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- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: It is astonishing that the Minister is now appealing to the Opposition - or friends in government - to withdraw this and bring it forward as stand-alone legislation. The Minister knows quite well, because her Department compiled a report that was published in January 2018, the implications, not only in terms of workers' rights and entitlements to redundancy and holiday pay but all the other...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: Some 120,200 people are unemployed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Barnardos and Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Pre-Budget Discussion (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: I welcome all the witnesses and thank them for their excellent presentations, which are really appreciated and helpful on an annual basis as we head into the budgetary process. I have engaged with the witnesses continually and it is striking that all the issues contained in the pre-budget submissions are the same issues year on year. The facts and statistic from the Central Statistics...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Barnardos and Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Pre-Budget Discussion (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: No, I just wish to make a couple of comments. I thank the delegates for their attendance and answers to questions. I concur with Ms Kelly's comment on tax cuts. I want to comment on the notion that up to €500 million be put into a rainy day fund. There is enough evidence available to prove that every single one of the people mentioned in the pre-budget submissions is...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood protection scheme for the Avoca River in Arklow; when the scheme will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31790/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31786/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if a site has been identified for a new school build (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31785/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a general practitioner out of hours service in north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31788/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 373. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to the income disregard for persons with a disability who hold a medical card. [31789/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Weather Events Response (12 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if protocols have been put in place by her Department to ensure that procedures are in place within her Department to deal with future adverse weather conditions in view of the difficulties posed to fuel allowance recipients in recent bad weather; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31645/18]
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: The amendment that was made on Committee Stage goes to the heart of what we are trying to achieve as we seek to protect some of the most vulnerable workers in our society. According to CSO figures that were published recently, some 105,051 people who are in employment are living in poverty. The amendment that the Minister is now seeking to reverse cuts to the heart of the matter by seeking...
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: The Government first sought a look-back period of 18 months and it then moved to 13 months before it was forced to agree a 12-month period. That is Sinn Féin's compromise position as my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, brought forward legislation a couple of years ago in which he sought a six-month look-back period in line with the study carried out by the University of Limerick. One of...
- Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: In principle I have no problem with regulations being drafted. When this Bill was first published I had an issue with what the Minister had to say, namely that it sought to ban zero-hour contracts in most circumstances. That in itself proved to be difficult, particularly for workers, who want an outright ban. When the Minister was pushed on this, she elaborated on the casual nature of...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Services Funding (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the women’s refuge in Bray in each year since 2012 to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the reopening of Donard Garda station, County Wicklow; the timeframe for the reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31534/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a Jigsaw youth mental health site to be developed in the north County Wicklow areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31527/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for CAMHS services in the Bray area in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31528/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (11 Jul 2018)
John Brady: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS services by individual service in the CHO 6 area as compared to the percentage prescribed in A Vision for Change for 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/18]
- Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
John Brady: Where is the strategy?
- Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
John Brady: When will that be published?