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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: I want to ask a couple of specific questions. How many people are still waiting on an illness benefit claim to come through because of this mess? What is the current processing time for new applications?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: If implemented and consulted on, that is absolutely a good thing.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the decision was made to change the forms for illness benefit; the consultations that took place prior to the changeover to new forms; the status of processing times for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for delays to the payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38814/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow an entitlement to a widow’s pension in certain circumstances and not solely dependent on marital status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38818/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath after completing the scheme in full for a second time since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38815/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her Department’s work towards introducing a total contributions approach for the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38817/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tender Process (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new framework of procurement of architect and design teams being undertaken by his Department; if this work has stalled the commencement of school building development in County Wicklow; the length of time this will delay the necessary building of new schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39015/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be available in the new primary healthcare centre in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Provision (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if a cognitive occupational therapy service will be available for persons in the new primary healthcare centre in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Sep 2018)

John Brady: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a general practitioner out-of-hours service for north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39016/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: I welcome the Minister's commitment regarding the Christmas bonus. As a Teachta Dála, I was contacted by a sizeable number of people this morning on their seeing the headline in one of the newspapers. People are genuinely concerned and worried, which to me shows how important the Christmas bonus is to people in trying to make plans around Christmas time. I therefore welcome the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: I asked a question on penalties. I also asked for the youth unemployment figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: An 8% discount-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: Would I be right in saying that this is on the basis of a reduction in the number of unemployed people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: How does that discount work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: It has been a long meeting and I have only two points. I wish to reinforce a point that Senator Butler made on what payments local authorities take into account. In my constituency, there are problems with what the local authority deems as income. For example, with carers, child maintenance - which is really a payment for the child and should not really be taken into consideration as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: Some local authorities do and some local authorities do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: There was supposed to be a national differential rent scheme, which has not happened, that would set it right across the board. It is not an area for the Minister. I was merely making those points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: I mentioned a cold weather payment available across the water in the UK whereby after a certain number of days - I cannot remember how many - an automatic payment is made. I am sure they use computers over there. They have all the systems we have here and set criteria are laid out. I ask that something similar be looked at here, that after three or four consecutive weeks-----