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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proactive measures in place to ensure that there is not a build-up of debt owed to her Department by persons who are in receipt of a social welfare payment but who may not have a full entitlement to the payment in view of the fact that her Department regularly contacts persons regarding overpayments that have occurred...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1809. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of debts owed to her Department of over €10,000; the number and amount due in respect of each scheme category; the proactive measures in place to prevent the build-up of such debts in respect of schemes in which the highest overpayments tend to arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1810. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the debt owed in respect of debts of over €10,000 for each scheme; the years in which the debt arose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35176/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an arrangement is in place for costs to be covered in respect of optical procedures in circumstances in which the process has been carried out and paid for on a private basis; if recoupment can be made based on the full PRSI records of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35448/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases approved for a disability allowance and in which the arrears due have not been paid to date; the reason for the delay; when the matter will be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1222 of 7 September 2018, the progress made in respect of the 4% PRSI charge in cases in which there is debt forgiveness in relation to the property of a person in view of the fact that Finance Act 2013 provided for the losses incurred not to be subjected to the income tax rules; when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Increases (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1926. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to areas not under rent pressure zones in which rent is increasing and in which landlords put up rent by over 30% in the expectation that the area will be declared a rent pressure zone in the future; the options available for tenants in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1935. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to discussions at EU level regarding the potential partial liberalisation of the water market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34947/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1936. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding landlords that do not want to enter the housing assistance payment scheme with a local authority but have existing tenants that are in receipt of rental supplement; if they can continue on same; the engagement he has with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to ensure that some...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1942. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing assistant payment scheme at the end of each year from 2014 to 2018; the number of families on the scheme at the end of June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35074/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the eligibility of persons who are homeless for inclusion on the register of electors in order to participate in elections; the process and systems in place to allow persons to obtain polling cards for elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 1946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approvals given to local authorities regarding unsold affordable houses that did not sell at the time and approval was given to them to be leased to an approved housing body; if local authorities can now sell these houses to the original approved housing body or another approved housing body in view of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. Apologies have been received from Deputies Deering and Aylward. Are the minutes of the meetings on the meeting of 20 June, 27 June and 4 July agreed? Agreed. I do not think there is any matter arising from the minutes that we will not deal with during the course of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will note and publish it but we will hold it over.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will hold it over for discussion at the next meeting. No. 2309 B is from Mr. Jim Gibson, acting CEO, Tusla, dated 9 July 2019 providing information requested by the committee at a recent meeting. We asked about the difference in remuneration for social workers recruited by Tusla as opposed to those employed via agencies. He supplied a table, which includes a social worker on the first...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I do not understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: It says all private fostering agencies funded by Tusla are currently outside procurement and it is now undertaking procurement-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: Obviously, if there are different rates by different agencies-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: We need clarification on that. We also asked Tusla for a breakdown of the €18 million budget for the 121 family resource centres around the country. That has been provided. We asked for a breakdown of the family resource centres by county, which has been provided in the appendix. We sought a note on the operation of children and young person services committees, CYPSCs, which is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will ask for the details of all the fostering agencies and the amounts involved.