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- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2018)
John Brady: -----and poverty for years. It shows that our social welfare system is not successful in addressing this issue. What specific measures will the Government take to lift the most vulnerable people in our society out of deprivation and poverty?
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2018)
John Brady: The Taoiseach stated that everybody suffered during the austerity years but the ESRI report shows that the most vulnerable in our society, lone parents and people with disabilities, suffered more than anybody else. These figures are borne out in the latest SILC report which was published last year. It shows that there has been an increase in the at-risk poverty rate for lone parent families...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2018)
John Brady: This morning, the ESRI published a major study into deprivation in 11 EU countries between 2004 and 2015. The study distinguishes between social groups who experience spells of deprivation and those who experience deprivation persistently. Across all countries, the highest material deprivation rates were found for the same two social groups: lone parents and working age adults with a...
- Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)
John Brady: This matter will end up in a protracted legal case. Liquidations do not end well and this liquidation will not be any different. Not only are the teachers, pupils and parents involved at the mercy of a potential legal case, they are also at the mercy of banks in Tokyo and Germany. The Minister will be well aware that in the case of a public private partnership lasting for 25 years, the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)
John Brady: The collapse of Carillion did not come as much of a surprise to me and many others who saw this coming down the tracks. It has directly impacted on two schools in my constituency, namely, St. Philomena's primary school, Ravenswell and Coláiste Raíthín. I am delighted that so many parents, teachers and pupils from Coláiste Raíthín have travelled from Bray in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (30 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the liquidation of a company (details supplied) will delay the opening of two new schools in County Wicklow; the action his Department is taking to ensure that there will be no delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4366/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Retirements (30 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her policy with regard to her Department's employees who are approaching their 65th birthday and seek to extend their working life within her Department; the length of time they may extend their working lives with her Department; the criteria for such an application to be successful; and if she will make a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: I will try to keep it brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: I thank both organisations for their presentations and concur with the Cathaoirleach on Mr. Lysaght's presentation. It was powerful and personal and it means so much to hear it first-hand. Unfortunately, we hear such stories every day of the week but it is brilliant to have heard from Mr. Lysaght. I read the Disability Federation of Ireland's presentation and listened intently today....
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the conditions that must be met in order for self employed persons to receive the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3730/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons listed as self employed that are in receipt of social welfare payments, in tabular form. [3731/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to the local employment service in 2016 and 2017, by county. [3823/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to Jobpath providers in 2017. [3824/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to Jobpath since its commencement; the number that gained full-time and part-time employment as a direct result of Jobpath; and the sectors in which employment was gained. [3825/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been released from Jobpath having not gained employment since its commencement. [3826/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged in Jobpath since its commencement that have had their jobseeker's payment either reduced or suspended. [3829/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Turas Nua and Seetec offices here; the year each office began providing the Jobpath service; and the corresponding number of times each office has been inspected since jobpath commenced. [3830/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to education allowance in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [3827/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (25 Jan 2018)
John Brady: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged in community employment in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [3828/18]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2018)
John Brady: We need the Minister to be more than a passive observer here.