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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Brady: No. I would just like to apologise. It was unfortunate that the two clashed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Brady: I read through the opening statements and I will have a look over the contributions of all the witnesses. I will briefly address the statistic that 26% of people with a disability live in consistent poverty. From my perspective, as a member of the social protection committee and this being my area of work, this is enough to set off alarm bells. Some positive moves are happening, and I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (3 May 2018)

John Brady: 19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the conclusion of talks between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) dealing specifically with the agreed financial arrangement put in place; her plans to distribute the funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19259/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (3 May 2018)

John Brady: 23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections in place for employees who are members of defined benefit pension schemes in which a pension scheme is due to wind-down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (3 May 2018)

John Brady: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payments that take child maintenance payments into account as means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (3 May 2018)

John Brady: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for applications submitted for carer's allowance, disability allowance and domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (3 May 2018)

John Brady: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns held by those in Money Advice and Budgeting Services and Citizens Information Services regarding the restructuring process underway by the CIB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19261/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

John Brady: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017, which was referred to the select committee over seven months ago. 1 o’clock This Bill needs to be amended to include protections for members of defined benefit pension schemes whose employers attempt to wind down such schemes and walk away from their pension obligations. A recent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending a pension payment of €243.30 to all persons resident here who are 66 years of age and over and are not in receipt of a State pension payment either in their own right or as a qualified adult based on the latest CSO population projections. [19195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending a pension payment of €243.30 to all persons resident here who are 65 years of age and over and are not currently in receipt of a State pension payment either in their own right or as a qualified adult based on the latest CSO population projections. [19196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the State pension (contributory) rate to 35% of the average industrial wage. [19197/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the State pension (contributory) rate to 40% of the average industrial wage. [19198/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of a payment of €216.38 to all persons in receipt of the State pension who are receiving a State pension less than that amount including qualified adults. [19199/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of providing a payment of €216.38 to all persons in receipt of the State pension who are receiving a State pension less than that amount including qualified adults. [19202/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated additional cost of providing a payment of €216.38 to all persons in receipt of the State pension that are receiving a non-contributory State pension that is below the top rate of €232 including qualified adults. [19203/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a non-contributory State pension in which the amount received is below the top rate of €232. [19200/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men and women, respectively, in receipt of each of the State pension payments; and the number of qualified adults receiving payments. [19201/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 181. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments through which child maintenance payments are accessed as means towards such entitlements. [19212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (2 May 2018)

John Brady: 182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the punitive effects of multiple assessments on child maintenance; her further views on whether the assessment process is fair to lone parents; her plans to amend the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19213/18]

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

John Brady: -----put contingency plans in place for September. What is the current status of the tendering process? Will schools have full access to their new buildings in time for September? When will contractors be on the ground to complete these schools and to stop the lock-out of these premises?