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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all carer payments by €20, taking into account increases announced in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42785/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all social insurance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20, €25 and €30, respectively, taking into account increases announced in budget 2019 by the name of each payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42788/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all social assistance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20, €25 and €30, respectively, taking into account increases announced in budget 2019 by the name of each payment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the position of full-time carers who due to their full-time duties as a carer may not qualify for a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the impact increasing the national minimum wage has on income disregards to qualify for payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42787/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Among the many wonderful things promised in the programme for Government is, at page 7, improved delivery of services. In that context, is the Government aware of the plight of people who are either in receipt of, or applying for, illness benefit at present? Many of those people have had their illness benefit suddenly reduced. I got a text in the last five minutes from somebody who got...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Problem solved.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications Data (17 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for a carer's benefit in 2017 and to date in 2018 in view of the fact that there is no means test required for carer's benefit; the reason applications are taking so long to process when applications for illness benefit can be processed in a much shorter time; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 349. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (16 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an additional community based diabetes podiatrist in County Limerick will be made available in budget 2019; the reason for the sudden increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (16 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is resident in a nursing home cannot avail of services such as ulcer dressing at primary care centres when required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42259/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Statistics (16 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to undertake research on the costs associated with disability as announced during her briefing on budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications Data (16 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received each week in the carer's benefit section; the reason it takes a considerable amount of time to process an application even though it has all the correct paperwork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42530/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (16 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to use lands from old institutions for housing, both social and private, in view of the fact the moneys made from the sale of these lands were promised to be used to develop mental health services and that this is a commitment under A Vision For Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41753/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the investigation into the operation of the mother and baby homes; the date by which this investigation will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or another Department will provide financial compensation to former residents of the mother and baby homes. [41676/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (10 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an additional community based diabetes podiatrist in County Limerick will be made available in budget 2019; the reason for the sudden increase of foot ulceration treatment and lower limb amputation in County Limerick (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41306/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there were long delays with issuing the payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2018; if provisions were put in place for families awaiting the payment; if she will consider putting mechanisms in place to ensure delays with issuing the payment do not occur in 2019; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (9 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount it would cost to recruit an extra 500 special needs assistants for the 2019/2020 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41186/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (9 Oct 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts over the past six months regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41196/18]