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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (6 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a suitable site for a permanent school building will be located for a school (details supplied); the timeframe in which this build will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 741. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the unallocated spend within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will become available within her Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for goods and services and or changes to costs within her Department and so on; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (11 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 804. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has copies of the reports produced following the fire tragedies in the Oldcourt Estate, Bray, County Wicklow (details supplied); if so, if he will furnish copies of such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (12 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and the State pension (non-contributory) with a gender breakdown for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (12 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the State pension transition over two years. [33413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (12 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 430. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the State pension transition over three years. [33414/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing jobseeker's allowance, supplementary welfare allowance and the back to education allowance by €5. [33415/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Jul 2017)

John Brady: 432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing age reduced jobseeker's payments in line with the jobseeker's payments paid to those aged over 26 years of age over three years. [33416/17]

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

John Brady: It is incredible that the Minister can spend two entire days talking about a budget that will not happen until 2019. I refer, of course, to his announcement that there will be €1.5 billion for capital investment between 2019 and 2021. He cannot talk about the 2018 budget because both he and his predecessor overspent last year by introducing tax cuts where they were not warranted and...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

John Brady: I welcome this Bill and Sinn Féin will support it, although we will be bringing forward amendments. It is such an important issue that has been spoken about quite eloquently and passionately over the last few hours in the Chamber. There is not a family in the State that has not been touched by mental health or suicide, and I include my own family. In Wicklow we are blessed to have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the numerous ongoing issues facing persons seeking employment who have engaged with JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39597/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: The privatisation of the job activation programme through JobPath has been a nightmare for job seekers across the State. I have raised this issue on numerous occasions with the Minister and her predecessor. Is she aware of the serious difficulties within the JobPath programme and that JobPath is going above and beyond what it was set up to do?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: JobPath was set up initially to assist the long-term unemployed. The Minister made reference to a figure of 120,000 people, only a small number of whom have made complaints. The reality is that people are afraid to complain because of the powers JobPath has to stop or curtail payments or withold a portion of a payment. It is not working and there are serious problems in relation to what it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I hear what the Minister is saying, but the evidence I have which I will present to her indicates that the companies are working totally outside the contracts in place. For example, substitute teachers are being forced to attend Seetec and Turas Nua. People straight out of college are being referred to JobPath which is going above and beyond its remit. The Government has privatised an...

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to end reduced jobseeker's payments for those between 18 and 25 years of age and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39586/17]

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: The Government has continued the age discrimination for jobseekers introduced by Fianna Fáil. This has had and continues to have damaging consequences for young jobseekers. Are there any plans in the forthcoming budget to address the discrimination the Government presides over regarding young jobseekers?

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I have a very serious question for the Minister. Could she live on €100 or €102.70 - the €2.70 increase that was given to people under the age of 24 and a marginal increase if they were 25? I know I would unable to do so and I dare say she would be unable to do so but the Government expects people of that age to live on that amount. One of the consequences of this...

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: The Minister has responsibility.

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: May we ask supplementary questions?

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: The Minister talks about facts and figures. I have presented her with figures. They are not my figures but those of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. In July of this year, 826 young people were homeless. I am sure they have aspirations. They do not want to be homeless. They do not want to be unemployed. They want to be out there. The reality is that the...