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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine an issue (details supplied) and take measures to resolve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer if budget 2017 had increased the €100 and €144 jobseeker's payments by €5; the amount it is costing to increase both by €2.70 and €3.80; and the number of young persons on the €100 payment and the €144 payment. [30864/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: In the run-up to the budget, people were treated to a phony war between Fianna Fáil, who are the architects of the crash in this country, and the Government, which carried on the baton and continued the austerity measures that ordinary people have faced over the last eight years. We were led to believe the key question in the budget was a dispute between Fianna Fáil and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (11 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount which would accrue to the State if employers' PRSI was increased by 1%, 1.5% and 2% on all businesses and on businesses employing over 20 workers. [29269/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inland Waterways Maintenance (11 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will investigate dangerously hanging trees on the river embankment of the River Camac in Dublin 8 (details supplied). [29239/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (11 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if three items (details supplied) were implemented, it would have a significantly positive income effect for cancer patients whose income is immediately impacted upon through their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29328/16]

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reinstate the monthly telephone allowance of €9.50; and his plans to increase the State pension by €25 over a full term of office or by €5 per year. [28786/16]

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I tabled this question because older people were particularly badly affected during the recession by the cuts to all parts of their income. They had to deal with the household charge, property tax and the universal social charge, which has now been eased to some degree. They experienced increased motor tax rates and driver licence fees. Medical card entitlements, home-care packages and the...

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister was correct when he spoke earlier. The right course is to cut the austerity for very vulnerable people, like lone parents and the elderly. In that time the wealthy got more wealthy and social welfare payments were attacked. Now they have been pared to the bone. People are demanding extra money in their pockets. The Minister argues that there is a recovery going on but people...

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: There seems to be certainty in terms of the fact that pensioners are going to get an increase. An increase of €5 per week has been mentioned. At the weekend, I read reports that this might be the case and I believe the Minister made a statement that it could be €4 or €3. After pensioners got a €3 per week increase last year, which they felt was derisory in light...

Other Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Deputy O'Dea has not agreed it yet.

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Government is taking money off them.

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: The Minister's remark is terrible because people are not on jobseeker's payments because they want to be. People want to work and the girl in question wanted to do so. The only option she was given was a job for which she was told by the company at the interview she would have to be retrained at a cost of €700, and that this would have to come out of her own pocket. This is not a...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: What is the process for randomly choosing people for JobPath after they have been unemployed for a year? Do the authorities just pick a number or push a button? Are names put forward? How much have the companies operating the scheme received overall? How much did they receive to place individuals in employment? People are not averse to work. Before the crash, there were high...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: If one makes a complaint, one must do so through Seetec, a private company. If one is not happy, one must go to the Department of Social Protection. Why can the person not go directly to the Department in this regard?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is within the remit of the JobPath scheme to send persons forward for jobs that they are not legally qualified for, with the result that the JobPath participant will have to pay a substantial amount to gain the qualification and take up the job on offer. [28784/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints received by the companies running JobPath and by his Department. [28782/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that those selected for JobPath are not denied other opportunities that may arise for them and, in particular, opportunities arising from the social inclusion clauses in State projects, for example, the construction of the national children's hospital. [28785/16]

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: Will the Minister give an overview of how JobPath operates?

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Joan Collins: I have had a few constituents giving me their experience on JobPath. One was working in a primary school, providing a breakfast club service. Due to cuts, she became unemployed. She was randomly chosen by the Department to go on the JobPath scheme with Seetec. She ideally wanted to go back to working in a school environment but was barred from applying for a suitable CE scheme due to...