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Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: It would have been debated.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: This is an immoral home tax.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: It is immoral.

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: Like the other speaker, I welcome the initiative. We are in a position where there has been some very marginal improvements in the number of people at work, largely due to 14,000 part-time jobs being created in the past six months. Nevertheless, the number of people under 35 at work continues to fall, which perhaps reflects the fact that emigration is still a feature of the Irish landscape....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: That is the ultimate logic of where the Minister is going.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister should encourage them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I regret to say that the content of the Minister's reply is meaningless when measured against what is happening on the ground. The Minister is aware that on page 22 of the programme for Government there is a statement "The elimination of poverty will be an objective of this Government." She is also aware that lone parents form one of the most vulnerable of groups at risk of poverty. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: It may be a significant and strong support but the point I am trying to make is that it is a weaker support than the one that existed when the Minister took office. She says she wants to encourage lone parents to go out to work. To tell a lone parent that he or she could earn less than hitherto without affecting lone parent's allowance creates a barrier and a disincentive to those who want...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the future of the one parent family payment; the progress that has been made on her commitments to reform childcare provision before implementing changes to the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11428/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I am familiar with the NESC report which we commissioned when in government with recommendations along somewhat similar lines. In talking about examining FIS, the Minister will be aware that FIS is part of the package, which concerns FIS, qualified child increases and child benefit. While I accept what the Minister said about early child care, in regard to the poorer section of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her response. In the course of her response - there is limited time here - the Minister stated how much the Department will spend on child income support, that the report has been published, and that a minority of the advisory group favours taxation and a majority favours a two-tier system. I know all that. I asked the Minister had she herself any views on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recommendations of the Advisory Group report on Tax and Social Welfare chaired by Ita Mangan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the future of the one parent family payment; the progress that has been made to reform childcare provision before implementing changes to the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the upper age limit of 66 years for mobility allowance in view of the fact that that has been recommended by the Ombudsman and that the upper age limit has already been removed for motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11023/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Agency Staff Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all agency workers who have been on contract with the Health Service Executive have been paid all the arrears that were due to them as a result of the implementation of the EU Directive on agency workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11163/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Feb 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the projected worst case scenario of losses in PCAR 2011 for the covered banks of €9bn on their mortgage books over the period 2011-13 will not arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10620/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure incurred in 2012 in respect of advice and preparatory work connected with the sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (27 Feb 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to prevent the establishment of new State agencies and quangos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10411/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Maternity Benefit (27 Feb 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of women affected by changes to maternity benefit in Budget 2013, broken down by county; the estimated amount saved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4050/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Legislation (26 Feb 2013)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his priorities for new broadcasting legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10083/13]