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Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I will resubmit it, yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I welcome and support this amendment. The changes that were made to social welfare rates amount to age discrimination against young unemployed people. I have pushed previous Ministers on this and the impact it is having. In the context of housing and homelessness, the reduced payment is having a serious impact and I know that several agencies have made direct reference to that. In the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: Can I take it from what the Minister said that, despite not yet having seen the report from NUI Maynooth, her rationale for giving an extra €5 to young unemployed people was to acknowledge the discrimination that exists and the impact it has? Although it is not my amendment, I am concerned by the proposed nine-month timeframe. I welcome that the issue is being considered and I would...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: What is being considered in the report? Will it specifically examine the reduced payment rates for young job seekers? Members should be clear on what kind of report to expect.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: If Deputy Kenny were to amend the amendment in order to specify a six month rather than three month period, what process would ensue?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I also support it. I tabled an amendment on bogus self-employment. I did not get to speak on it, but obviously there is a serious issue there. I have spoken to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, extensively, as have others. We are missing out on PRSI contributions from employers through the establishment of bogus self-employment arrangements....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Activation Projects (5 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have gained employment as a result of the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that county councillors who meet the financial criteria for family income supplement cannot access this payment because the local authorities will not sign off on less than 19 hours work; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51559/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: Last December I introduced a Bill in the House to abolish the mandatory retirement age. That Bill received cross-party support on Second Stage in February this year. We have been waiting since for a money message, although it is questionable as to whether such is needed. I have written numerous times to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, requesting an update on the...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to remove certain functions from the Citizens Information Board; to amend the Comhairle Act 2000; and to provide for related matters. I introduce the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017. The sole purpose of this Bill is to remove the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, from the remit of the...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I will be supporting the amendment. Deputy Willie O'Dea is correct. In the run-up to the last general election the working family payment was the big new idea from Fine Gael. It was nearly the only big issue on which its members were running, but there was no substance other than the name, and there was much questioning. There were no ideas, only statements to the effect that there would...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I am speaking in support of amendment No. 12 in my name. I will also support the other amendments. We are discussing one of the biggest crimes the Fine Gael and Labour Government perpetrated on our older citizens. We know over 42,000 older people are directly impacted by the heinous cuts made in 2012 in the full knowledge of their consequences and impact on older citizens. The cuts were...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: What the Minister, Deputy Doherty, is saying now, in her absence, amounts to a rowing back on her commitments given on Committee Stage. We were told the paper was ready and would be presented at sub-committee level, and hopefully at full Cabinet level, before Christmas but now we are being told it is being pushed back to a sub-committee on 18 January. As she had indicated previously that it...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I support the amendment. I spoke already this evening about the discrimination that is ingrained in the social protection system. This is a further discriminatory practice. I do not know any young people who are unemployed and who want to be on social welfare. They want to get work. The former Minister for Social Protection spoke at a committee meeting about young people getting off...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 12:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on the pension bands and rates 17.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the issue of the 2012 changes to pension bands and rates, including possible solutions and the associated costs involved, immediately following its presentation to the Cabinet.”....

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: It is the same as an amendment the Minister of State agreed to earlier.

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 13:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on fuel poverty in Ireland 17.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the impact of cuts to the fuel allowance given the increase in fuel costs and examine the impact that partial restoration of the fuel allowance would have on fuel poverty and that the report...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: It is unfortunate that the Government does not acknowledge the need for a report on this matter. The Minister indicated she was prepared to examine the issue and that it would be useful to do so. It is not right that the payment of €22.50 should remain static for the 376,000 people who depend on it and are, as the Minister of State acknowledged, among the most needy in the State. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if the practical home help and personal care service will continue to be available to persons aged under 65 years of age who suffer from chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52130/17]