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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 724. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed timetable for the passing of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 through all stages of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28053/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances for apprenticeships will be sought in Budget 2020; the estimated cost in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the free travel pass to those categorised as unable to drive a vehicle on medical grounds or due to the fact they do not meet regulations set out by the Road Safety Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28315/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28316/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The reason the Chairman was asking that question, if I may be so bold as to look into the recesses of his mental process, is we are starting the process of negotiating a budget. We have all been given the figures and they are fairly tight, unfortunately, and that position will not be improved in the event of Brexit going wrong. Various justifications have been advanced over the years for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Hill can give me figures to back that up, I will be only too happy to put forward the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Hill can supply the figures, it will give us an idea of the cost-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: -----and, if it is what he says, we would have no problem putting it forward. I will ask Mr Byrne the same question. He has made recommendations. The figures in question would not substantially increase the national debt or affect the debt-to-GDP ratio in any discernible way but we would like to have a figure, some sort of costing, because our guests are asking us to put forward certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Byrne can supply those figures, we will certainly put the case forward.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Following the Taoiseach's apology this morning which I appreciate, he is aware that there were two requirements to qualify for the ex gratiascheme for people who were sexually abused in primary schools. One was the prior complaint element, which has now been exploded as a result of Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill's recent declaration. The other was the requirement for a person to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the Minister of State. We live in an era when our privacy is under constant threat but sometimes we have to make concessions in that regard for the greater good. The Minister of State made a couple of points that are fairly central to why we should not oppose this. On the second page of his submission, he states: "Article 30 paragraph 4 of 4AMLD means there is an EU legal...

State Ex Gratia Scheme: Statements (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I warmly welcome the recent declaration by former judge Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill, because it sweeps away the bogus barrier which this State sought to put in the way of a small group of blameless victims who are trying to pursue justice and recognition. Anybody who studied the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the O'Keeffe case will know that the State's...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The motorised transport grant for disabled people has been closed to new applicants since the decision of the Ombudsman many years ago. I have continually raised this issue in the Dáil and have been continually promised that the Government was working on a scheme to either restore or replace that grant. Meanwhile the number of people who would qualify for it if it was in operation is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobless households by county in tabular form. [30415/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 96. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons that are considered underemployed by county in tabular form. [30416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30409/19]