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Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: As the Minister is aware, the cuts to jobseeker's payments for young unemployed people were started in 2009 by the then Government comprising Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. It was eagerly pursued by the Minister's party, Fine Gael, and has continued until now. It is a discriminatory cut, and this has been echoed by many organisations, including the National Youth Council of Ireland,...

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: The reality, and many organisations have said it, is the discriminatory cuts over which the Minister is presiding are having an impact on young people. Many homeless organisations state they are especially concerned about the effect the cuts may be having on young people. They state it is exacerbating the homeless situation for young people. It is having many negative consequences across...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: What is the scope of the review the Minister has initiated within her Department? What are the terms of reference? Will the Minister be looking at maintenance payments and the difficulties that lone parents encounter, for example, having to go through the District Court? I have spoken to many lone parents who have had to go to the courts up to 14 times and still have not received any...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: It is something on which we have been criticised by the UN for not having in place. It is something that many organisations would like to see.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Income Inequality (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: In 2015, 132,000 people with disabilities across the State were living in consistent poverty. The ESRI report shows clearly that in the context of 11 of our European counterparts, the gap was far greater in Ireland, approximately 10%, than elsewhere. It is clear that not enough is being done. The schemes that have been in place are not working. The Minister referred to the new Ability...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Income Inequality (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: There are many good schemes in operation including WALK PEER, which I mentioned to the Minister's predecessor several times. Year after year, the organisation that runs the scheme has to fight to retain its funding. Thankfully, its funding is in place for this year. WALK PEER is a programme that works. The Minister should replicate it. I referred to figures from 2015 which show that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to proposals (details supplied) regarding the establishment of a child maintenance service; her views on such a service; if her attention has been further drawn to the positive impact this would have on lone parents and their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8577/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: Earlier, we touched on the ESRI report. The Minister will be well aware of the difficulties faced by lone parents and the deprivation rates among them. Last month, I published a Sinn Féin proposal to establish a statutory child maintenance service. The setting up of such a service was one of the main recommendations from the joint committee, which produced a comprehensive study on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: I am aware that the responsibility lies with the Minister's colleague but it is an issue which Deputy Doherty, as Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, must have a concern when she reads the information on the deprivation levels among lone parents in the ESRI report. We are aware of both the evidence and the studies that have been carried out. The Millar and Crosse report,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Income Inequality (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she plans to take as a result of the findings of a recent ESRI report detailing high levels of persistent deprivation for persons of a working age with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8578/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the 18% of full-time employment sourced by JobPath providers (details supplied) for persons based on data for those engaged in the service from July 2015 to June 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8343/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans for the introduction of the youth employment support scheme to be introduced in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8345/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the concerns raised by her Department as referenced in the recently published cost benefit analysis undertaken on behalf of the Citizens' Information Board regarding the structure of the MABS service prior to the restructuring plans now underway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has environmental health officers covering south County Wicklow, namely areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (20 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential inspections carried out by environmental health officers in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8626/18]

Report on Lone Parents: Motion (15 Feb 2018)

John Brady: I welcome this debate on a comprehensive piece of work carried out by the committee. I thank the Chair of the committee for facilitating and allowing comprehensive analysis and detailed questioning of all our expert witnesses, and more importantly, real life witnesses. They are out there dealing with the consequences of the failure of successive Governments to tackle one of the most...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

John Brady: I am sharing time with Deputy David Cullinane.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

John Brady: On more than one occasion, the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, has told us that zero-hour contracts are not prevalent in Ireland. What then does the Minister call a situation where part-time workers have no security of hours from one week to the next and where they are expected to work at the drop of a hat if-and-when their employer provides them with hours? This is the same premise as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a youth mental health Jigsaw site for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Feb 2018)

John Brady: 366. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a need for a youth mental health Jigsaw site in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6916/18]