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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (18 May 2017)

John Brady: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the State pension by €20, €25, €30 and €35 respectively. [23655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (18 May 2017)

John Brady: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of restoring all working age payments for those under 26 years of age to the full rate of €193. [23656/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: I welcome Mr. Moran and Ms Feely. I have heard their contributions at the Committee on Social Protection and am familiar with their work. I thank Age Action Ireland for the work it does for our older population. Older people have been hit detrimentally by the changes introduced in budget 2012. One of my first pieces of work as a newly elected Deputy was to bring forward a motion on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: Absolutely.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: Yes, and I am leading to the questions now.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: I will ask them. Unfortunately, my colleague, Deputy Cullinane was interrupted, and now I am being interrupted as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: I will ask the questions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: In fairness, I would like to give a little context to the questions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: Perhaps that is not acceptable to the Chairman. I am not sure how he runs his meetings here-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: -----but that is normally the way I do my business. I give a little context before I lead into the questions.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: I will ask the questions when I have finished putting them in context. We know the impact the changes have had. and we know approximately 5,200 people are receiving reduced jobseeker's payments. Unfortunately, that motion fell. We know the changes introduced in 2012 have impacted on over 36,000 people, who are now receiving lower payments than they would have received had they retired in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

John Brady: On that point, increasing the retirement age to 66 and leaving it there was a serious mistake on the part of the Department. People were forced to retire at 65 and sign up to a jobseeker's payment. The cost of reinstating the State transition pension is in and around €84 million, but abolishing the mandatory retirement age would dramatically reduce that I think. Perhaps the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (17 May 2017)

John Brady: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date of publication of the HSE action plan for scoliosis; his plans for the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23482/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of desk based assessments of entitlements further to reviews of his Department's schemes; the number of direct inquiries with social welfare recipients; the number of site and employer visits; the number of face-to-face interviews conducted in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the training persons working on the anti-fraud campaign have received; the number of persons working on this campaign including those on the telephone service and the online service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22829/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 20,800 cases of alleged social welfare fraud dealt with by his Department in 2016 which were reduced or stopped while his Department examined these cases; the number that were found to be fraudulent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22836/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons with regard to the 20,800 cases of alleged social welfare fraud dealt with by his Department in 2016 whose details were passed to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22837/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of the anti-fraud and control measures with the savings for each totalling €500 million used by his Department in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22838/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the current average waiting times for decisions on all social welfare payments from his Department; the number of persons awaiting decisions for all social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (16 May 2017)

John Brady: 279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out by county the number of persons currently engaged in the JobPath programme with Seetec and Turas Nua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23223/17]