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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (4 Dec 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of Bills on Committee Stage under the remit of her Department in tabular form; the date they were sent to committee stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50538/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (3 Dec 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the latest available data on food poverty; the way in which Ireland compares to the rest of the EU in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49975/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (3 Dec 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 Dec 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50198/19]

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I should be shocked by the Department's response but I am unshockable at this stage. The Minister of State's whole speech is a disgrace. To give one example, he notes that my Bill refers to the Department's maintenance recovery unit instead of the liable relative unit. I remind him that the Bill was drafted back in 2016 when the unit in question went by the former name. In any case, what...

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill is being introduced to extend the power of the liable relatives unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make a District Court application for a payment order in respect of jobseeker's transitional payment to one-parent families, thereby enabling the State to recoup from a liable relative a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 138. To ask the Minister for Health when funds will be allocated to enable a person (details supplied) in the midwest region who has been approved for home help and is on a waiting list to access same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a public services card will be required to access the new childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49461/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new road map for social inclusion 2019 to 2025 will be further delayed in view of the fact that new SILC data is due for release on 28 November 2019 which may impact on the targets set in the road map and so on; if the road map for social inclusion will have to be revised in view of the new data; and if she will make...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Obviously, we will not be opposing the Supplementary Estimate because we want people to get their Christmas bonus, as it is currently known. I have a few questions for the Minister. One of the reasons savings were made is because the Department operated at under the approved headcount for the last 12 months. What is the approved headcount and how many posts were vacant? There have been...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I note that the increase in expenditure is 5.23%. How much of that is attributable to the budgetary increase and how much to additional people qualifying for the payment?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The contributory pension. What would it cost to increase the contributory pension to the much-talked about target of 34% of the average industrial wage?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: That is okay.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Can I ask one more question, please? It has been suggested to me that there is some change in conditions on the jobs initiative, JI, workers scheme in holiday pay, length of holidays, time off, etc.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Jobs initiative. It has been suggested to me in respect of one or two schemes that people have received a directive from the Department which has changed their conditions somewhat for the worse. I put a query in about it and the Department asked me to send on details of the specific areas. It was more or less denying there has been any general change.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: That is interesting.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Undoubtedly, we will let the Minister know.

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: This is a change from the amendment proposed on Committee Stage. That amendment included public consultation, which the Minister said would be somewhat expensive. The information sought here about comparative pension ages etc. throughout Europe would be very interesting, particularly given that the pension-age increase to 67 will kick in in 2021. Of course, we as a Parliament can change...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: It is a binary choice.

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 4: In page 14, after line 35, to insert the following: “Report on current and projected future increases in carbon tax 23. The Minister shall undertake an impact assessment on the current and projected future increases in carbon tax on low income families and shall bring forward a report on same within six months of this Act being signed into law.”. ...