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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 457. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Sativex is available for use by prescription in all HSE areas; if not, the HSE areas it is available in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12303/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for appeal for all social welfare payments in tabular form. [11513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work undertaken on the future of the local employment service; and the initial work being carried out in respect of the service in its current form. [11514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make changes to or end a community employment scheme (details supplied) in view of plans for development at the scheme location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all those in receipt of the winter fuel payment from the UK will continue to receive the payment in circumstances in which they are not in receipt of the fuel allowance post Brexit as per the convention on social security between Ireland and the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11516/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the length of time jobseeker's payments will be paid to two years for those obliged to retire by contract at 65 years of age early in 2020 and who will not qualify for a pension until they are 67 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11626/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage at which the national action plan for social inclusion 2019 to 2025 is at; the reason it is not yet published; the date it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11913/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the cut-off age of seven years for lone parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment in order to revert back to making it payable for a child up to 18 or up to 22 years of age for those in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the cut-off age for the jobseeker's transition payment until the youngest child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to reducing the number of hours necessary to qualify for the working family payment from 19 to 15 hours per week in order to support more workers engaged in low hour and low paid work and their families; the additional costs involved in such a change; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) into the employment and living conditions of one-parent families here; if so, her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11917/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment, formerly the family income supplement, in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [11918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a comprehensive strategy of the long-term vision for lone parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 672. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Social Welfare Commission Bill 2018; her views on the objective of the Bill; if consideration has been given to the provisions and measures contained therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to respond to correspondence issued to him on 13 February 2019 regarding concerns about procurement of contractors in the housing section of Wicklow County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12192/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (7 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to correspondence sent to him via email dated 24 January 2019 regarding emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Before the debate was adjourned this morning, I asked a question that the Minister has not answered. Last week I sent her correspondence, to which I am still awaiting a response. I have also raised the issue on Committee Stage. There is no clarity on what will happen with the winter fuel payments and fuel allowance, even though there is grave concern. More than 31,000 people receive the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 49:In page 61, line 14, to delete “may” and substitute “shall, with the assent of Dáil Éireann,”. The Bill has been hailed as a no-change Bill and we are aware that much work has been done on the convention on social security. Credit is due to the many people involved in ensuring the convention was agreed. What is the status of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: Those in work are at risk of poverty.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (5 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who sat their driver test in County Wicklow in 2018; the percentage pass rate for male and female drivers, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10652/19]