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Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The document states, "We will".

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Willie O'Dea: On page 29 of the programme for Government there is a commitment that states, "We will overhaul the terms of the tenant purchase scheme to make it more attractive to social housing tenants", and this is listed as a year 1 action. We are now well past year 1. Will the Taoiseach say approximately when this will happen?

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: I heard the same comment.

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: I apologise for my late arrival. I congratulate the Minister and welcome her to the committee. Like other members, I extend my thanks to the staff of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the courtesy and consideration which they always afford me when I have to contact them, which I do very regularly. Many of the points which I wished to raise have obviously already...

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: I can bring a certain number of cases to the Minister's attention, if she does not mind.

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: It is people who are waiting for a welfare payment to be decided.

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: I was going to raise some further issues about the public services card and the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS, situation but Senator Higgins has done so. I wish to flag to the Minister that we will have to come back and engage in further discussion on both these issues. In the meantime, I have a specific question. The Minister is aware that as the number of people at work,...

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: It was a monologue rather than a dialogue.

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 CIB saying that?

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: Not one volunteer or member has told me they accept this - not one.

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: If the Minister had those responsibilities and if the Attorney General had said that-----

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: If the Attorney General-----

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: So it does not matter really?

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: It does not matter. The Minister spent most of her time in the Dáil the other day telling me that she could not do it because of the Attorney General. Now she is telling me that it does not matter what the Attorney General thinks. Even if the Minister had the power to do it, she would not interfere anyway.

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]