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Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Then they will be a lot poorer.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: They should demand that their employers give them more hours.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: It is just about choice, is it?

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: They should be thrilled.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Government is preventing them from doing that.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of an invalidity pension will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24859/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (23 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the matters of concern and proposals submitted in regard to firearms licensing by the Sports Coalition will be decided upon; when the review will conclude in view of the impending renewal process commencement at the end of July 2015; if she will respond to the Sports Coalition’s proposal and allay the suspicion that absence of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I also seek clarification. Section 1 states the Bill will come into operation on such day or days as may be appointed by the Minister. Different sections and Parts can commence on different days. Will the Minister of State give us some indication as to when the Government's intends to bring the Bill into operation?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Will it be commenced this year?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, to delete line 20. It was agreed that when we were dealing with a part of the Bill where the Government was making a substantive amendment, the Minister of State would lead with his amendment and that we would discuss our variations. In the circumstances, does the Minister of State want to move amendment No. 9a?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: If the Minister of State tells us what he is proposing, we will respond to it.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State for making this significant change. The recommendations of the original committee were softened in the first draft of the Bill, but we have come a long way in the second draft. The reason I have tabled amendments to remove medical practitioners from the picture entirely is the Government has removed the requirement for a medical certificate only in respect of a...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I strongly support the amendment. The Government will not reduce the age from 18 years to 16, as we have suggested. Will the Minister of State recognise the obstacles that lie in the path of a 16 year old in such cases?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Absolutely. He or she must produce proof of identity, proof of birth, a statutory declaration, a certificate from a medical practitioner, as well as an endocrinologist, parental consent and an order of the Circuit Court. A case in the Circuit Court is infinitely more expensive, as Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh said, than in the District Court. It is also a great deal slower. My experience...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I referred to a British study which indicated that 96% of people who want to change gender decide that they must do so before they have reached the age of 18. It is generally recognised that if somebody discovers they are living in the wrong gender they suffer a lot until such time as they can go through the process of getting formal recognition. We have been given examples of this. I ask...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: It is perverse that we will have gender recognition legislation which will require a person who is happily married to divorce his or her partner or terminate a civil partnership simply because of the fact he or she is changing gender. I recognise the Minister of State’s legal difficulties and that court proceedings are in train. However, I do not believe we should close down for the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I would be broadly supportive of that. One of the issues that has been brought to my attention is the lack of provision for people under the age of 16. Correspondence I have received from the group representing this sector indicates their concern that increasing numbers of those they are dealing with are under the age of 16. This amendment would provide a partial solution, but perhaps the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the increase in property values, if he will consider amendments to the capital acquisitions tax regime in order to relieve the burden on persons who receive or inherit property; if he will introduce specific reliefs to cater for physically or mentally disabled persons who inherit a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23721/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (16 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 918. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of monitoring her Department undertakes of local authorities' implementation of ministerial recommendations regarding the listing of particular structures under section 53 (3) of the Planning and Development Act 2000; her plans to ensure action is taken by local authorities in this regard; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (11 Jun 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on reopening the compensation scheme for drift-net salmon fishermen, who did not avail of the scheme when it was in operation, in view of the fact that only a very small number of persons are involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/15]