Results 6,261-6,280 of 12,590 for speaker:Willie O'Dea
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Does Ms Kennedy have a costing for extending FIS to the self-employed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: The Senator should keep in touch with RTE and he would find out soon enough - sooner than this committee will I would imagine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: When is that work expected to be concluded?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I am aware of cases where people have been told they will not even be considered unless they deregister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I would be delighted to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I thank the officials for attending and for their presentation. I also welcome the group from Dundalk who will make the case later for social insurance for the self-employed, although I regret I may not be able to stay for the presentation because Wednesday mornings are awkward for us. How many people aged between 16 and 65 are registered as disabled? What percentage is in employment? A...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: If jobseeker's benefit is included, the percentage increases to 16% and invalidity pension would increase it to 17.3%. What about illness benefit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I refer to a jobseeker's system for self-employed people who do not have the necessary contributions - in other words, self-employed people who are looking for jobseeker's allowance. There is a widespread perception that once somebody is self-employed, he or she can forget about looking for the allowance. I am not familiar with other parts of the country but, in the Limerick area, that...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of new lending, excluding rescheduling of loans and overdrafts, advanced by banks to small and medium enterprises since he instructed €3.5 billion per annum to be advanced to them by each of the two pillar banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34245/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Initiatives (3 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of revenue raised used for job creation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34010/12]
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: That is a blast from the past.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Very partisan.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: The Minister for Health's supporter.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Deputy Reilly's number one fan.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: The Deputy would know all about leadership.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: You are a one-trick pony, a fraud.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: A spoofer.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Willie O'Dea: A spoofer extraordinaire.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Willie O'Dea: When will the workplace relations Bill be introduced? In view of the pandemonium in the Department of Health, the legislation is clearly urgent and should be prioritised? When will the health information Bill be introduced? Is the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, the proper person to process this legislation in view of his inability to communicate with his Minister of State?
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I was never forced to walk out of government.