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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (16 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to install central heating in all local authority units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to carry out works on the M11-N11 in response to the findings of a needs assessment report commissioned by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in support of the M11-N11 corridor study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47778/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 429. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works will be carried out on the M11-N11 in response to the findings of a needs assessment report commissioned by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in support of the M11-N11 corridor study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 428. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been secured to allow works to commence on the N81 secondary road between Tallaght and Hollywood Cross in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47779/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works will commence on the N81 secondary road between Tallaght and Hollywood Cross in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Provision (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision regarding the extension of the Luas to Bray, County Wicklow will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47782/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is experiencing severe morning sickness, thereby making it difficult to attend work, can avail of State assistance such as illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child maintenance was changed from income for the child to assessable parental income; the way in which this change came about; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households availing of rent supplement in County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [47944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households availing of family income supplement in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [47945/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1212 of 7 November 2017, if a company (details supplied) currently seeking funding under the community services programme to promote tourism in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal was established by an organisation. [48054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Services Programme (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1212 of 7 November 2017, if three listed directors of an organisation (details supplied) were board members of a company at the time that the company had its funding removed under the community services programme following an independent review. [48055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the clause regarding payment of water charges in order to qualify for the tenant purchase scheme will be removed; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (14 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are schemes to provide central heating in local authority housing and if not, if funding will be made available for the installation of central heating in local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48151/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I thank the witnesses for attending. Community employment is certainly a scheme that works and rarely gives rise to complaints. The biggest complaint I get is the difficulties in accessing it, particularly in relation to JobPath. It does Trojan work in communities the length and breadth of the State. It throws open many challenges for the State. People on CE schemes are doing work that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

John Brady: Okay. Supervisors have a serious issue with their entitlement to pensions. I believe the WRC made a ruling on pensions for supervisors and assistant supervisors. What work is the Department doing to address that? I believe JobPath is having a very detrimental impact. Does the Department view the training within JobPath as being satisfactory? I have not met anyone who has voluntarily...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I suggest the first preference of people who have to sign on, having being forced out of employment due to the nature of their contracts, would have been to stay on in their employment. That would certainly be preferable to being forced onto a community employment scheme. The fix that is probably needed in this respect probably involves banning mandatory retirement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

John Brady: The vetting process is one of the big issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

John Brady: Yes, for JobPath and with respect to where people are to go. I take on board what was said about the process of the year lead-up to that. Many people have called to my constituency offices, and the same applies to other Deputies, who have told me they want to participate on community employment schemes. They have identified that themselves, whether it be to get a QQI qualification or to...