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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Programme for Government Initiatives (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment that the Government is committed to introducing as outlined in the programme for partnership Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39443/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised regrading the impact that JobPath is having on community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39441/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether Ireland will reach the child specific poverty target that is set out in Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures - the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39440/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department allocates to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building unit within his Department will consider buying a permanent site in the city of Limerick as a matter of urgency to house Limerick education centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Superannuation Schemes (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised regarding the funding proposal submitted to the pensions authority regarding the CIÉ superannuation 1951 pension scheme; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there was no consultation with the trade union group or the active membership of the pension scheme; if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Superannuation Schemes (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a committee (details supplied) has declined the request of approximately 450 active employees for funding for an independent legal opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Superannuation Schemes (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has sought to retrospectively impose financial restrictions on funding for an independent actuary for the CIÉ superannuation pension scheme 1951, in view of the unrestricted independent actuarial advice made available to the TUG to facilitate the 1994 CIÉ pensions rationalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she has taken on foot on the motion opposing the restructuring of MABS and CIS being passed by Dáil Éireann and a report from the Joint Committee on Social Protection which also called for the restructuring process to be halted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39130/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the restructuring process of MABS and CIS can be halted until such a time as there is agreement between relevant stakeholders on a way forward that is agreeable with all sides concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cost-benefit analysis of the MABS and CIS restructuring process has been completed; if completed, the findings of this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (20 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has formally met with representatives of MABS and CIS who are opposed to the restructuring of their organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39132/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial allocation for An Garda Síochána in 2010 and in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payments Data (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement, by county, in tabular form; the number of households in each county that have rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits for their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38567/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of welfare recipients who have been subject to sanctions for non-engagement in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38568/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for an exceptional needs payment in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number who have been awarded and refused this payment, respectively; the expenditure on this payment in those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38569/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report that was to be prepared by her Department within three months of the passing of the Social Welfare Act 2016 on the financial and social effects of amendments to the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares with the EUROSTAT average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for those not at work due to an illness or disability; the way in which this compares with the EUROSTAT average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38572/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (11 Sep 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 1907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting times for decisions on all social welfare payments from her Department; the number of persons awaiting decisions for all social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38573/17]