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

Willie O'Dea: 339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2020 of the new jobseeker's benefit payment for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44102/19]

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

Willie O'Dea: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if staff in Intreo offices have received disability awareness training; if not, the estimated full-year cost of training all staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department provides funding or financial aid towards purchasing assistive technologies for persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44104/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of persons refused an exceptional needs payment to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current expenditure on the housing adaptation grant taking into account changes announced in budget 2020; the full-year cost of increasing expenditure by 10% and 20%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44106/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I think the Minister is very touchy today.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will not cave in, but he has been the worst Minister for Health ever.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Without exception, he is the worst Minister for Health ever. Let us take the budgets announced over the years. Talk about fooling people, the Minister is fooling them on a constant basis.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister aware that in the mid-west region there is a three-year waiting list for aids and appliances? I have been talking to people who received sanction for aids or appliances up to three years ago and when I contact the HSE, I am consistently told that money has not been provided and that the list is growing. Can the Minister provide reassurance in that regard? When will money be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with the Minister about the need for a conversation because the number of carers will increase significantly over the next ten, 15 or 20 years. However, her reply is a little disingenuous. She has agreed to increase the number of hours from 15 to 18.5 per week, but she says that increasing the disregard would cost €117 for a single person and double that for a couple, at a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the impact on the income disregard for carer's allowance was given consideration in view of the increase in the hours permissible to work as announced as part of budget 2020; if the income disregard for carers will be revised in view of the increase in the hours they can work; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: This question is, more or less, along the same lines as the questions raised by Deputies John Brady and Willie Penrose. There are just a few more aspects to it into which I would like to inquire.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is right, of course, when she states this was one of the requests made by the Carers' Association. It was to increase the number of hours carers could work without their carer's allowance being affected. Nevertheless, that proposal was not brought forward in isolation. There were a number of other proposals which we must consider in their totality. It is fair to say that when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I am handling the question put down by my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, and hope it will not be equated to voting on his behalf.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Jobseeker's benefit and invalidity pension are now available to self-employed persons and, of course, there are contribution conditions. Is it intended that periods on farm assist payment will count as contribution years for the purposes of jobseeker's benefit and invalidity pension for the self-employed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: For clarification, the Minister said people who were previously in receipt of the small farmer's dole because their income was not sufficient to live on would not be able to claim credits for the period in which they were receiving that dole when they applied for jobseeker's benefit, invalidity pension or a contributory old-age pension. Is that the position?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If they are working three days per week and in receipt of social welfare benefits, that will be a credit.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Allowance Data (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is asking questions which are way above my pay grade. The point I want to put to the Minister is that not everybody gets a fuel allowance. For example, what about somebody on jobseeker's allowance? What about a pensioner who is not living alone and, therefore, will not qualify for the living alone allowance? What about those on invalidity pension, disability allowance, single...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Allowance Data (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department has calculated that an increase in the fuel allowance as announced in budget 2020 will compensate for the increase in carbon tax; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43653/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Allowance Data (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I raise this question because, to the best of my recollection, in his budget speech the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, linked the fuel allowance increases to the introduction of carbon tax. He suggested that the reason fuel allowance was being increased was to compensate people for the imposition of carbon tax. I would like the Minister to elaborate on this matter.