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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste is kidding nobody.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: The lone parents are not fooled.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: They are not fooled, and I will send the Tánaiste their comments and a few of the examples.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Saying lone parents are now only two and a half times at greater risk of poverty, compared to four and a half times at some point in the past, is quite irrelevant. This report is bald and it is brutal. It states that of all groups in society, the group that suffered the highest consistent rate of poverty in 2014 was lone parents, at a rate of 22.1%. It found those living in households with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Is it acceptable?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, before the change.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the changes made to the one-parent family payment given the data in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions which show those living in households with one adult and one or more children had the highest deprivation rate, at 58.7%, in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1190/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Before dealing with the question, I take the opportunity to extend my congratulations to the newly appointed Clerk of the Dáil, as announced by the Ceann Comhairle. My question refers to a recent survey which shows poverty is endemic among single parents. In view of the startling figures set out in the report, particularly in respect of the deprivation rate, is the Tánaiste...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and the staff in the Department of Social Protection offices in Limerick and Clare for their responsiveness to people who have approached them in respect of this matter. I have a few brief questions. How much money has been allocated to cover this scheme? On page 3 of her presentation, Ms Faughnan referred to the different stages. Stage 3...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: Is there an overall budget?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: I thank Ms Faughnan.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the supports and resources available to those affected by flooding; the efforts she is making to assist them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1191/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent data in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions which shows that 29% of the population is experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1192/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the high rate of youth unemployment, which currently stands at 19.2 per cent; the impact of the measures she has introduced to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1193/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of payments to persons reaching 65 years of age who were born after April 1955 and who must wait until 67 years of age for a State pension and who must sign on for a jobseeker's benefit or a jobseeker's allowance in the interim years; if he will enable those persons to receive a State payment without being means-tested...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 did not receive the Christmas bonus in 2015; if she will make the payment if it is found that this payment was not paid in error; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1169/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average weekly payment under the jobseeker's benefit scheme and jobseeker's allowance scheme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1437/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing all working age payments by €2.50, €5.00, €6.00, €7.00, €8.00, €9.00, and €10.00 per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1486/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing child benefit by €5, €10, €15, €20, €25, and €30 per month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1488/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Willie O'Dea: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the jobseeker's allowance of €100 per week for those from 18 to 24 years of age, by €5, €10, €15, €20, €25, €30, €40, €44, €88, and €100 per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....