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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Has the Minister plans to equalise the rate of jobseeker's payments for those aged under 26?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It was the way the system was changed suddenly and without any consultation.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I did not say there was.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a separate agency to claim maintenance on behalf of lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46898/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Is there not a maintenance recovery unit in the Department which applies only to lone parents whose child is younger than seven years? Why has that not been extended in tandem with the changes in the lone parent allowance regulations? When the child is older than seven years the lone parent gets a different type of payment, jobseeker's transition, as opposed to lone parent allowance but...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It is not just a question of the Department chasing errant parents but of combatting poverty. The poverty statistics among lone parents, as the Minister is aware, are particularly stark. In many cases somebody is not in a position to go to court because their partner is violent. Even when they do go to court and do not get paid the Department tends to assess them for maintenance which the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: If that has changed the change must have been very recent because as far as I can see it is still the position. If somebody is in that situation they will not want to take the risk of getting an order for maintenance which they feel sure is not going to be paid and having it assessed against any lone parent allowance they will get. The lone parent allowance will not make anybody rich and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: If the Minister assures me that the problem is fizzling out and most people are being accommodated, I will accept that. However, I am continuing to get a number of queries. The Department might be telling the Minister that all arrears are being paid, but that certainly does not tally with the information I am getting from my constituents. I accept that the Minister is not seeking to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to rectify issues relating to the payment of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46897/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I raise this issue to seek answers on behalf of those who have been suffering stress, trauma and deprivation as a result of circumstances entirely outside their control but within the control of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I listened carefully to the Minister's reply and I appreciate it. However, we must bear in mind that much of her reply was couched in the past tense, as if the problem had now resolved itself. I could show the Minister the five messages I received on my mobile phone today in respect of this issue. My office has probably received many more. The problem has not yet been resolved. We must...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the targets to reduce consistent poverty and child poverty by 2020 will be met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46812/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Action Plan for Social Inclusion (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the national action plan for social inclusion 2018-2021 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46811/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for Turas Nua and Seetec in view of the improvement in the number of persons at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46813/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a baby box for children; the steps she has taken in regard to the matter to date; the estimated annual cost of this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46916/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason expenditure on jobseeker's benefit is expected to rise in 2019 when compared to 2018 as outlined in the budget 2019 expenditure report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46546/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of issuing a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46917/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the programmes and schemes in place to assist persons with a disability to enter or stay in employment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46918/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46931/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/18]