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Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Nobody influences me.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: IBEC may have contacted me but I will not be told what to do by IBEC, Deputy Murphy or anybody else. I make up my own mind.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I have a difficulty with the section as drafted. We are all familiar with the situation of an employer who employs only one type of employee but there are many businesses that employ different categories of employee. Deputy Clare Daly gave a number of examples. We are all aware of the extreme cases, such as employers of part-time baggage handlers and part-time pilots. If would be...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: The Deputy has anticipated the point I was going to make. Given the delay in bringing in this legislation, we are only on Report Stage on the second last day before the summer recess. Whether we like it or not - personally, I do not like it because I have been advocating for this legislation for a long time - this legislation will not come into operation until the autumn because it has to...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: This amendment was passed on Committee Stage. Since then there has undoubtedly been lobbying. I have been approached by both sides too. I have been approached by unions, people representing IBEC and a number of employers, mainly small employers, in my constituency, who have serious reservations about this. I will not be told what to do by anybody - I make up my own mind - but I listen to...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: It is not my intention to slow down the Bill. We have passed an amendment in my name, which provides that the Bill is to come into operation within six months. I am the one who is trying to speed up the Bill. The Minister did not answer the main question on how long it will take to draw up the regulations. I could draw them up myself in a day. There is no reason whatsoever not to have...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 6:In page 11, to delete lines 30 to 34 and substitute the following:“week. The Minister shall before the coming into operation of this Act, draft regulations which will comprehensively outline the circumstances where work will be deemed casual for the purposes of this Act.”. The reason I put down this amendment, as discussed to some extent on Committee...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I have a quick point of information. I want to achieve what I set out to achieve with this amendment. I have been advised legally that this might cause problems and there is a better way to achieve the same result. I will get our spokesperson to put that forward in the Seanad.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: On the last day we discussed this amendment, which had been moved by myself and a number of other Members on Committee Stage, our intention was to ensure the burden of proof was shifted firmly to the employer. The Minister said she had received advice from the Labour Court and the WRC to the effect that what we were proposing could cause problems, meaning somebody with a perfectly...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Disability Statistics (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 116. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons classified as having a disability and in employment; and the way in which this compares to the EU average. [31147/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 305. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore or replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport schemes, both of which were closed to new applicants in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31086/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason behind the delay in addressing issues in relation to defined benefit pensions and in particular the delay in progressing the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Income Data (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31140/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Data (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since the Executive came to office; the cost of each in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31141/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years from 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31142/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the targets for child poverty; the dates by which these targets are to be achieved; if it is possible for these targets to be met in the target timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31143/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeals for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis, in cases in which there is no oral hearing and in cases in which there is an oral hearing, respectively, in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31144/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is expected to conclude its investigation into the public services card; if all activity on the roll-out of this card has been suspended until the investigation has concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the campaigns being run by her Department, such as the self-employed benefits awareness campaign; the cost of each campaign, including media and advertising, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31146/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Income Data (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31148/18]