even though the economy is in better shape, problems persist and poverty does not seem to be reducing in tandem with economic growth. For example, 10,000 people are homeless, 50,000 lone parents are classified as living in deprivation, 102,000 people are considered to be the working poor, and...

Other Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Are there any plans to ring-fence some funding to achieve the Government's objectives? In the absence of ring-fencing, targets often turn into aspirations.

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken following the passing of a motion in Dáil Éireann in relation to pension entitlements for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26408/18]

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister will be aware, a motion on this matter was discussed comprehensively in the Dáil and overwhelmingly supported. When will the will of the Dáil be implemented in this regard?

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I dispute the Minister's figure strongly. I regard the figure as absolute nonsense. Leaving that aside, I had occasion to meet the people in question last week. They were here and saw the Dáil in all its pomp and ceremony pass the motion on their behalf but they have not heard a single word from any source since. They asked me to ask the Minister to instruct her civil servants to...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I would be happy to.

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It depends on what one is calculating.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26407/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address issues in relation to defined benefit pensions; if her plans will deal with the situation being currently experienced by workers in a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26404/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (19 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the severe poverty and deprivation being experienced by lone parent households, particularly in the context of budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26406/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As my colleague, Deputy Troy, outlined, a number of outstanding items of legislation in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport are awaiting consideration. Will any of those items of legislation include a provision to deal with the situation whereby only slightly more than 10% of those who have been disqualified from driving hand in their driving licence, despite having been ordered...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Taoiseach ensure that the Minister, Deputy Ross, will include a provision in one of the forthcoming items of transport legislation to deal with this scandalous situation? It would certainly be more relevant than some of the legislation he has forced the Government to put through recently.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (20 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of increasing all social welfare payments by €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively, by payment type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27000/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (20 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing all working age payments by €5, €10, €15 and €20 by payment type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27037/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (20 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of paying a 100% Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (20 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of equalising jobseeker's benefit rates and bringing payments for persons under 26 years of age in line with the current rates of payments for other age groups; the estimated cost equalising jobseeker's benefit payments factoring in a €5 increase; and if she will make a statement on the...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, line 23, after "provisions" to insert "but not later than six months after the passage of this legislation by both Houses of the Oireachtas". The background to this amendment is that this legislation has been a long time in gestation, as the Minister will be aware. It has been badly needed for a long time. It has been very slow to reach its present stage....

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: One lives and learns. We are learning all the time. We will be wiser when we are drafting Private Members' Bills in future.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I accept the Minister’s bona fides that it is not my intention to interfere with the Constitution. The simple reason is that the amendment does not in any way interfere with the Constitution. Article 26.2.1 is quite clear. When legislation is passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, there is a short interim period during which the Bill is handed to the President for signature. The...