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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: For clarification, the Minister said people who were previously in receipt of the small farmer's dole because their income was not sufficient to live on would not be able to claim credits for the period in which they were receiving that dole when they applied for jobseeker's benefit, invalidity pension or a contributory old-age pension. Is that the position?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If they are working three days per week and in receipt of social welfare benefits, that will be a credit.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the impact on the income disregard for carer's allowance was given consideration in view of the increase in the hours permissible to work as announced as part of budget 2020; if the income disregard for carers will be revised in view of the increase in the hours they can work; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: This question is, more or less, along the same lines as the questions raised by Deputies John Brady and Willie Penrose. There are just a few more aspects to it into which I would like to inquire.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is right, of course, when she states this was one of the requests made by the Carers' Association. It was to increase the number of hours carers could work without their carer's allowance being affected. Nevertheless, that proposal was not brought forward in isolation. There were a number of other proposals which we must consider in their totality. It is fair to say that when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with the Minister about the need for a conversation because the number of carers will increase significantly over the next ten, 15 or 20 years. However, her reply is a little disingenuous. She has agreed to increase the number of hours from 15 to 18.5 per week, but she says that increasing the disregard would cost €117 for a single person and double that for a couple, at a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I think the Minister is very touchy today.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will not cave in, but he has been the worst Minister for Health ever.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Without exception, he is the worst Minister for Health ever. Let us take the budgets announced over the years. Talk about fooling people, the Minister is fooling them on a constant basis.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister aware that in the mid-west region there is a three-year waiting list for aids and appliances? I have been talking to people who received sanction for aids or appliances up to three years ago and when I contact the HSE, I am consistently told that money has not been provided and that the list is growing. Can the Minister provide reassurance in that regard? When will money be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps which have been taken to address waiting times for processing entitlement to essential social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43606/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Minimum Wage (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase in the national minimum wage will proceed on 1 January 2020 if there is a ratified Brexit withdrawal agreement in place prior to that date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43607/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details on the €2.5 million announced in budget 2020 to target specific job activation and training supports for groups that are most distant from the labour market or have challenges entering the workplace including returnships for women; the number of persons she plans to target with this initiative; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of research into funeral poverty as announced in budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43604/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 156. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the mobility allowance which was terminated in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44093/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is provided through his Department to ensure that staff dealing with the public at airports, ports, public transport stations and so on have received disability awareness training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleet, respectively, that is wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44108/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of discussions between her Department and community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 308. 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, €41, €42, €43, €44 and €45, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44070/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision Payments (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 309. 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. [44071/19]