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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I have asked the Minister about discrimination towards young jobseekers many times, including in the Chamber just last week. She replied that any young unemployed person who engages in any kind of training or upskilling will get the full payment. Some of these people have Masters degrees, Minister, and we now expect them to engage in further upskilling. They do not need upskilling. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: It was passed without debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: There was no consultation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: The Minister said all 120,000 people have been consulted, which is not correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I will stay away from certain areas. I have specific questions on banded-hours contracts and that whole area. The Minister referred to the Bill she and the Taoiseach want to fast-track. She will know that last year a Bill sponsored by Deputy David Cullinane was published which dealt specifically with banded-hour contracts. It received cross-party support and ended up in the jobs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I ask the Minister to look at the Bill. Why is she not supporting Deputy Cullinane's Bill? Why is she trying to muddy the waters? I ask her to address the specific concerns on heads 10, 11 and 8 of the Bill she is proposing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: That is not what we have heard here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: Volunteers have walked away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: It was interesting that the Minister opened up that contribution by talking about the era of new politics. We have become so used to that term over the past 18 months or so but the proof is in the pudding. The Opposition brought forward legislation to deal with a serious problem of banded hour contracts. It came to the jobs committee, a cross-party committee, which did exhaustive work on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I will just finish this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: This cuts to the chase. The Minister is either ignorant of the realities or just turning a blind eye. If we want to deal with zero-hour contracts then we must put in place the legislation. We cannot bring forward a Bill that bans zero-hour contracts yet makes an exception if the work is of a casual nature. By definition that is what zero-hour contracts are. The Minister is talking out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: We are not losing the argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: I am not losing an argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: It is the Minister's briefing to take on Sinn Féin. The Minister should answer the question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: -----instead of her cheap attacks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Remit and Legislative Agenda: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: If the Bill is well thought out, why has the Minister not touched on head 8 which would be totally unconstitutional? It is not a well thought out Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a general practitioner out-of-hours service in north Wicklow; if not, the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to deal with inadequate protocols in place at St. Columcille's Hospital in Loughlinstown in cases in which persons attend the minor injuries unit without a general practitioner referral letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath providers Turas Nua and a company (details supplied) are engaging with persons that are not long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (28 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of part-time workers that are engaging with the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41106/17]