Results 11,321-11,340 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment for lone parents until their youngest child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 329. 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 each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the free travel scheme to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €100, €200 and €300, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 single and €665 for a couple to €450 and €900, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €10, €20, €25, €30, €35, €40, €45 and €50, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44101/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of the new jobseeker's benefit payment for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if staff in Intreo offices have received disability awareness training; if not, the estimated full-year cost of training all staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department provides funding or financial aid towards purchasing assistive technologies for persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of persons refused an exceptional needs payment to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current expenditure on the housing adaptation grant taking into account changes announced in budget 2020; the full-year cost of increasing expenditure by 10% and 20%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44106/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to establish if a school can be resourced to meet the special educational needs of a child in view of the fact that, under the eligibility criteria for school transport with special needs, a child is eligible for transport in circumstances in which he or she is attending the nearest school that can be resourced to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 52 children that were deemed to have satisfied the eligibility criteria for school transport with special educational needs living nearer to a mainstream school than the schools they are currently attending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44496/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for ensuring there are sufficient ASD units in Limerick city, in particularly the northside of the city, in view of the fact that there are no ASD units in mainstream schools for girls in this catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44893/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three-year waiting list for persons approved for aids and appliances in the mid-west region; when funding will be provided to accommodate such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44801/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1071. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment and arrears will issue in respect of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44894/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1074. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44943/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (5 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1075. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the jobseeker's transitional payment was discontinued from January 2019 for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44944/19]