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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I accept that the Minister is to recommend to Cabinet that Government authorises the continuation of the contract until the end of 2019. I ask her to do so immediately because there is an element of uncertainty here which has resulted in mortgage advisers deciding not to take on any new clients from 1 January. This is an undesirable situation. It is also my understanding that because many...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: They are not taking on any new clients from 1 January.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2019 (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a recent ESRI report which found that as a result of budget 2019, lower income households will face proportionately greater losses than higher income households that benefit more from cuts to the universal social charge and an increase in the higher rate threshold for income tax; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2019 (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: My question relates to the recent Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report on the effects of overall income distribution of the budget. Will the Minister comment on the report?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2019 (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: There are different ways of measuring income, and there is no rule that says one way is better, more equitable or correct than another. The ESRI, using its measurement system, concluded that the budget represents a small net loss for households on average, with larger than proportional losses for lone parents, retirees and lower income households. Page 14 of the report states:losses of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2019 (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I have also studied the recent figures and what the Minister did not say was that some of the movements were extremely slow, while others have moved in the opposite direction. However, I do concede that the position is generally improving. Nevertheless, I put it to the Minister that many people have still been left behind. One in five children is living below the poverty line. Some 10,000...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: When will an inquiry be established to enable the victims of the cervical cancer controversy to have their cases heard and determined by a judge in private? Can the Taoiseach reassure the House that the mandatory disclosures Bill will be before the House early in 2019, so that doctors will no longer be able to withhold information from patients?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It could operate on an ad hoc basis.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will show some leadership in that light.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: The amendment is a substantial improvement on the amendment I originally tabled on Committee Stage and I will support it.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: That is a first.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: This Seanad amendment removes a new section I managed to have inserted in the Bill on Report Stage. The section was designed to deal with the phenomenon of bogus self-employment. I do not agree with the Minister that this is a relatively minor phenomenon. It is a major issue and one that is widespread and growing. Anecdotally, I am coming across examples every day. I have had to take...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It was removed to protect workers. Representations were made from workers and their trade unions to prevent delays in enacting the Bill. Deputy Barry can act as he likes. I like to act responsibly.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: And the Deputy will continue to ignore the representations made.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Brady is right. The Minister did raise some issues on Report Stage about the fact that this had come in on Report Stage rather Committee Stage. I put forward an amendment on Committee Stage that only provided for a code of practice. It did not provide for legislative protection. The committee took the view that this was not strong enough and I agreed. This is why the amendment...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: No one has.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment pension system; the expected date the system will come into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the recovery of overpayments for social welfare; the amount outstanding for persons that are unemployed; the amount outstanding for persons in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53323/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expedite the analysis being conducted by her Department on the impact of Brexit and reciprocal arrangements in view of the increased uncertainty regarding Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53325/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (19 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons that have qualified for the invalidity pension; the date on which jobseeker's benefit will be extended to the self-employed; the estimated cost of extending the benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53322/18]