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Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister. She is most kind. Will she tell the House when, approximately, we will be in a position to see the report in order that the committee can discuss it? She said the budget for family income supplement last year was of the order of €430 million. The working family payment will cover a wider area and, as such, the budget will be considerably larger. Does the...

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: In addition, the Minister will appreciate that work patterns have changed and that there is now more part-time work, etc. It is only fair and proper that the social welfare system should reflect that.

Other Questions: Working Family Payment (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will live with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Duly noted.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Deputy Burton who initiated the changes told us at the time that it was an equity measure, a measure to bring contributions more into line with payments, but in recent debates she has portrayed it as a cut to protect the Social Insurance Fund. Assuming the Minister gets this proposal through the Cabinet subcommittee tomorrow, and I wish her the best of luck with that, and assuming it goes to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I would be delighted to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 3. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to correct the 2012 pension anomalies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2190/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pensions Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the clarification. The report is going to the Cabinet sub-committee tomorrow, which will discuss the proposed solution and it will then go to the Cabinet on Tuesday. The Minister has said she will publish the report regardless of the outcome. Is the Minister saying that even if the Cabinet turns down the proposals, she will still publish the proposals after that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest survey of income and living conditions, SILC, data which show that approximately 11% of children are living in consistent poverty, that 19% are at risk of poverty and that 25% are experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2134/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I raise this question to reflect my concern that the substantial rates of economic growth we have been experiencing in recent years have not translated into a substantial reduction in the level of child poverty.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: Lest people think I was being churlish. I also wish everybody a happy new year. I acknowledge what was done in the budget and the previous one. I also acknowledge that there has been a reduction in the rate for those experiencing deprivation. Nevertheless, the figure for the number of children living in consistent poverty in 2014 was 12.7%, which figure was reduced to 11.5% in 2015...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I note the Minister said future figures will show the differences. We have heard that before. Before the latest figures were produced, we were assured that, because of the accompanying economic growth, they would show a substantial reduction, but that has not transpired to be the case. The 2020 child poverty target that was agreed by the Government would require it to lift 102,000 children...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of social protection payments that have been subject to sanctions in 2017 due to non-compliance or non-engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1967/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest SILC data which shows that 40.2% of lone parent households are at risk of poverty, 24.6% are in consistent poverty and 50.1% are experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the likelihood of the national social target for poverty reduction being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on appeal processing times for essential social protection payments in view of the fact that the average waiting time on appeal at the end of 2017 for an oral hearing was 26.2 weeks and 19.7 weeks to finalise a summary decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reports and reviews that have been commissioned since 14 June 2017; the publication date or expected publication date of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2215/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Data (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of jobless households here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2244/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that applied for a social welfare payment in 2017; the percentage that were refused a payment; the percentage that were successful on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (17 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of the back to work enterprise allowance in 2017; the estimated full year cost of extending the period whereby a person can keep a percentage of their social welfare payment from two to three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2246/18]