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

Willie O'Dea: This question relates to the views given to the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul on the effect of the changes in relation to lone parents and I would like the Minister's observations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the witness for her presentation. I am conscious of the fact that her job is to administer the scheme as it stands. Policy is a matter for the Government and administration is a matter for the public service. I have a question for the Minister on lone parents later on this afternoon so I will have a chance to discuss the policy there. The witness stated that there was regular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I would like a specific answer to that question. SPARK and other organisations will advise people who are in receipt of maintenance as well as FIS to revert from FIS to the JST next year and have supplied figures showing that they would be better off. Is that not deactivation rather than an activation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: As we are up against the clock I will make some brief points. First, I was interested to hear that the Department did not commission the Millar report. I am at a loss to know what difference that makes but the fact is that the Millar report is very critical of the system as it currently operates and states specifically that it requires revision. Second, I believe it was Mr. Egan, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Lone Parents: Department of Social Protection (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Sorry, Chairman. I forgot to thank the officials for coming in.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Payments (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the legislation in relation to liable relatives who have moved from the one parent family payment to jobseeker's transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28749/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the national pensions framework, which commits to sustain the value of the State pension at 35% of average weekly earnings to prevent poverty among older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to replace the JobBridge scheme; the procedures in place to ensure the mistakes made with respect to the JobBridge scheme will not be repeated and that participants are not forced into unsuitable and inappropriate employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28745/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to clarify a point raised by Deputy Howlin earlier. Did the Taoiseach say in reply to Deputy Howlin that the Government intends not to fill any vacancies on the Bench until such time as he gets an agreement on the new system of appointing judges? Is that the position?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28063/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: On promised legislation, the first item on page 24 of the legislative programme is the Public Health (Sale of Tobacco) Bill. It states the heads of the Bill are being drafted. What is the timescale for publication? Second-----

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: It is a continuum. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to set up a special court to deal with cases of mortgage arrears. When will it be established? The link is tenuous.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: What about my first question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank Ms Feely and Ms Fahey for attending and for their excellent presentations. It is very difficult to disagree with anything they said. I also thank them for the work they are doing to promote the interests of the elderly and to keep those interests to the forefront. I thank the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for the wonderful work is doing on the ground, which I see at first hand in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (27 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the SUSI grant scheme to students (details supplied) in view of the fact that the college they attend can be designated as an outreach college of UCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26469/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (27 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2017 of lowering the requirement to qualify for family income supplement from 19 hours per week to 15 hours per week for one-parent households only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (16 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 803. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants who received for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2016 to date; the total number granted or refused the allowance; the total number who have appealed the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26104/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (16 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 804. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time in 2016 for a decision in respect of all social protection payments in tabular form; the average waiting time for appeal for each of these where there is no oral hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 805. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to extend the homemaker scheme prior to 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26106/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (16 Sep 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 806. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the report by a person (details supplied) regarding lone parent households and commissioned by his Department will be released; the date the report was first commissioned and submitted to his Department by the author; the reasons for the delay in releasing the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/16]