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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assurances that can be provided that jobseekers who have been selected for the JobPath activation scheme will not be forced into unsuitable and inappropriate jobs given that participation on JobPath is mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: In tabling the question I wish to emphasise that we do not oppose the provision of programmes to help people to get back into work, but we are very concerned about any question or element of coercion into inappropriate or unsuitable employment, in particular now that the service has been privatised and there is a profit motive at the end of it. There are a number of problems with JobPath...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Out of all the queries, e-mails and personal visits I received on JobPath, I wish to read the Minister an excerpt from one e-mail which comes from someone in the Minister's constituency. I will be careful not to identify the person. The person said they will be 60 in a few weeks' time and they have been in full-time employment from 1976 until 2007 in a very responsible position.Currently I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: That is pretty serious. Could I just make one very quick point? In my area in Limerick I have heard constant complaints from people who have been asked the most demeaning and inappropriate questions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: -----in the presence of other people. There is no privacy. People are sitting cheek by jowl with other people from the same city who are being asked the same questions and they can all hear the replies.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The scheme is being operated by two companies. One of them is Turas Nua, which is a consortium of a recruitment company in Roscrea and a company called Working Links from the United Kingdom. Is the Minister aware that very serious allegations have been made about Working Links? For example, in an investigation by a parliamentary committee recently in connection with another company, A4e, a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the adequacy of social protection rates given that a recent report by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which found that in 2016 social protection did not provide an adequate income for 183 of the 214 urban household cases examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status issue of determination orders which were not catered for in the jobseeker's transition legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18693/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (30 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has increased the contribution to the community services programme in line with the increase in the national minimum wage; if the programmes have as of yet received this funding; if he can provide assurances that the contribution to the community service programmes will be increased in line with any future increases in the national minimum...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: There is a very firm commitment in the programme for Government to establish a special court to deal with mortgage arrears cases. Many people are anxiously awaiting the establishment of that court. When will it be set up?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (29 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 215. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will re-examine regulations recently introduced by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency which will compel child minders to complete Fetac level 5; if she is aware that this change in regulations may compel many persons who are providing child minding services in their own homes to discontinue this practice; if she is further aware...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the net cost in 2016 of setting the eligible age at which the parent's youngest child is eligible at ten, 12 and 14 years of age under the one-parent family payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the income disregard under the one-parent family payment scheme from its current threshold of €90 per week to €95, €100, €105, €110, 115, €120 and €125 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18483/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the child benefit scheme by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and €10 per month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing each working age payment by €3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and €10, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18487/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the jobseeker's allowance scheme of €100 per week for those from 18 to 24 years of age by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10, €15, €20 and €25 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18488/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the jobseeker's allowance scheme for those in receipt of €144 per week by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10, €15, €20 and €25 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the State pension by €5; €6; €7; €8; €9; €10 and €15 by week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing entitlement under the living alone allowance scheme by €2,€3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10 and €15, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Jun 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the entitlement under the disability allowance scheme, the carer's benefit scheme, the invalidity pension scheme and the blind pension scheme by €5, €6, €7, €8, €9, €10, €15 and €20 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...