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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (27 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further promote the cruise ship tourism sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31068/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I can understand why the Government concluded that it was required to legislate in this area. I have studied the reports of the hearings of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, during the course of which a range of principles and arguments were expounded. The arguments ranged from the sound and sensible to the truly bizarre. I apologise if I single anybody out but I was particularly...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: How many people avail of the other two schemes, the wage subsidy scheme and the supported employment programme?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I must apologise as I have a meeting at 3 o'clock so I will have to leave shortly. There is a reference on page 34 to a number of schemes the Department is running to "reduce barriers to the labour market for people with disabilities." Do we have a percentage figure for the level of unemployment among disabled people? If that figure is not available, perhaps the Minister could provide the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I will pursue the matter at Question Time.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I know that people have come in to handle the extra services - the community welfare officers and the people from FÁS, the LES and so on - but in order to relieve the staff who are subjected to a much greater volume of work than hitherto because of the increase in unemployment, etc., how many people were transferred from other Departments directly to do the ordinary day-to-day work of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: On the off-chance that any of my constituents are tuned in to these proceedings, I wish to put on record my aspirations for the Limerick office, echoing exactly Deputy Ó Snodaigh's aspirations for the Ballyfermot office. I deal with the Limerick office as well as the Department centrally, and by and large, although they are under pressure, the staff are very helpful and are doing a good...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Including appeals.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister has overlooked my question on pensions but I am sure she did not do it deliberately. I shall ask the same question on this category. The briefing states that the decrease in the live register is partly because some recipients transferred to the employment supports programme. Can the Minister give me the figures? On page 10 it states that the information supplied by the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I certainly agree with the Minister on Government accounting. In an effort to be helpful to her, I draw attention to my question to which she did not respond. I take it that she is determined to persist with her efforts to minimise the impact on the Department of Social Protection when the next Government Estimates are agreed. I will strongly support her in that regard.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the secretariat for its excellent analysis of the figures and the issues which arise. The Minister will have noticed, from the figures available to her within the Department, that the risk of poverty among this segment of the population has grown since 2010. The basic rates of social welfare have remained untouched. Nevertheless, if one takes into account the fact that provision...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her presentation. To clarify, she mentioned an increase in the number of social welfare recipients since 2008. Will she give us the figures again? During the debate on the Social Welfare Bill we went through the various proposed cost-saving measures, to which the Minister has referred in her opening statement, including the reductions in the respite care grant,...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I understand the Taoiseach has given a commitment to the House that the Consumer Competition Bill will be dealt with before the end of this session. Will the Government be able to adhere to that? I also want to ask about the Mediation Bill and the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill. When can we expect to see those?

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: What about the other two?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding to the most recent discussions at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the need to advance peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo offices opened across the country on a county basis; the cost of rebranding, new stationary and facilities and refurbishment of each office; the cost of overall website rebranding by her Department; if an external PR company was employed to develop or undertake the rebranding; the cost of such external companies employed by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Statistics (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of individual case officers operating under Intreo on a county basis; the average number of active cases per officer; the average number meetings with clients per officer; the average number of unemployed in the county per officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30884/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (26 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent on the re-training of Intreo officers in 2012 and to date in 2013; the average length of re-training; if external companies and private contractors were involved in the re-training; if on-going training sessions are available to staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30885/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety Authority (25 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Patient Safety Authority will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30441/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 117. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the regulation of home help and homecare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30446/13]