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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all Intreo offices are fully accessible to persons with a disability; if not, the estimated cost of making all offices accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25245/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes and payments that fall under his Department's remit in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons working in the social welfare appeals office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25248/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing each rate of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €10.00, €20.00, €30.00, €40.00 and €50.00 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (23 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been subject to sanctions for non-engagement with activation services in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (23 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parent households here as measured by EUROSTAT in tabular form; the way in which this rate compares to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24083/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (23 May 2017)

Willie O'Dea: 319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the long-term unemployment rate here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24084/17]

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

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for his presentation. We will go through this heading by heading but I will ask the Minister one general question which affects all headings. In the supplementary document issued subsequent to our receipt of the main documentation, there is an item titled "administration". Administration costs are divided between pay and non-pay. Pay has not increased significantly....

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

Willie O'Dea: That is to change both criteria.

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

Willie O'Dea: Does the Minister have figures for just the one measure - the averaging?

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

Willie O'Dea: I will follow on a point made by Deputy Brady in regard to the abolition of the bereavement grant. The Minister mentioned that a figure of €5 million was paid out last year in exceptional needs payments. Where does the provision for exceptional needs payments appear in the budgetary figures? Is it part of the supplementary welfare allowance?

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

Willie O'Dea: I see that now.

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

Willie O'Dea: According to the figures in chart 11, the allocation for other working age income supports is down by 10% for 2017.

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

Willie O'Dea: If one looks at chart 11 in the documentation submitted to members, A11 - other working age income supports. The reduction is €4.25 million, or 10%.

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.