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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes Data (16 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to the local employment services to date in 2018, by office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42311/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (16 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42312/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (16 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received from employers and from young persons under the new youth employment support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42315/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: Budget 2019 represents yet another budget in which the most vulnerable are failed to deliver for those who need it least. The clear priorities in this budget are landlords, vulture funds and banks. The rest, including our most vulnerable citizens, get the scraps from the table. The Minister for Finance referred to this as a "caring budget". For whom is it caring? From March next year,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: I thank Mr. Nicholson for his comprehensive presentation. The public in general seems to be oblivious to all of this. The consultation period is open until 4 November. What kind of uptake has there been for that process? How many submissions have been made to date? I do not think the public is aware of this. Will it be a seismic shift in policy in terms of pension provision and will it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: Mr. Nicholson made the comment and my ears pricked up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: I know the witnesses cannot speak to reports published during the summer. However there were indications that maintenance charges could be up to €70 or €80. Mr. Nicholson is saying absolutely not. I do not know if he saw those reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: On an unrelated issue, we know the State has failed to put in place a pensions scheme following a Labour Court ruling for community employment, CE, supervisors. I am looking at the entire community and voluntary sector where the Minister has said repeatedly that to enact the Labour Court ruling and put in place a pension system for CE supervisors and assistant supervisors would require a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: The Minister has muddled the issues together.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (10 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the studies his Department has conducted on alternative collection models for household waste here. [41127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (10 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has reviewed the current unique model of collection here in view of the difficulties outlined in a recent report by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, on household waste collection. [41126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (10 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which referrals to JobPath will cease in 2019. [41267/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications Data (10 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of new forms being received by the illness benefit section since their introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41270/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications Data (10 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awaiting a decision on their illness benefit application; the average waiting time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41271/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

John Brady: Hear, hear.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

John Brady: I am sharing with four of my colleagues. The average price of a home in Wicklow is now €320,000, which is up 6.6% on last year. The average rent in Wicklow is now €1,335, which represents a rise of 11.9% in the last year and which means Wicklow has the second highest rents in the State. It has been seven years and the crisis is deepening, if the Minister is ready to listen....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

John Brady: When it suits the private landlords.

Social Welfare Commission Bill 2018: First Stage (2 Oct 2018)

John Brady: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a commission to make recommendations and report annually on the adequacy of social welfare rates in the State; and to provide for related matters. I am delighted to introduce the Social Welfare Commission Bill, honouring a commitment made by Sinn Féin as part of our manifesto in the...

Social Welfare Commission Bill 2018: First Stage (2 Oct 2018)

John Brady: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (2 Oct 2018)

John Brady: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage plans are at to locate a suitable site for the development of a new school in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39594/18]