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Other Questions: Disability Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: -----and how better off people are as a result of all those jobs that have been created. I have a specific question for the Minister of State. The Disability Federation of Ireland has also brought to my attention that the probability of exit, PEX, score, used by the Department of Social Protection, measures the probability of exit from the live register. The Disability Federation of...

Other Questions: Disability Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I am sure the people will reward the Minister of State accordingly.

Other Questions: Disability Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend all Intreo services to persons with disabilities, including all the voluntary activation schemes, including the Youth Guarantee and MOMENTUM, regardless of payment type that the disabled person is on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24678/15]

Other Questions: Disability Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: This issue has already arisen in questions asked today. When will the Intreo services that are available for able-bodied people be extended fully to the disabled sector of the community?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Overpayments (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and to date in 2015, the total overpayments made by her Department in each year, indicating the amount due to error by her Department, due to error by the applicant, and due to fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24851/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Overpayments (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to stress that this is a statistical question. I have no brief for people who defraud the social welfare system. In fact, I believe they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Overpayments (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for providing those figures, which demonstrate what many of us have long since realised, namely, that the overwhelming majority of people in receipt of social welfare payments behave honestly and that fraud is a minority activity, accounting for less than 3% of the overall social welfare spend. How many prosecutions have taken place in the past few years? Has there been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Overpayments (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Regarding the figures for 2012 and 2013, how much of the money has been recovered or is in the process of being recovered? The Minister will be aware that the Social Welfare Bill 2012 enabled the Department to collect up to 15% of the principal payment to recoup moneys overpaid. Is the Minister aware that some departmental officials are of the view that "up to 15%" actually means 15% and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Overpayments (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Some people in the Department-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste did not do what she said. She promised she would not introduce this change until we had a Scandinavian child care system in this country. She has not done that. The answer to my question is that she intends to renege on her promise. The Taoiseach said something yesterday which the Tánaiste has said on many occasions, namely, that many working lone parents, who...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: That will be cold comfort to the people who will be affected after Thursday.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Say that to the people who will be losing €100 per week.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: They should be delighted with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Say that to the people who are sending us e-mails about the cuts to their allowances.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: What about the ones being left to one side from next Thursday?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Where is the Scandinavian child care?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: She is codding herself.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social impact assessment her Department has undertaken of her changes to the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24850/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will be aware that next Thursday is D-Day, where the D stands for "devastation" for the many lone parents who will suffer a substantial drop in income because of the change in the criteria for payment that she will implement on Wednesday. Has the Department carried out a social impact assessment, or an assessment of the possible effects on those who will lose out thereby?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Obviously the Department has not done an assessment of the specific impact of this measure on lone parents, many thousands of whom will lose out. Apparently an impact assessment was done on the budget measures and, according to the Minister, this showed that all lone parents, working or not working, would be better off as a result of the changes being introduced by the Government. It is a...