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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: On rent supplement, the Minister told me the Department had given its officers extra powers of inquiry to ascertain who is being paid the rent, the person designated, the proper recipient. In Limerick, this does not seem to have made the slightest difference. The experience on the ground in Limerick is that social welfare officers are run off their feet and the last thing they want to hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: It was predicated on different rates of growth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Something like the present Government’s growth projections for the next three years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Is the promise about not reducing the rates intact? Does the promise, solemnly made by the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, that social welfare rates would not be reduced still stand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I have one question relating to fraud. I may have misread the brief and the Minister can correct me if I am wrong. It indicates the target for 2012 is to review 985,000 cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The target for 2012 is to review 985,000 cases. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: How many staff are allocated for the job? Does the Minister agree that much wastage of expenditure falling under the heading of fraud is in reality errors in the system, where somebody in the Department makes a mistake? What is the breakdown of errors and genuine fraud?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her presentation. The Minister stated that the targeted expenditure reduction for this year is approximately €540 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The reduction for the next two years is approximately €1 billion. Given current projections for economic growth and so on, I am pessimistic about where we are going to get the money for the youth guarantee scheme, regardless of how much co-funding is provided by the EU. I was struck by the figure mentioned by the Minister in her speech in regard to the cost of pensions, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Minister envisage that the EU will put up the money to fund this in its entirety in so far as it relates to Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Perhaps the Minister will answer this one question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: In case anyone misunderstood me initially, I welcome that there is now a focus at EU level on youth unemployment. While the Minister gave a very comprehensive reply to questions raised by various members of the committee, it lacked specifics. Perhaps because I am my party's spokesperson on this area, I received many queries following the newspaper report that there would be a youth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Anything to do with the EU seems to be attended with an unusual amount of jargon. I listened carefully to the Minister's presentation but I do not know how much wiser I am except that I now know the EU social protection Ministers will be visiting Ireland in February. Regarding the pension portability issue, the Minister will be aware that there is no common framework to make pensions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I believe the Fianna Fáil spokesperson should be called on first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I will defer to Deputy Ó Snodaigh, who should go ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (26 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that child minders are included in the final draft of the Children First legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40687/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Disability Numbers (25 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons between 16 and 64 years here recorded as having a physical disability; and the number of those who are currently in employment. [40576/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Emigration Data (25 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Taoiseach the number of people that have emigrated since January 2010 to date in 2012; and the percentage of those that were Irish nationals. [40577/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Care Services (25 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Taoiseach the number of carers recorded here; and the percentage of these caring for more than 15 hours per week. [40578/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Income Statistics (25 Sep 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Taoiseach the average income of top 10% of income earners in the population and the bottom 10%. [40580/12]