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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (17 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average cost of activating a person who is unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46087/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (17 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the Youth Guarantee to those under 25 years of age who are in receipt of disability Allowance and are currently excluded from the guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46134/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (17 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected increase, due to changing demographics, in the number of persons availing of the free travel scheme over the next five years; the cost of maintaining the scheme at current levels, taking account of the projected increase in users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46135/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of replacing the 38-hour threshold for family income supplement qualification with a sliding scale system that would reflect the fact that many persons may be working, or wish to work, fewer than 19 hours per week and may be in just as much need as current recipients of this supplement; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (15 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will award a backdated increase to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is in receipt of a disability allowance which had been recently reduced to €42 per week based on spousal income, as this income has now ceased from 13 November 2015 and the spouse is now due to recommence employment on a casual...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (9 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients under the rent supplement scheme, of active tenancies under the housing assistance payment scheme, the number of households who have applied to have their rent supplement increased above the current threshold, the number who have had their rent supplement increased, the number who have been refused, by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the direct provision adult allowance from €19.10 to €25.00, €30.00, €35.00, 38.74, and the cost of increasing the allowance paid in respect of children from €9.60 to €15.00, €20.00, €25.00, €29.80, per year, in tabular form; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 57. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide a statutory entitlement to a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42999/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the long waiting times for an outpatient appointment at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (2 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will contact the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick concerning the position of a retired caretaker; if she will resolve this issue in conjunction with the board of management given that the caretaker would have been prepared to continue to work if made aware of the full facts; and if she will make a...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: How many extra months will that provide?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I am the only Opposition member present which reflects the lack of opposition to the Supplementary Estimate. I understand the reasons for it and I do not oppose it. I have a number of general questions. There is a large under-estimate in respect of the jobseeker's figures, nearly 7,500 people. Was that a surprise? There is significant under-estimate for the overall figure for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Limerick city under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42423/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Henry Street and Roxboro districts on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42424/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the eligibility of participants on community employment schemes who are over 55 years of age; her plans to overturn the recent amendments preventing those over 55 years of age from remaining on a scheme for six years or more; if she will provide clear guidelines to those who administer these schemes, particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application for renewal and extension of a community employment scheme at a place of work was rejected for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will review the application and appeal, with a view to re-instating it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42593/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in activation programmes who because of their participation are not included on the live register, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42961/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (1 Dec 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to exempt pensioners from the water charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42530/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Projects (26 Nov 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate funding through the sports capital grant programme to return the full use of facilities at the University of Limerick Arena, permitting the addressing of significant maintenance issues relating to the 50-metre pool which are having a negative impact on the arena's ability to host any major event at present; why he...

Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I do not think the Taoiseach responded to Deputy Martin's question about the disability-equality (miscellaneous provisions) Bill to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. When is the Bill expected to be published?