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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

John Brady: The anti-fraud campaign is labelled an awareness campaign. I get the sense from the officials that even they are uncomfortable with it. It has been mentioned that there has been an increase in the number of calls to the Department. How many will turn out to be legitimate fraudulent cases? Like the Data Protection Commissioner, I have concerns about the publication of information on the...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: I acknowledge the Minister understands the concept of community employment. I have listened to him previously on this. He said he appreciates and acknowledges the essential and critical work of the programme right across the State. My concerns are replicated outside the House. I outlined the case of one organisation. Another organisation, the Local Employment Service Network, a...

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: They then have to wait a full year to go back onto a community employment scheme, on which they really should have been in the first case. This would have saved the State €1,000 up front. The people get locked into a scheme, run by a privatised service, for which they are not really suitable in the first place.

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which community employment scheme places are to be filled if he continues prioritising JobPath over community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/17]

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: The focus on JobPath as opposed to all other job activation schemes is something I have raised with the Minister consistently in the last year. If the focus on JobPath continues, how does he realistically expect to fill the many vacant community employment scheme places in the State?

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Places (31 May 2017)

John Brady: At this stage, over 97,000 people have been transferred to JobPath and the private companies Turas Nua and Seetec. Community employment schemes across the State are in serious trouble not just because of the creation of JobPath but also because the lack of funding has thrown open a series of other challenges for community employment schemes. It is not just the low unemployment rates that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: The Minister will attend the committee tomorrow.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: I hear what the Minister is saying. As we stand here, many schools in the State have issued letters to parents informing them that, as of 1 June, they will not be in a position to provide lunches for the entire month. Other schools found out at the beginning of September last year that there would not be the same level of funding as the previous year. Those schools chose to forego school...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: In March, the Minister stated the school meals programme was a top priority for him, and I have to take him at his word. The reality, as I outlined, is that schools are being impacted. One school which I brought to the attention of the Department in February is now in the process of carrying out an audit into its spending. Schools are operating within the same budget as previously. As...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: Has the Minister spoken to them?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: I can guarantee that is not the case.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Fraud Cost (31 May 2017)

John Brady: The figures came from the Minister's Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason cuts were made to the school meals programme in 2017; the schools which are expected to do without the necessary funding for the remainder of the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26225/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: School Meals Programme (31 May 2017)

John Brady: As I know that the Minister is in the middle of a campaign to become leader of Fine Gael, I thank him for taking time out to come before the House to potentially answer his last series of questions as Minister. I cannot promise him that the questions I will put to him will help in his election campaign, but I hope he will be able to answer them regardless. In February I referred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the overall estimated savings from his social welfare fraud campaign for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25897/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Bodies Mergers (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions his Department has taken in response to concerns raised by MABS and CIS regarding restructuring plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25895/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the widow’s pension payable to unmarried couples in certain circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25894/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s definition of a "child" in view of its interpretations under qualified child and child benefit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (31 May 2017)

John Brady: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a feasibility study of the possible development of a deep sea port at Arklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26162/17]