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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What the Tánaiste has said is very interesting, especially against the background of the information divulged by my colleague, Deputy Willie O'Dea, who has accessed the Department's staff bulletin board. Some entries indicate that staff within the Department have expressed serious concerns about the use of PPS numbers. They expressed doubt about the legal basis of Irish Water checking...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Let me make it clear that I am not calling for a reduction in welfare payments; rather, I am calling for anomalies within the system to be addressed and eliminated, wherever possible. The Tánaiste talks about the inadequacies of the welfare system when we were in government, but she has practically been in government for four years, which is long enough to have rectified the anomalies...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This question seeks to explore issues around the plight of the long-term unemployed. Unfortunately, their numbers remain stubbornly high. We share a keen interest with the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in the activation of those who find themselves in that particular position.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding what the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection said, the numbers of long-term unemployed, including the 74,000 young people still outside education, training or employment, remain high. The Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection and her Department have been the subject of criticism by the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, the IMF,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are long-term unemployed; the actions she has taken to address the challenge of long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41716/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the €100 water allowance will be administrated; the number of persons that will be entitled to the water allowance; the estimated cost of this; if those currently receiving the fuel allowance will have to apply for the water allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41711/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to tackle the increase in poverty as outlined by Social Justice Ireland; if she will provide the number of persons currently below the poverty line; the percentage of the population this represents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41710/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the current pension legislation protects the interests of deferred pensioners sufficiently; her plans to improve pension coverage here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41713/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that there will be no further cuts to social welfare payments despite efforts by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to cut payments further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41712/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the current operation of the PRSI system; if she will guarantee the current benefits arising from the payment of PRSI into the future; her plans to rectify the deficit in the Social Insurance Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41709/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose family is in dire financial situation as a result of the loss of this payment; if she will restore this payment as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41458/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the means by which the Office of Public Works has come into the possession of Newbridge Credit Union building, County Kildare; if in view of the fact that the cost of construction of this building was borne in full by the members of the local community that meaningful consideration will now be given to community use of at least part...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 485. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland’s participation in the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42167/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 486. To ask the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42168/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 487. To ask the Minister for Defence the way in which Ireland’s defence spending as a share of GDP compares to that of other neutral countries in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 488. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on recent claims regarding the standard of living of members of the Defence Forces that were made at the recent PDFORRA annual conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 489. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on Lariam being prescribed for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42171/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 490. To ask the Minister for Defence if on the 30 November 2012, Defence Force Regulation CS 4 had an allowed establishment for the number of Permanent Defence Force personnel positions in the 14 units in Custume Barracks on that date, and in accordance with that regulation on that date; the permitted number of PDF personnel in the nine PDF units and the PDF personnel in the five reserve...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 491. To ask the Minister for Defence the specific study which underpinned the decision by the former Minister for Defence in 2011 to discontinue the Western Brigade. [42173/14]