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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read Sinn Féin’s report on JobPath as issued to her; her views on the report's findings; the actions she will take as a result of the report's findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46920/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: Before the recess, Sinn Féin launched a report into JobPath and sent it to the Minister. I have a copy here. Has the Minister received it? Has she looked through it? What are her thoughts on the report and, more importantly, what actions will she take in light of its content?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: I encourage the Minister to speak to the people who are on these schemes, rather than speaking to the private companies which are rolling them out, Turas Nua and Seetec. I note the Minister was in Wicklow speaking to one of those companies. That is exactly what I did in this report. I went out and gave those people a safe space to tell their stories, without the fear of having their...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: In making personal attacks on me, the Minister is attacking the hundreds and thousands of people who took part in this report.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: They are not individual one-off cases. There is a pattern in Turas Nua and Seetec right across the board and right across the State. These two companies are operating totally outside of their contracts. The Minister has not addressed that point, which is the core point. This JobPath scheme was set up to engage long-term unemployed people and it has deviated away from that completely....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason protections for members of defined benefit schemes were removed from the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; her plans to address the ongoing issues faced by members in particular schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46702/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to examine the possibility of extending maternity leave and benefit to mothers of premature babies that were on leave before the commencement date of 1 October 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she is taking to tackle bogus self-employment in the interests of persons that are being left without basic entitlements and the loss to the Social Insurance Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46700/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's position on the refusal for a group (detail supplied) to be recognised as a distinct ethos by Bus Éireann for the purposes of school transport; his plans to rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46289/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new build for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for a person being transferred into the nursing home or fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 650. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are provided in the primary care centre, Carnew, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the additional services that will be made available to persons in the primary care centre, Carnew, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 735. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to roll out the winter initiative in County Wicklow; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46426/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by age and gender in tabular form. [45838/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 1194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that has been done to date by her Department on the proposed total contributions approach for the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45839/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 1195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the persons that will benefit from the total contributions approach; if it will apply to all persons that retire post 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45840/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 1196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the introduction of a universal State pension; if so, the work that has been done on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45841/17]

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

John Brady: 1212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has invited a company (details supplied) to establish a new company and to apply for the community services programme funding administered by Pobal that was removed from a previous company in view of the fact that three directors on the board of the company were also members of the board of the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (7 Nov 2017)

John Brady: 1222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of a State pension (contributory) who qualified for payment since the changes were made to the bands and rates in 2012 and whose payment is less than the full payment rate as a result of those changes, by gender, local social welfare office, county or other such geographical measure for which data...