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- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: The Minister knows that people who get illness benefit are very ill. They include cancer patients and people with terminal illnesses. To not know from week to week what payment will come in, if it comes in at all, is a problem. While I appreciate that staff within the illness benefit section of the Department do tremendous work and certainly do not blame them, the new system that was...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that all issues related to illness benefit have now been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8288/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: The new system for illness benefit payments has caused massive problems since it was first rolled out in the second half of 2018. Many issues had been flagged before Christmas, in October and November. Have they all been resolved at this stage? Just before Christmas the Minister gave us a categorical assurance that they would all be resolved and that there would be no more problems. Is...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: 45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action she plans to take in view of the recent passing of the Dáil Éireann motion regarding JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8287/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: Two weeks ago Sinn Féin brought forward a motion on the much discredited JobPath programme and also made references to successful schemes such as the local employment services, community employment schemes and job clubs that work and have worked over many years across the State. What is the Minister doing to honour the democratic wishes of this Dáil, which overwhelmingly supported...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: TDs from across this Chamber voiced serious concerns and gave example after example of what exactly is happening within Turas Nua and Seetec. Certainly the evidence that was given in this Chamber was not anecdotal. I stated during that debate that TDs do not lie at home dreaming up these cases. These are real cases. TDs act as the eyes and ears of the public and those stories, which we...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: The House has.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: I am not the only one who has a problem with the JobPath programme. The Dáil has a problem with it. Clearly, the Minister is not going to honour the expressed will of the Dáil, which is the expressed will of the people. She misled the House during the debate. She said nobody had made complaints to the Ombudsman. I checked and there have been numerous complaints-----
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: -----made to the Ombudsman regarding Turas Nua and Seetec. That motion referred to investing and upscaling the successful schemes such as the local employment services and the community employment schemes. We know that referrals to community employment schemes and the local employment service have plummeted. Thousands fewer have been referred to the local employment service. As we speak,...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: There have been only 11,344 jobs.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: There have been only 11,344 jobs.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: It does matter how many have gone through those there have only been 11,344 jobs.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: Answer the question.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: Answer the question.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: There have only been 11,344 jobs. The Minister cannot defend them-----
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: -----because it is indefensible.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: 59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to avert further strike action by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7991/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections in place for members of defined benefit pension schemes in cases in which an employer seeks to move away from such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7992/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: 87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report into the impact of reduced jobseeker's payments for those under 26 years of age will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7994/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (19 Feb 2019)
John Brady: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publication of the report by the Data Protection Commissioner into the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7995/19]