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Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: What is the alternative?

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Yes or no?

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: In his reply to Deputy Bríd Smith the Taoiseach said that Shane O'Farrell would be alive today if avoidable events had not happened. Let us put it directly; he would be alive today if gardaí did their job. We have no less than 24 pieces of criminal justice legislation currently under consideration in this Dáil session. We will have a lot of extra laws but in this case we are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (29 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 74. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 12,000 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in County Limerick hospitals in April 2018. [23551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was advised that the waiting list for CT was 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (29 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23323/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (29 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in relation to a carer's allowance claim in payment since March 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23686/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I second that.

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: There is a specific commitment in the programme for Government to "introduce a uniform homecare service so all recipients can receive a quality support, 7 days per week". As Deputy Curran said, it is meaningless to say, as the programme for Government does, that the Government is going to increase the funding every year because the numbers are running ahead of the funding and the situation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (23 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to remove the immunity from prosecution provided to the EPA in section 15 of the EPA Act of 1992, as was recommended by the Ombudsman in 2011; his views on whether one of the key weaknesses in the operations of the EPA is its immunity from prosecution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No 1: In page 5, line 22, after “provisions” to insert “but not later than 12 months after the passage of this legislation by both Houses of the Oireachtas”. Section 1(2) says "This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order". We have been waiting a long time for this legislation to materialise....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I suggested that the legislation be enacted in no more than 12 months as an absolute outside limit. We want it to be operational within 12 months at the very latest. I take on board the points made, and I would be prepared to change it to six months at Report Stage. I am sure we could find a wording to accommodate the objection of the Minister. I am thinking out loud, but perhaps the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Do we have to pass the amendment to bring it back at Report Stage?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: In that case I will withdraw the amendment on the basis that I will bring it back at Report Stage with appropriate wording and providing for a six month limit.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I strongly support this amendment. I was minded to put down a similar amendment myself but saw that Deputy Penrose had put this down already. There are two ways to do this, the way that Deputy Penrose has proposed and perhaps a statutory instrument to set out exactly what casual work is and the instances where casual work occurs. I take the point that it is a charge on the Exchequer and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome this amendment as, for the first time, it enables witness summonses to be issued. However, it demonstrates the ludicrous position that this committee is in. It is a valuable amendment and a necessary addition to the law but if the Opposition had proposed that amendment it would have to be withdrawn on the basis that it is a charge on the Exchequer. We will have to re-examine this...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister will be aware, an EU directive in this area covers such matters. What does that oblige us to do in this regard? I accept that five core terms are now being provided within the first five days instead of two months as was the case heretofore. What will the EU directive compel us to do?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise for interrupting the Minister. Some of her officials appeared before the joint committee recently and they speculated as to what would happen on many matters. We did not discuss this particular part.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Smith's proposal is not unreasonable. It is quite reasonable that a person should get their contract on their first day in the job. I know of very few cases where people are told they are starting immediately or the following day. There is time to put this together. If Deputy Smith introduces an amendment on Report Stage, we will support it.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I know that the amendments have been ruled out of order, but I wish to make an observation in passing. Everybody agrees that the correct thing to do is to totally eliminate zero hour and if and when contracts which have been a means of engaging in huge exploitation, some of which I have witnessed. The way to eliminate them is to provide for a guaranteed minimum of three hours' work per...