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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if referrals to JobPath are expected to continue beyond 2019; the plans in place for the scheme in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39119/19]

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: It does not make it legal.

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I only had five minutes. I asked my questions and I think the Minister-----

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I have a couple of questions. The Minister is trying to talk down the clock. Are there still plans to explore the replacement the medical card with the PSC, and has the Minister had any involvement in such discussions? How does the Minister define low risk categories? It seems some people who received the card did not go through the SAFE 2 process.

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I want to ask a question on the overall cost of the card. We know €62 million has been spent on the roll-out of the public services card so far. We also know that in the region of €2 million was ploughed into the project of making the public services card a requirement for getting a driving licence. Can we have an overall figure for the roll-out of the card across all...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I asked whether the relevant Department got legal advice.

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: Did he get legal advice?

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: Who decided on the format of the Department's response to the draft report from the Data Protection Commissioner? Was the Minister aware the responses were being sent in 470 scanned and unpaginated pages? Why was it done that way? Does the Minister still believe there is no evidence of dissatisfaction with the public services card? Simple "Yes" or "No" answers will suffice.

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: Why was the response sent in the format it was sent in? The response came in 470 scanned and unpaginated pages. In other words, the pages were not numbered, a fact of which the Data Protection Commissioner was highly critical.

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: This morning, during Question Time, the Minister rhymed off examples of how the PSC is so convenient, citing the 70,000 citizens who used the card to apply for passports while failing to mention the fact that they had no choice but to apply for the card if they wanted to get passport. Other examples cited included further services that could not be accessed without a card, including SUSI,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: The Minister's predecessor, the Taoiseach, gave an insight into the thinking behind this payment at a social protection committee meeting. He said that young foreign people come to these shores, get off aeroplanes and are able to find themselves a job, and asked what our young people are doing. There is a train of thought within Government circles that our young people are lazy, are sitting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 10. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for letters being issued from her Department to State pension (contributory) recipients in which they claim for a qualified adult in addition to a declaration form to be signed by the recipient; if her attention has been drawn to the contents of the letter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38800/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I ask the Minister to advise on the rationale for letters being issued from her Department to State contributory pension recipients claiming for a qualified adult and whether she is aware of the content of these letters, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I raised this matter yesterday during questions on promised legislation because there is significant fear among the public. I have been contacted by a number of people who have received this letter, who fear they will lose the payment, and wording of the letter has created that fear. The Minister needs to clarify the position. My office spoke to officials in her Department about the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: The words "phased basis" are not my words; rather, they are the words of staff in the Department. The first round of letters have gone out to the 10% concerned and I took the response of the Department to mean that the rest will go out in the near future. What has caused the most concern is the wording of the letters. People have been given 21 days to respond. There is a fear that if they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage the report into the reduced rates of payment for jobseekers aged between 18 and 25 years of age is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38801/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: This is discrimination, to call it what it simply is. In June this year, more than 21,000 young people were being actively discriminated against by this State. In a recent debate, Deputy O'Dea, said his party introduced it but it has not worked. If the Fianna Fáil Party believes it has not worked and the Minister, in an earlier contribution, said this discrimination towards are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department holds onto personal data collected through the public services card application process indefinitely; the way in which data are stored; the person or body that has access to the data; if the data are shared across Departments or other State bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: We will have a broader discussion later this evening on the public services card but my question is about the Department's insistence on retaining indefinitely personal data collected through the SAFE 2 registration process, how the data are stored, who has access to them and if the data are shared across Departments of other State bodies. With due respect, I do not want a response that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: The Minister would admit that the data that are retained are sensitive in nature. There are legitimate concerns in that regard and that is supported by the Data Protection Commissioner in her findings. It certainly does not comply with the data retention principle that data controllers have no basis for collecting or keeping personal data that they do not need just in case a use is found...