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Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I do not think I am. I am right that people on lone parent's allowance can earn a certain amount without the allowance being affected and then the allowance is reduced in stages as the income increases. My strong impression and information is that if people in receipt of a means tested jobseeker's allowance have any outside income earnings the allowance is reduced euro for euro. There are...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Naturally, there are measures in the Bill with which I agree. Most of the provisions of the Bill on the social welfare side are fairly uncontroversial and unexceptional and are designed to provide administrative fixes. Some of them adopt proposals that have already been made to the Government which make a certain amount of sense and more of them simply implement in a legislative form...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Wealth taxes. They are taxes on debt.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste is actually engaging in an attack on himself and his own record.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: It is time to move out.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Issues (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received a submission from the Simon Community regarding the review of rent supplement limits; if so, the action she will take regrading same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26333/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (30 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason arrears due to a medical practice (details supplied) in County Limerick have not yet been paid pertaining to Secretarial Subsidies owed since 2009 and nursing subsidy due since 2012; the reason general practitioners are being penalised while providing medical services to the public under the PCR Services; when the arrears payments will issue; and...

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her invitation to the new Intreo offices. While I was hoping to pay my initial visit to the office in Limerick, I do not see any sign of that happening just yet.

Other Questions: Employment Support Services (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: No. I have a few specific questions on this issue. Is the Minister still confident she will be able to roll out the scheme fully within two years of the initial announcement? Second, what percentage of people who present actually are profiled? Is it true, as I read recently in a newspaper report, that only a very small percentage of people who present have been profiled? Is it true that...

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: We are aware of the current situation whereby contracting out occurs. The Minister will recall how, when the Pathways to Work scheme was announced, a specific commitment was made to consider the possibility of using private contractors. The Minister said the matter has been passed to a committee to evaluate the possibility and that it will report in due course. Does she have any idea when...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made, if any, in completing and publishing a strategy to tackle for poverty. [26008/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I made the Department aware of a typographical error in the question, which was intended to specifically refer to food poverty, an issue on which I propose to focus for a moment. Food poverty has been defined by safefood Ireland as not being able to afford a meat or vegetarian equivalent meal every other day, being unable to afford a weekly roast dinner or vegetarian equivalent at least once...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister did not answer my question as to whether she has a specific strategy, within a defined timeframe, to address food poverty. I referred to the document produced by the Labour Party prior to the general election which states that current Government policy does not address the issue of food poverty. Given that there has not been any change in policy, I must presume the current...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Anti-Poverty Strategy (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: When will the Minister produce proposals to deal with food poverty?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: No, I referred to all contracts issued by the Department and its agencies, with a breakdown as to those-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason two contracts, with a total value of €98,892 (details supplied) were granted by her Department without the necessity to submit a tender in March 2013. [26007/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I understand the purpose of the campaign and appreciate the fact that the Exchequer was not out of pocket, certainly regarding the larger contract to which I refer. However, I have here a list of the Citizens Information Board, CIB, contracts issued for one month, March 2013. There was a contract for Downey Cleaning Services in the amount of €7,901, and five people were contacted to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I recognise the necessity of what was done but I am concerned with what yardstick or criteria were used to select that particular contractor. Perhaps the Minister would outline the criteria generally used by agencies under the aegis of the Department which give out contracts like this without inviting tenders. What yardstick was used, or what criteria, to select that particular contractor?...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in implementing the youth guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25807/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (29 May 2013)

Willie O'Dea: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Chief Appeals Officer will confirm the processing time for appeals of carer's allowance, family income supplement, invalidity pension and disability allowance schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26091/13]