Results 2,461-2,480 of 12,585 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant at a rate of €850; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing child benefit by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1236/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1237/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of operating the free travel scheme; the cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1240/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the cost of training staff who have not undergone such training to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for persons in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1244/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the social welfare appeals office; the full-year cost of increasing the number of staff by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for an auto-enrolment pension system; if a report has been or is being prepared on same; the expected publication date of same; the date this new system is expected to come into operation; the full-year cost of implementing such a system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the time limits for backdating all social welfare payments under the remit of her Department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of sanctions issued by her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2017 as a result of non-compliance or non-engagement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1924/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, by age and length of unemployment, who have participated in JobPath in each year since it commenced in 2013, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1925/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 1675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 45 years of age and above in receipt of jobseeker's payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1926/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; the way in which this compares with the EU average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of unemployment for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares with the EU average in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54156/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Government's child poverty target; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54157/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the national social target for poverty reduction; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in the years 2012 to 2017 in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households in those years that have had their rent supplement increased over and above the standard rate set for each local authority in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54159/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (14 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years and over in receipt of a jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54160/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce electronic tagging for those on bail in respect of whom that is requested by the Garda. The commitment is supplemented by a promise to fast-track the related legislation. The programme for Government was published 19 months ago, in May 2016, and problems in that regard have considerably increased since then. When will the...