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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the construction programme a school (details supplied) is on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the organisation that will build a new school (details supplied); the status of this school's relationship with Kildare and Wicklow education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28618/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school (details supplied) in June 2019 in view of the fact that they will be unable to manage their numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28619/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.203 of 23 May 2017, the timeframe for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 699. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on EU compacts which can result in refugees being returned to their country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Resettlement Programme (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 700. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has signed EU compacts which would result in refugees being returned to their country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2082. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing rent supplement and HAP limits in line with market rents. [28518/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2077. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of restoring the back to school clothing and footwear allowance to the 2011 levels of €305 for children over 12 years of age and to €200 for those under 12 years of age. [28513/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2075. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing fuel allowance by €6.50. [28511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2076. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of extending child benefit to all children up until the end of second level education regardless of whether or not they reach 18 years of age. [28512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2078. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing the earning disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to €146.50. [28514/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2079. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of introducing a higher rate of the qualified child increase for all social welfare payments to families with dependent children over the age of 12 and to increase this by €5. [28515/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2080. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of increasing the budget for the exceptional needs payment by €20 million. [28516/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2081. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year estimated cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and family income supplement if they meet the qualifying criteria. [28517/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the obligations that a local authority has in providing emergency housing support to persons on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when an announcement will be made regarding the national rent review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (20 Jun 2017)

John Brady: 2270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons are having in sourcing private rented accommodation through the HAP scheme in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)

John Brady: I thank the witnesses for attending in order to discuss this very complex issue, which is of concern to many people. We have seen the impact of the winding down of many defined benefit schemes on workers who have paid into them all of their working lives and have been unfairly left out on a limb. Some major and highly profitable businesses have wound down their defined benefit schemes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)

John Brady: I thank Mr. Courtney. That says it all. The issue affects 20 people. The financial implications of bringing into effect the real meaning of equality would be very small. While we are dealing with heads of the Bill and it is to be hoped that the issues the witnesses outlined will be addressed once it is published. If not, it is incumbent on members of this committee to bring forward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)

John Brady: Mr. O'Brien said IBEC would support businesses that work with their employees to ensure the schemes survive but large companies such as Irish Life clearly have not been working with their employees and they have wound these schemes down. I refer to Irish Life because it has one of the more high-profile schemes. It has a huge surplus and there has been no engagement with employees. The...