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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the cut-off age of seven years for lone parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment in order to revert back to making it payable for a child up to 18 or up to 22 years of age for those in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the cut-off age for the jobseeker's transition payment until the youngest child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to reducing the number of hours necessary to qualify for the working family payment from 19 to 15 hours per week in order to support more workers engaged in low hour and low paid work and their families; the additional costs involved in such a change; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) into the employment and living conditions of one-parent families here; if so, her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11917/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment, formerly the family income supplement, in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [11918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a comprehensive strategy of the long-term vision for lone parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Social Welfare Commission Bill 2018; her views on the objective of the Bill; if consideration has been given to the provisions and measures contained therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to respond to correspondence issued to him on 13 February 2019 regarding concerns about procurement of contractors in the housing section of Wicklow County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12192/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (7 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to correspondence sent to him via email dated 24 January 2019 regarding emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Before the debate was adjourned this morning, I asked a question that the Minister has not answered. Last week I sent her correspondence, to which I am still awaiting a response. I have also raised the issue on Committee Stage. There is no clarity on what will happen with the winter fuel payments and fuel allowance, even though there is grave concern. More than 31,000 people receive the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 49:In page 61, line 14, to delete “may” and substitute “shall, with the assent of Dáil Éireann,”. The Bill has been hailed as a no-change Bill and we are aware that much work has been done on the convention on social security. Credit is due to the many people involved in ensuring the convention was agreed. What is the status of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Those in work are at risk of poverty.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who sat their driver test in County Wicklow in 2018; the percentage pass rate for male and female drivers, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10652/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the possibility of introducing free public transport; if there are costings on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10835/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to the local employment service in 2018, by office. [10322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the three year rule for those aged over 55 years of age engaged in community employment in which they are providing a service in their community that otherwise would not be available; if there is discretion in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 13 November 2018, if the payment will be disregarded in the means test for social welfare payments for those that were in receipt of a payment before she approved disregarding it in view of the fact the payment is still being taken as means from social welfare payments (details...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 5 February 2019, timeframe for the publication of the econometric review of JobPath which was due to be published at the end of January 2019; if she has read the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10503/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date; the number of persons referred for a second time to date; and if a person has been referred more than twice. [10510/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged with the JobPath companies. [10511/19]