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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Correspondence (13 Dec 2016)

John Brady: 659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Correspondence (13 Dec 2016)

John Brady: 676. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/16]

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

John Brady: I am not surprised that Fine Gael is not going to support the motion because it is not in touch with the ordinary people out there who rely on the contributory pension we are discussing or with the grave inequalities that have been brought about. It is noticeable that the Labour Party Members who introduced these pension reforms back in 2012 have not even appeared in the Chamber nor, indeed,...

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

John Brady: I move:That Dáil Eireann:notes that changes made to the State Pension in recent years have impacted disproportionately on women and have forced retired workers onto jobseeker’s payments; calls on the Government to ensure that pension equality for women will be front and centre in the development of a road map for a sustainable Social Insurance Fund and associated pension reform;...

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

John Brady: This motion on pensions is fundamentally about two things: fairness and equality. It is about fairness for those who are obliged to retire at 65 years of age when accessing the State pension and equality for all women when they retire. This motion is about correcting the mistakes made by Fine Gael and the Labour Party in the pension reforms made in 2012. Those reforms were made without any...

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: First Stage (7 Dec 2016)

John Brady: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and to provide for related matters. The Bill seeks to abolish the mandatory retirement age. In introducing the Bill, I acknowledge the work of a former Member of the House, Ms Anne Ferris, who sought to introduce this abolition in 2014. Every year workers are forced out of their jobs...

Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016: First Stage (7 Dec 2016)

John Brady: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Dec 2016)

John Brady: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the place that a school (details supplied) is on a waiting list for funding and approval of a new school building; the length of time it is expected for the process to be exhausted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38317/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Dec 2016)

John Brady: 217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of illness benefit are exempt from receiving the Christmas bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38293/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Dec 2016)

John Brady: 218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider awarding the Christmas bonus to persons in receipt of illness benefit, especially considering that some persons have been in receipt of this payment long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/16]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: I know that much of the Supplementary Estimate deals with the Christmas bonus and the 85% allocation this year, which was announced with great fanfare. Many people, however, are disappointed because when the Minister made the announcement the perception was that it was for everyone in receipt of social welfare but many people found out that they had to be in receipt of social welfare for 15...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: Many of the jobs that people are getting with that are not sustainable or long-term. They are low-paid jobs in many cases that JobPath offers. They are not being offered sometimes. People are being told to go to X number of interviews for very low-paid employment. Some are barely on the minimum wage.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: It is not my opinion.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: It is the opinion of many individuals coming through my office door and those of many of my colleagues across the State. There are many examples. These are low-paid employment positions.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: It is important to put the facts on the table.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: The Minister touched on discussions with dentists on extending the benefits but did not mention opticians. Have those discussions been initiated? On the Gateway scheme, the Minister said it was a scheme for its time, that it may be time to replace it and that he was considering the possibility of introducing a sort of Tús scheme for local authorities. There is work to be done by...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: Gender equality works both ways.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: What is deemed long-term employment in the context of JobPath?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

John Brady: We need additional money to facilitate that.