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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: And the Minister's one of €6.50.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to improve services to those who depend on the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24272/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will be aware that various suggestions were made to alleviate the effects of the cut in the respite care grant. I am trying to ascertain whether any of those recommendations has been implemented or is intended to be implemented.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been put on the Gateway initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the data protection safeguards present in her Department; if she plans to improve these safeguards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: European Court of Justice Rulings (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has not yet acted on the Waterford Crystal decision in the Court of Justice of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24108/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the tendering arrangements that have been put in place for the renting of offices for social welfare branch offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24159/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies and State agencies who have utilised JobsBridge since the schemes foundation; if she is satisfied that this internship programme is not creating displacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24107/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Youth Unemployment Data (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 131. To ask the Taoiseach the current number and percentage of young persons under 26 years who are not in education, employment or training here; and if she will provide an update on the matter. [23842/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created through the ConnectIreland initiative; the companies that provided these jobs; the origin of these companies; the start up costs associated with the establishment of ConnectIreland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish citizen (details supplied) is presently incarcerated in Beateberg prison, Stockholm, that they have applied to be transferred to prison in Ireland and the procedure has already been initiated; the length of time this procedure will take; if same will be expedited in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 491. To ask the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease will be added to the list of long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24296/14]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: One of the greatest myths perpetrated in Irish politics since the foundation of the State has been the notion that changes, or should I say reductions, in social provision for the past three and a half years have been dictated by the troika. We all know this is a gross distortion. The fact of the matter is that the members of the troika - I had occasion as part of my party's delegation to...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I extend my good wishes to the Minister. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to change Standing Orders to provide for at least a fortnight between different Stages of a Bill. Six months ago, the Taoiseach told me this was about to be introduced but it has not been. When is it proposed to happen? The programme also states:We will raise the issue of payment of child benefit...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I thought it was the Ceann Comhairle who ruled what was in order and what was not.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Severe Weather Events Response (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is proposed to pay compensation to the victims of the recent floods in Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23841/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (29 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a lack of funding and support for obesity, with only limited resources being put into weight management clinics in Galway and Loughlinstown, County Dublin; the reason the clinic in Loughlinstown is only funded and staffed to the 2005 standard even though the number of persons with a BMI over 50 has doubled since then; and if he will make...

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The invisible man. The Taoiseach will be aware that there has been a great deal of speculation about changing or renegotiating the programme for Government or producing a new one, to which speculation he has contributed. Looking randomly at the current programme for Government-----

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I will not go through it.