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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Department supply figures for that item of expenditure since the abolition of the bereavement grant? Is that possible? The reason I ask is that when we raised the abolition of the bereavement grant initially with the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Burton, she said people would be taken care of from the exceptional needs fund. It was my experience at constituency level that even...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Rents keep going up but the figure keeps going down. Is that due to the transition to HAP?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Do we have any figures for it? What Department provides the assistance for housing assistance payments?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister referred to maternity benefits and I thank him for his advice regarding online applications. I am still not clear why many people are not yet in a position to apply online. I am still a bit unclear about how a glitch seems to have developed in the ordinary system by means of which people make written applications. It is not clear from the Minister's reply. Perhaps he will...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Is it €2.4 million?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Working age employment supports is where we should be discussing JobPath. As I understand it, JobPath is an aid to employment. It is an employment support. Where exactly is it accounted for in chart 15? Community employment schemes, rural social schemes and all the other aids to employment are here but which refers to JobPath? We have JobsPlus and we have the wage subsidy scheme.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: To make a general point on this section of the Estimates, as the Minister said in his opening statement, an awful lot of the payments in social protection are demand-led. Obviously, if someone fulfils the qualifications, one gets a number and multiplies the number by the rate and that is straightforward. This section is one of the smaller items of expenditure, only about 5%, but that is...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: In his opening statement, the Minister mentioned he expected an increase in the number of recipients of carer's allowance. I ask him to give us details on that. Regarding the metrics, the target is to have a decision on disability allowance within 12 weeks. Only 73% of claims are being decided within 12 weeks. People can experience great hardship waiting for disability allowance. They...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: What will that bring the total figure to?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I understand that.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: I was looking at the total allocation for social protection for 2017 and it is €19.854 billion. I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister on the amount of that allocation which related to fraud and the figure of €41 million was provided. I have done a quick calculation and determined that €41 million is one fifth of 1% of the total social welfare budget. It...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach will be aware, there are many Private Members' Bills from all sides of the House backed up and not being discussed. Many will never get to see the light of day. In view of that, could the Taoiseach explain why a Private Members' Bill in the name of myself and Deputy Mary Butler has been allocated two hours tomorrow afternoon when there is a similar Bill in the name of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: Can I suggest to the Ceann Comhairle that we use the time more constructively to discuss some other thing that otherwise would not be discussed?

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: The people who were selecting will have known that the other Bill had gone to Committee Stage anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (16 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that rents in Limerick city have risen substantially since legislation was introduced to cap rents in certain areas; if he will consider extending the rent cap to the Limerick area in view of the recent rent increases in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (16 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (16 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a payment of arrears of carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23114/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199 and 200 of 3 May 2017, the way in which savings of €77 million were made in 2016 from welfare fraud in respect of one parent family payments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199 and 200 of 3 May 2017, if the €506 million in control savings made in 2016 were as a result of fraud alone, that is, that all of the €506 million savings were made as a result of persons deliberately trying to deceive his Department for financial gain; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications Data (16 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe within which illness benefit is paid once his Department has received an application; the waiting times for receipt of this payment; if there is a delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23351/17]