Results 101-120 of 259 for long speaker:John Brady

Social Welfare Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

John Brady: ...to try to recoup overpayments made to social welfare recipients. Such overpayments typically result from departmental error. Coincidentally, before I became a Member, I was self-employed for 15 long years.

Social Welfare Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

John Brady: ..., brick walls and barriers as they seek to provide for their families and keep a roof over their heads. While this legislation is positive, if I have any criticism it is that it has taken a long time to get to this stage. It has to be welcomed. While I welcome all Government moves to extend social welfare supports to the self-employed, I do so with the caveat that they are unable to...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

John Brady: ...pay scale. They have no access to an occupational pension in retirement. For all of the praise from Government, what do secretaries have to show for it? They have little or nothing. For far too long, school secretaries have been exploited. I do not use that word lightly but this exploitation by successive Governments needs to end. The actions taken by the Government on this issue...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: ...has argued to the DPC that there is"no evidence of dissatisfaction with the SAFE process and public services card" but this is contradicted by the Data Protection Commissioner in her report and a long list of media reports. The Minister knows that this statement is untrue. Her Department received complaints, along with the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Foreign Affairs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: ...6,000, have been sent and they have generated concern. The remaining letters will be sent out in phases in the near future. The first to receive letters are those who have not been reviewed for a long time. There is major concern. Perhaps the Minister could answer that question first.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Maintenance Payments (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. I would certainly be interested in being kept up to date on that. We need to look at this with a view to the long term as well as the short term. Whenever I have raised this issue with the Minister she has said that her hands are tied because the issue crosses into the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality. It is critical that the Departments come together...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-budget Submissions: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

John Brady: ...away by. We know the cost and the grant of €500 per hearing aid that is available. Apart from costs, are there any other reasons someone might not want to go to get a hearing aid or to get tested? How long do people typically delay in addressing hearing problems? In my experience, I know people who put off getting their hearing checked for a long time when it was clear that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Jobseeker's Payments (30 May 2019)

John Brady: While I agree with the Minister on one thing, that people are living longer, some people want to retire at a certain age and do not want to be forced to continue to work. It is about giving people choice. The Minister may be aware that I introduced legislation a couple of years ago - we are still waiting on a money message for it - to do away with mandatory retirement because it is still in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Rates (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: ...to the CPI only, will the Minister listen and set the idea aside? I also wish to ask her about the proposed national action plan for social inclusion, which is also critical. That plan is long overdue and was supposed to be in place by January. It is now April but there is still no sign of it. The action plan is critical from an cross-departmental perspective. Where is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Brady: ...... Services of general interest expressly include services provided directly to the person, such as social assistance services, employment and training services, childcare, social housing or long-term care of the elderly and people with disabilities, according to Murphy and Deane. This shows that we do not have to have a procurement process. The guidelines are there. I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

John Brady: ...that we hear what the groups have to say so that we can put their concerns, observations and questions to the Minister. Unfortunately, this is an ideological battle, the seeds of which are long planted. In 2012, the unemployment rate was 16%. There was a 6.7% decrease in that rate through schemes before the onset of the privatised model, that being, JobPath's Turas Nua and Seetec. When...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

John Brady: At least 50,000 have yet to be even reviewed. How long is that process expected to take, in terms of finalising the 24,000 and dealing with the others? Is there a timeframe for dealing with all of that? I ask the Minister to indicate the size of the average payment. She said that 80% of the 8,500 have seen their payment increase. What is the average uplift? I agree with the comments...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (12 Mar 2019)

John Brady: 671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a comprehensive strategy of the long-term vision for lone parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11919/19]

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

John Brady: ...seen as Government spin in trying to gain good public relations from being inattentive in its duties and it insulted many who await recognition. Will the Government give us any indication as to when the families will, at long last, be recognised before the law and when Parts 2, 3 and 9 will finally be commenced? We should consider that every time either the Department of Employment...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

John Brady: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— JobPath was set up by Fine Gael and the Labour Party in July 2015, with the aim of assisting the long-term unemployed to secure and sustain employment; — contracts to deliver JobPath on behalf of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection were signed with two private companies – Turas Nua and Seetec;...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

John Brady: ..., Deputy Regina Doherty, has committed to sharing the analysis at the appropriate time. For the 120,000 people living in Ireland who are in receipt of English pensions, the appropriate time is long past. When will the analysis be shared and could we have a timeframe for it?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (24 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the annual support of €75 for persons with long-term and lifelong medical incontinence under the new waste collection charges announced in June 2017 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (24 Jan 2019)

John Brady: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to introduce the promised annual support of €75 for persons with long-term and lifelong medical incontinence under the new waste collection charges announced in June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53330/18]

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: The debate this evening is welcome and long overdue. It comes on foot of the threat of deportation in respect of Eric Zhi Ying Xue. Eric is nine years old. He is in fourth class in St. Cronan’s national school in Bray in my constituency. He was born in Ireland, although he is not an Irish citizen and has never been outside the country. If he is forced to go to China, where his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: JobPath Programme: Discussion (17 Jan 2019)

John Brady: ...involved and make them more employable. We know that when JobPath was rolled out initially, its purpose was to have "an approach to employment activation which caters mainly for people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months)". However, it has deviated completely from it. I am encountering increasing numbers of people who are short-term unemployed, for days or weeks, who have been...