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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for a contract of indefinite duration is being processed and another is not (details supplied), in view of the fact that the two persons that applied for contracts of indefinite duration did not meet the criteria and both were outside the four-week deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31843/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cuts have been made for the provision of post-mastectomy products; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these cuts will effect every breast cancer survivor here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31844/17]

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I ask the Taoiseach about the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill. As he knows, it is customary that the Social Welfare and Pensions would be taken in the first half of the year. We had the pre-legislative stage some weeks ago, but the Bill has not been published yet. There is no indication on the Order of Business for this week or the indicative order for next week that Second Stage will be...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Before the summer.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (4 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 582. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she plans to take in view of the recent report on lone parents published by the Joint Committee on Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (4 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 583. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase from €29.80 to €32.30; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30965/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (4 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 584. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reducing the hours work to qualify for family income supplement from 19 to 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Training Support Grant (4 Jul 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 585. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered or examined the feasibility of removing the condition whereby a person must be on the live register in order to access training and activation supports; if so, the implications of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30967/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Is that five minutes in total?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us and for the excellent presentations made by the three groups that will be of assistance to us in the forthcoming debate on the budget. I will start with the presentation made by the National Women's Council of Ireland. Members on all sides of the Houses have raised the anomaly continually in the Dáil. I proposed legislation to backdate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with Mr. Kavanagh that the auto-enrolment scheme in the United Kingdom has worked well. Will he elaborate on the point he made about the scheme? He stated he had heard a rumour that the Department was considering a compulsory opt-in scheme. Is that correct?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (29 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the areas within her Department which remain outstanding in respect of the confidence and supply agreement; the status of plans for the implementation of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30582/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: He indicated that, or at least that is my understanding from media reports this morning.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Okay, that is already in the Bill. That is fair enough. The Minister pointed out that it was in the Bill but that provision is not enough, in my view. The presidents of the District and Circuit Court should be full and permanent members of the commission. Theirs are the courts that interact with the public the most. They do most of the legal business in the country. We are talking here...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Government legislation is constructed in such a way that only three names will go to Cabinet. The Government explained to us last week that its interpretation of the legislation is that the Cabinet can appoint one of those individuals or else completely ignore all three of them. What Deputy O'Callaghan proposed was that the three names be ranked in order of merit and that if the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: First, Fianna Fáil is strongly in favour of a change in the manner in which judges are appointed. Second, we are strongly in favour of a significant lay element in that process. Last night, the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, extolled JAAB and pointed to the significant differences it had made. I disagree with that because I am not aware of any difference that was made by JAAB. I agree...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Ex-stockbrokers.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Advocacy Service (27 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 544. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; the estimated cost of increasing the number of advocates by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (27 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 562. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied). [29666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (27 Jun 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29667/17]