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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister saying-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Let us just get clarity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Even if the Minister had the authority, she would not intervene. Is that correct?

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Just for clarification, the Taoiseach referred to Fianna Fáil leaving government in 2012 on several occasions. To the best of my recollection, we left in February 2011 as a result of an unfortunate general election, which did not enable us to stay around any longer. I introduced the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016 in this House earlier this year. It passed Second...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (26 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in her Department on consolidating all means testing under a single national body in order that persons will only apply once for services or entitlements across all Government agencies, as committed to in the programme for partnership Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (21 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for persons who are granted damages against defendants who are insured by a company (details supplied) in view of the recent Supreme Court decision that they will be paid from the insurance compensation fund in cases in which the amount recoverable is capped at 65%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (21 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the living alone allowance; the number of persons in receipt of this payment, by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39958/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payments in which a qualified child increase payment is also paid in respect of children in the household; the number of children to whom this payment is paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance, carers benefit, full rate and half rate, carers allowance, illness benefit, blind pension and invalidity pension, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39960/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Minister have any regard or respect for the will of the House?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Seamus Brennan stopped it. A previous Minister stopped it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts she has made to halt the restructuring of MABS and CIS until such a time as the concerns of the many staff and volunteers have been comprehensively addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39439/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will be aware that not only myself but colleagues on all sides of the House have had representations throughout the summer from MABS and the community information centres to the effect that the proposed reorganisation is going full tilt ahead despite the views of this House and the Joint Committee on Social Protection. I made representations to the Minister about this during the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister refers to the bodies' present unsatisfactory structure. She is as aware as I am that the organisations are not wedded to that particular structure on which they are prepared to compromise. She is aware of that and there is no point in us focusing on the two organisations sticking to present arrangements which is an argument that does not exist. When she mentions extensive...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I can tell the Minister where I got the period of five years from. It was in a letter from herself dated 15 August in which she says that this decision was taken after "five years of analysis, consideration of options and extensive consultations with all stakeholders". Five years of that. There was no consultation and there is still no meaningful consultation with stakeholders. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the scope of the public services card; the measures currently in place to ensure data protection and confidentiality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39693/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I am aware that there are 2.7 million public services cards in circulation but as the Minister is aware, concerns have been expressed recently about plans to extend the scope of the public service card and about how confidentiality of the information contained on the card can be maintained.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is saying there are no plans to extend the range of services which will require production of the public services card from now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: By her Department, for now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Minister accept that concerns have been raised and that they are legitimate? They have been raised by ordinary citizens, by the Data Protection Commissioner and her predecessor, by distinguished information technology lawyers who say that clear information is needed on what data has been collected, the purpose of the data and who exactly will have access to it. Is the Minister...