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Prohibition of Bogus Self Employment Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that further medical evidence has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14348/19]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister and her officials for the information provided. However, I only received the supplementary information yesterday afternoon. I do not know if others received it sooner. There has been a substantial saving in jobseeker's allowance payments arising from the drop in unemployment and it feeds through to the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. I notice that there has...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: All of the schemes, including the community employment scheme, the rural social scheme, Tús, the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme and the back-to-education allowance scheme.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: In regard to the carer's allowance, there has been an increase of approximately 5,000 in the number of people in receipt of this allowance. Approximately 80% of carers in this country do not get any payment. In other words, they do not qualify for carer's allowance for one reason or another. Representations have been made by the association representing carers and others seeking...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the back-to-work family dividend due to expire this year? In regard to control measures, can the Minister indicate the amount recovered for the last measurable period, which I presume is 2018, in terms of overpayments and the amount of that attributable to direct fraud? I note there has been an increase of approximately 6,000 in the number of people in receipt of validity pension....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: What is the total payout?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: On the same point, the people who are entitled to an uplift are also entitled to arrears.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Will they have to wait for the arrears payments?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: How soon after the uplift will we see the payment of arrears?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I had intended raising that issue because I have come across a number of cases where emergency situations arise, for example, somebody suffers a stroke and so forth, and somebody suddenly has to leave work. It is taking 12 weeks to process the application even though there is no means test.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: No.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I will add to that. In my experience it is taking the same length of time to process a carer's benefit application as to process a carer's allowance application. That makes no sense because there is a means test for the carer's allowance, which is a time-consuming process.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: It is a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise as I have to leave to attend another appointment shortly. I thank both organisations for coming in and for their presentations. I want to make some general points. Ms Murphy referred to the narrative that supposedly supports the approach the committee is taking and the various legislation being put forward. There is a narrative, yes, but there is also a counter-narrative,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address matters (details supplied) further to the election observation briefing note; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to consider changing the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2018 to remove dental technicians from the list of ineligible categories of employees in view of the scarcity of dental technicians and the threat to the feasibility of dental laboratory businesses arising from the failure to secure suitably qualified...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for adults in direct provision from €38.80 per week to €40, €42, €43, €44 and €45, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14725/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for children in direct provision from €29.80 to €31, €32, €33, €34 and €35, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing payments (details supplied) by €5 and €10, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14727/19]