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Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: We are aware of the ongoing discrimination against our young people aged under 26 who are unemployed. This has been borne out by evidence, through constituents, by people coming forward and by a number of organisations. The budget just gone has continued that discrimination. What is the Minister going to do to bring an end to the ongoing discrimination?

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: I urge the Minister to look at it in the next budget. It is certainly having a huge impact on our young unemployed. We know the figures. Young people are twice as likely to be unemployed as older people. The Minister did commit to a report, which I believe was due to be brought forward in the second quarter of 2016. This was in the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy but we still have...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: To date, 36,000 older people are in receipt of a lower State pension payment than would have been the case prior to the band changes as a direct result of the changes introduced by the Government, of which the Minister was a part, in 2012. I commend Age Action Ireland on highlighting that in an excellent and very detailed report which it recently launched. The Minister constantly points...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The Minister does constantly. He mentioned it previously.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The Minister should do his job and answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The Minister might start implementing stuff here as opposed to it being imposed on him.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: I will not take lectures from the Minister as to who writes my speeches or dictates my policy. My party members dictate my party's policies. I question where the Minister gets his right-wing policies from. The simple fact of the matter is that since 2012, one third of new applicants for the State pension have received smaller pensions than they would have received had they retired prior to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: So it is a good outcome for the 36,000 older people.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: Will the Minister release the figures?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: We are informed that they are commercially sensitive.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: Will the Minister commit to releasing the figures?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end inequalities in the State pension payment for women as a result of the 2012 changes and the calculation of contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18280/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: What plans does the Minister have to end the ongoing discrimination imposed on women in their State pension payments as a direct result of changes made by his party in 2012? What will he do to make the calculation methods for contributions fair for those individuals?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to ongoing issues in the JobPath scheme; when the next review will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: Is the Minister aware of ongoing issues in the JobPath scheme and when does he intend to carry out a full review of the scheme from its introduction?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The emergence of JobPath signalled a drive towards a privatisation agenda within the Department for job activation schemes. Since 2011, penalties have been increasing year on year for those who do not engage in a job activation scheme. Between 2011 and 2016, more than 27,000 people were sanctioned. As the live register goes down, penalties go up. Is this a new policy within the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Labour Activation Projects (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: The only review that has been carried out so far was useless. The review relates to the first three months of the operation of JobPath, from July to September 2015. This review was not published until January of this year. I am sure other Deputies have similar experiences of constituents coming through their doors outlining many concerns. That report is not a true reflection of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will end the current situation in which child maintenance is included as a source of income in the calculation of rent supplement for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17951/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assurances he can give to persons living here receiving a pension payment from the UK as a result of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the future of the rural social scheme and community employment; the impact these changes will have on current participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17952/17]