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Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: It is in the book.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister anticipated some of what I was going to say. I do understand the complexities of transferring from the rent supplement scheme to the HAP scheme but the elephant in the room is the lack of social housing. Under whatever scheme the Minister assists people the lack of social housing is a constant. There is a gross lack of social housing at the moment. Does the Minister agree with...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise for getting the number wrong in my question, but the Minister has updated me in that regard. As was stated, this was supposed to be a short-term solution. A person who is homeless and cannot afford to rent privately is entitled to support from the Government to rent appropriate accommodation. However, even though this is supposed to be a short-term solution, currently there are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: In announcing the scheme, Government set out a number of objectives. One objective is that 75,000 persons would be taken off the live register during the lifetime of the Government and that the average waiting time on the live register would be reduced from 21 to 12 months. What progress has been made to date on these objectives and how optimistic is the Minister that they will be realised?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has satisfied herself with the progress made in advancing the pathways to work scheme in view of reported recent criticism from the European Commission, ECB and IMF in their cabinet memo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33274/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister has stated this is a centrepiece of the programme for Government. It is in the interests of every person in the country, regardless of political affiliation, that it is a resounding success. The Minister stated she was satisfied with progress. The scheme has been the subject of a number of reports, almost all of which have been critical. The most recent has been the report of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I do not deny that the JobBridge programme has enjoyed some success or that the vast majority of hosts have behaved in a responsible manner. That is what they are supposed to do. However, my question was tabled to find about the minority who have sought to abuse a Government scheme funded by taxpayers' money and designed to give young people a start in life. That sort of conduct is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I accept that, but it does not justify abuse of the scheme. When a host puts itself into the market to accept interns, it must sign up to a certain agreement. The 23 organisations that have been identified thus far clearly did not adhere to the terms of that agreement. Does the Minister propose to name those organisations? I tabled a question to that effect previously and was told that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason certain companies have been removed from the possible internship options on the JobBridge programme; if she will publish a list of these companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33273/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the number of Money Advice and Budgeting Service companies who have concluded service level agreements with the Citizens Information Board; if she will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed by MABS by office and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the role of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in relation to the Personal Insolvency Act legislation; if she will provide MABS with any further resources to deal with the increased demand on its services as a result of the new legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33394/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the resolution adopted by Limerick County Council requesting further funds for housing adaptation grants and housing aid for older persons grants; if he will award same; if he will discuss with the Department of Health a combined approach to dealing with grant applications which would enable the infirm...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the reduction of preschool assistant support hours to children with disabilities, compounded by the staff moratorium which is preventing the recruitment of temporary staff for speech therapy purposes; if he will state whether discretion can be exercised; if so, who holds the authority in this regard;...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications for the education budget in 2014 of the additional resource teachers announced on 25 June 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32249/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the application for capital funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick requesting urgent repair of the school facilities; if he will fast-track the application in view of the fact that the architect's report has found the school building to be dangerous; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has revised the projected savings from a cap on the tax relief for pensions generating an income of €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider providing extra funding for the housing aid for older people scheme to Limerick City Council in view of the fact that the backlog of applications is such that they are only now dealing with persons who applied in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31716/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 571. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he considers it just or fair that a person (details supplied) should be advised of the postponement of his citizenship ceremony one week prior to it occurring, having been previously advised that all was in order having been scheduled for 4 July next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31961/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Accident Investigations (2 Jul 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 719. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarift the process of selection as regards air accident inspectors as it pertains to the report regarding the crash of IAC PC9 Aircraft in which a person (details supplied) lost his life, as it has been brought to the attention of this Deputy that one of the inspectors was in fact the safety officer who had assessed the...