Results 1,301-1,320 of 12,619 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the free travel scheme taking into account changes announced as part of budget 2020; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44077/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Telephone Support Allowance (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the telephone support allowance by €1, €2, €2.50, €3, €4 and €5, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44078/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase in each age bracket by €2, €3, €4 and €5, respectively, taking into account increases announced in budget 2020 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44079/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual expenditure on the living wage commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44081/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by €10, €15, €20, €25 and €30, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 weeks to 30 and 34 weeks, respectively, for those who have had multiple births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44084/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of equalising jobseeker payments for those under 25 years of age to the standard rate in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44085/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Advocacy Service (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Services for People with Disabilities; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of advocates by five, seven, nine and ten staff, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Leave (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of introducing two weeks paid bereavement leave at a rate of €203 per week per parent who has been bereaved of a child under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of reducing the hours required to qualify for the working family payment from 19 to 15 hours for lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between seven and 14 years of age to receive both jobseeker's transition payment and the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44089/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment for lone parents until their youngest child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the free travel scheme to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Support Grant (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €100, €200 and €300, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the income disregard for carer's allowance from €332.50 single and €665 for a couple to €450 and €900, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €10, €20, €25, €30, €35, €40, €45 and €50, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44101/19]