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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections in place for the 1,200 defined benefit scheme members in a company (details supplied) whose scheme is to close on 30 June 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26671/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: On 30 June, the defined benefit pension scheme of 1,200 Irish Life employees will close.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. Unfortunately, this is another case of an employer reneging on its employees' pension scheme. It has been happening consistently in recent years. It is also a case of the Government reneging on its responsibilities, given that this issue has been widely debated, including in the Chamber and by Oireachtas committees. There is considerable frustration. Irish Life...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: The key issue is the shifting of pension risk from the employer to the employee. The Government seems to be deliberately dragging its heels in putting protections in place. The Bill passed Second Stage eight months ago and the committee has been screaming for it, but we are yet to see it. In my view and that of the people who are being impacted by this issue, there is a deliberate delaying...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Where is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Where is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: It has been eight months since Second Stage.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: The Minister has given the green light to-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: In what way is priority being given to protecting the employees concerned?

Other Questions: Legislative Measures (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: However, it gives other parties the opportunity to put forward amendments.

Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the levels of fuel poverty being experienced by low income households; her plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26577/18]

Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: Fuel poverty is a reality. That is not based merely on the anecdotal evidence of old-age pensioners trying to keep warm in public buildings across the State in the winter months; it is based on the evidence and on facts. The latest SILC report demonstrates that 29% of people living in consistent poverty are unable to keep their homes adequately warm. In January, I asked the Minister on the...

Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: In that case, the review the Minister was talking about still has not been published.

Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: That is not what the Minister said in her contribution in January. She said she had found a back door to assess this. The evidence is all there and we know fuel costs have increased. In its pre-budget submission, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul told us that 48% of people went without heating in 2017 due to the cost. The society spends in the region of €4.3 million trying to help...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to resource and implement the national action plan for social inclusion to work towards eliminating poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department's review into the current maintenance and liable relative procedures for lone parents has been finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26576/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is examining the issue of the falsification of birth certificates; if so, the action she plans to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26575/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (19 Jun 2018)

John Brady: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance received in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of applications which were approved and refused, respectively. [26191/18]

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (20 Jun 2018)

John Brady: I raise the issue of North Wicklow Educate Together secondary school, which is based in Bray. It is a voluntary secondary school under the patronage of Educate Together. That patronage was awarded in 2015. The school is in temporary accommodation in the old Presentation College in Bray and that lease is due to expire on 30 April next year. The Minister made an announcement last year...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (20 Jun 2018)

John Brady: I thank the Minister of State for the response. While I do not wish to shoot the messenger, it did not provide any clarity whatever. We are facing a crisis. In April next year, up to 200 children will not have a premises in which to be educated. A site has been identified in Bray, about which questions have arisen. I am not sure how long the process will take or what is happening....