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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister. If I am reading it correctly, the mediation process that was put in place is now over.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister has said the president of the University of Limerick has requested the assistance of the Department in bringing the issue to a satisfactory conclusion and that he agrees that his Department will be available. What practical steps can it take to bring it to a successful conclusion? We have a situation where people were wrongfully suspected. They are being forced to rely on...

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: We will certainly not be opposing the Bill. We welcome it, but if anything should come from this debate, it is knowing when we will have a commencement date. Will the Minister give us a reasonable indication as to when there will be a commencement date for Parts 2, 3 and 9? This has been promised on various occasions in the past three or four years, meanwhile the people who are depending...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment scheme in view of the fact that the proposals put forward by her Department were criticised during the public consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8050/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all those who qualify for a revised contributory pension will be paid the revised amount back dated to March 2018 by the end of the first quarter of 2019; if those affected by same can provide the necessary information in writing rather than online; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new national action plan for social inclusion 2018 to 2021 will be published; the reason it has not been published to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to extend jobseeker's benefit to the self-employed; if illness benefit will be extended to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) as an example of delays in rechecking leaving certificate examination results; the steps he is taking in regard to accelerating the rechecking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8171/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the drug Spinraza for availability under the general medical services system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be made available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the construction of the proposed motorway between counties Limerick and Cork; the projected date it will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals to JobPath, community employment schemes and Tús in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of operating community employment schemes, JobPath, Tús and local employment services in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8231/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: One of the commitments in A Programme for a Partnership Government, on page 58 to be specific, is to reduce emergency department overcrowding. Yesterday there were 512 people on trolleys across the State. Of those, 69 were on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick. Will the Taoiseach tell the House when the new 60 bed unit, promised as a result of the reorganisation of accident and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: On that point, I note what the Minister has said in her statement that the Department has been working on this for a long time. My understanding is that we are one of the last countries in Europe to be discussing this type of legislation. I do not understand why this was not done much sooner. Basically, what we are asked to do here is pass legislation in the hope that there may not be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Questions have been raised about the legal underpinning of the common travel area. There have been suggestions that the legal underpinning is pretty shaky and that it would need more comprehensive legislation. There have been a number of academic papers and a certain amount of public discussion on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Perhaps I misunderstood what the Minister said about the convention. If the convention is ratified by both parliaments it will make section 11 unnecessary, but she is going ahead to pass section 11 anyway. In what way will this be radically different from the heads of the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I understand that. I was referring to the Minister's statement on page 8, which reads, "As a result, most of the provisions initially envisaged are not required as they were intended to achieve the same ends, so the Bill as published will look quite different to the general scheme in this regard".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is talking about things as they stand, rather than if they were amended.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (21 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ulcerative colitis is not a recognised disability here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8875/19]