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Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Last week in the Taoiseach's absence on what I am sure is very important national business, we debated yet another Social Welfare Bill. The Taoiseach will be interested to know that on the first day that Second Stage of that Bill was taken, I received a communication from the Whip's office asking me to put forward amendments because the amendments were being debated at 1 p.m. The Taoiseach...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Taoiseach think this is acceptable and when will this change come about? I have been asking about it for six months.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I will be moving amendments Nos. 4 and 8, and I support all the amendments Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive. With the benefit of reflection, I am unsure whether we will achieve our desired objective but as the previous speaker indicated, that is due to the tight timeframe. We discussed Second Stage of this Social Welfare and Pensions Bill last week and I received a communication from the Bills Office...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: What about the Minister of State, Deputy White? Will he have to stand over the charge he made?

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: That is what the Secretary General said.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Minister of State, Deputy White, have to stand over it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Community welfare officers in Limerick did a tremendous job during the flooding. I would appreciate it if the Minister referred back to me as quickly as possible as I have an interest in this issue. The difficulty is that I do not know what advice to give. I will take a leaf from Deputy Joan Collins's book and advise them to simply stay in the house, even if they cannot afford to pay the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister has established a protocol with community welfare officers in the Dublin region. While I fully appreciate this, I remind the House that there is a country outside Dublin and that we have similar problems in Limerick and every other urban area. Will the Minister give us a commitment that she will consider establishing a similar protocol in other areas such as Limerick where...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will review the caps on the rent supplement schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24273/14]

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

Willie O'Dea: That is not true.

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

Willie O'Dea: It is 20% less than when the Minister got her hands on it.

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

Willie O'Dea: I am asking the Minister about her role.

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

Willie O'Dea: Excuse me. I am asking the Minister about her role in government. The Labour Party came into government based on votes from people to whom they promised they would not cut core social welfare rates. The Minister is well aware that everybody who is in receipt of a carer's allowance is automatically entitled to the respite care grant. Thus, when the respite care grant is cut, that...

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

Willie O'Dea: Everybody gets the respite care grant. It is part of the core payment.

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

Willie O'Dea: Is this the new face of the Labour Party?

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

Willie O'Dea: It looks like the same old face to me.

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

Willie O'Dea: The Minister has imposed more austerity in social welfare than did any other Minister with responsibility for that portfolio.

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

Willie O'Dea: Go off to Canada.

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

Willie O'Dea: It was supposed to be done this year.

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

Willie O'Dea: The Minister promised she would do that this year, but now she is talking about doing it next year.