Results 10,641-10,660 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of issuing a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46917/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the programmes and schemes in place to assist persons with a disability to enter or stay in employment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46918/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46931/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants in each local authority paying a top-up above the prescribed housing assistance payment limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46945/18]

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: We will not oppose this Bill. As the Minister has outlined in some detail all of the favourable measures contained in the Bill, I do not see any need to rehearse them. I note that this year's increase in provision for the social protection budget is approximately 1.5%. That has to be measured against economic growth of more than 5%, which is what I understand the figure to be. As I will...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: -----albeit in a very small way. It has been magnified enormously since then.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, we opened the door. The door was open a long time in Northern Ireland and the UK as well. When I asked the Minister for the rationale for the two rates of payment, she more or less told me that all the people in this country between the ages of 18 and 26 are the sort of people who would prefer to sit at home watching "Judge Judy" than to go out and get a job or take on training. That...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: In this particular case the child is being discriminated against. Incidentally, I am disappointed there are no changes in the regulations and conditions of the working family dividend. This was the replacement for the family income supplement and we were told it was a magical panacea that would encourage work and would combat poverty and reduce inequality. It is the old family income...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It was very minor.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will rephrase what I said. There was practically no change. These are some of the issues we will raise on Committee Stage. As I said, we will not oppose the legislation on Second Stage. I have no intention of opposing increases for people on disability allowance and jobseeker's payments. The one point I will make is these changes only kick in from the end of March whereas the tax...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (20 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in restoring the number of resource teachers for Travellers since 2010 when 600 of these posts were abolished; his views on the fact that the level of participation in education by Travellers in County Limerick is far lower than in the rest of the country; the measures being taken to address the matter; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Review (20 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47674/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (20 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason nursing home residents have to cast their vote in the presidential election a week before other persons; if he will consider moving this vote closer to the polling day in order that the residents can cast their vote with the benefit of the full election campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, line 23, to delete “25 March 2019.” and substitute “7 January 2019.”. I am aware that the amendments were ruled out of order as they involved a potential charge on the Exchequer. I merely tabled them to highlight the fact that there was a basic inequity in that the budget provided for tax reductions and concessions and increases...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: We were party to the negotiations on the budget, but that does not mean that we wrote it. We obtained as many concessions as we could. The reality is that for the average person in receipt of social welfare payments, the increase is not €5 but €3.80 per week.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I noticed Deputy Brady could not resist the temptation to mention Fianna Fáil. I wonder who he would talk about if we did not exist?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will put this in its full context. As far as I am aware, in many countries throughout the OECD there is a differential between the rates of pay to people under a certain age and those over a certain age. That is a fact. In 2010, when these changes were made in Ireland, we were just coming into line with international practice. That includes practice in the UK, including Northern...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I am sorry. That is what I thought the Minister said. I ask her to clarify that.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will ask the Minister two questions. The amendment states that the report would include consideration of the financial and social effects of this policy. Will the Minister's own report include the financial and social effects that the reduced rate has had on the people affected? Second, can she give the committee a commitment that her report will be published within six months?