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Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this very important motion, which I am happy to support. Possibly the biggest challenge facing the European Union at the moment is youth unemployment, which is economically destructive and socially corrosive. There are more than 5.5 million young people under the age of 25 throughout the EU who are without jobs. In the lead-up to the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes which were required to submit funding proposals to the Pensions Board by or since 30 June 2013 and which have submitted such proposals; the number of such schemes which have not submitted such proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49102/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of defined benefit pension schemes which have started or completed the process of wind-up to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49103/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (19 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants who obtain a payment from Community Welfare Officers due to lack of PRSI contributions who are ineligible to claim for illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49414/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (19 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department has requested proof of evidence for the past three months to be provided again when it had previously been provided to the citizenship unit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49145/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Issues (13 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the file pertaining to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not been forwarded to the appeals office by her Department; when it will be provided to that office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48519/13]

Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To clarify an issue, I believe the Taoiseach told Deputy Martin yesterday that he expected victims legislation would be produced in the second half of next year. Will he consider bringing forward this legislation in view of the recent horrendous and stomach-churning RTE programme which detailed the murders of people who were separated from their families whose members were subsequently not...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Jean McConville was found buried in this jurisdiction. I ask the Taoiseach to consider advancing the legislation and placing victims centre stage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers (5 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of training places available for those who are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit nationally; the number of training places available in tabular form on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46022/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (5 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 381. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene directly in the current industrial dispute at a company (details supplied) which has recently developed in Dublin and is ongoing in Limerick City; if he is concerned at the company's possible reneging on an agreement to pay its staff a redundancy package of five weeks per year of service and now proposing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (5 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 499. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the process that must be followed by her Department to give effect to changes in the household benefits package announced in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (5 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 495. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will name all persons appointmented by her to all boards or agencies under the aegis of her Department since March 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46023/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (5 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 496. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes that failed to submit a revised plan to meet the funding standard in June 2013; the number of the schemes that did not submit funding proposals that are still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (5 Nov 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 737. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider exempting reserve members of An Garda Síochána from the application process required for the general public when applying for positions with the force; if he will take the two year probation period completed by reserve members into account; the courses completed by the reserve members under consideration; if he...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I agree that it looks a fairly complex measure. My interpretation of it is that the trustees of a pension scheme are required to take into account the fact that when somebody reaches the age of 65, they are getting a transition pension. What that means is that they continue paying the person the same pension but reduce it by the amount of the transition pension so in net terms, the person...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I take it I can speak on the amendment and on the section, as both are being taken together.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: This amendment makes a great deal of sense. The social welfare system is bedevilled by traps and we seem to be creating more traps as we go along. Take the position of lone parents and the fact that part-time employment is now a significant phenomenon in this country. Lone parents, because of their family responsibilities and so on, generally take up part-time employment. A large...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. Let us see if the new resolution process is working.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister started dismantling the mortgage interest supplement before we know if a new insolvency system works. The Government is taking away a quarter next year and a quarter in the following year. It will take a year or 18 months to see if the new resolution process is working. Why not delay the start of the phasing out until we see if the new process works? That is all we are asking...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to speak on section 11. As I understand it, section 11 proposes that the mortgage interest supplement will be phased out over the next four years. I do not understand the rationale for this. I do not want to delay the House, but all I can say is that 143,000 mortgages are in arrears and the problem appears to be getting worse. It may be getting worse more slowly, but that does not...