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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I welcome Dr. O'Sullivan and thank her for a very informative opening statement and for dealing with her personal situation and circumstances. Having read over her submission and having listened to it again this morning, one line jumps out at me. We, like Deputy O'Dea, come across such cases in our offices weekly and from speaking to people in the real world. The line that jumped out at me...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme (7 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 480 and 481 of 14 November 2017, if the treasurer of a company (details supplied) that her Department officials approached to establish a new entity to avail of the funding previously provided to an organisation under the community services programme was a member of the board of the...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: It is unfortunate that the Government does not acknowledge the need for a report on this matter. The Minister indicated she was prepared to examine the issue and that it would be useful to do so. It is not right that the payment of €22.50 should remain static for the 376,000 people who depend on it and are, as the Minister of State acknowledged, among the most needy in the State. In...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 12:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on the pension bands and rates 17.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the issue of the 2012 changes to pension bands and rates, including possible solutions and the associated costs involved, immediately following its presentation to the Cabinet.”....

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: It is the same as an amendment the Minister of State agreed to earlier.

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move amendment No. 13:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on fuel poverty in Ireland 17.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on the impact of cuts to the fuel allowance given the increase in fuel costs and examine the impact that partial restoration of the fuel allowance would have on fuel poverty and that the report...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I support the amendment. I spoke already this evening about the discrimination that is ingrained in the social protection system. This is a further discriminatory practice. I do not know any young people who are unemployed and who want to be on social welfare. They want to get work. The former Minister for Social Protection spoke at a committee meeting about young people getting off...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: What the Minister, Deputy Doherty, is saying now, in her absence, amounts to a rowing back on her commitments given on Committee Stage. We were told the paper was ready and would be presented at sub-committee level, and hopefully at full Cabinet level, before Christmas but now we are being told it is being pushed back to a sub-committee on 18 January. As she had indicated previously that it...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I am speaking in support of amendment No. 12 in my name. I will also support the other amendments. We are discussing one of the biggest crimes the Fine Gael and Labour Government perpetrated on our older citizens. We know over 42,000 older people are directly impacted by the heinous cuts made in 2012 in the full knowledge of their consequences and impact on older citizens. The cuts were...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I will be supporting the amendment. Deputy Willie O'Dea is correct. In the run-up to the last general election the working family payment was the big new idea from Fine Gael. It was nearly the only big issue on which its members were running, but there was no substance other than the name, and there was much questioning. There were no ideas, only statements to the effect that there would...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to remove certain functions from the Citizens Information Board; to amend the Comhairle Act 2000; and to provide for related matters. I introduce the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017. The sole purpose of this Bill is to remove the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, from the remit of the...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

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

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: Last December I introduced a Bill in the House to abolish the mandatory retirement age. That Bill received cross-party support on Second Stage in February this year. We have been waiting since for a money message, although it is questionable as to whether such is needed. I have written numerous times to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, requesting an update on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if the practical home help and personal care service will continue to be available to persons aged under 65 years of age who suffer from chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52130/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if he received a petition requesting him to establish a general practitioner out-of-hours service for north Wicklow; if progress has been made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason RTB funding was not awarded to County Wicklow in 2015, 2016 and 2017; his views on the fact that such funding was not granted in view of the fact that it was granted in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52132/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Activation Projects (5 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have gained employment as a result of the comprehensive employment strategy for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

John Brady: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that county councillors who meet the financial criteria for family income supplement cannot access this payment because the local authorities will not sign off on less than 19 hours work; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51559/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Railway Stations (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I want to hone in on one sentence the Minister uttered. He said that ideally we could get to a position where people with disabilities will not need to give notice. However, the move towards unmanned DART stations will ensure that never happens. We need stations to be manned in order that disabled citizens can be assisted in getting on and off public transport. While the Minister may...

Topical Issue Debate: Railway Stations (30 Nov 2017)

John Brady: There is real genuine concern among people right across the east coast who use the DART service that the downgrading of stations seems to be going ahead. It is certainly going ahead in my constituency. I am aware the Minister is also a resident of the Wicklow constituency. To use a terrible pun, it is full steam ahead for the downgrading of Greystones DART station. Iarnród...