Results 121-140 of 259 for long speaker:John Brady

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...estimate of how much it is costing the State is €600 million in lost social insurance payments over a three-year period. Leaving aside the financial end, more important is the disappearance of the long fought for and hard-won protections, entitlements, benefits and rights won by workers and their unions over many years because of the existence of bogus self-employment. When...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: I am happy enough with the Minister's explanation. We fought for a long time for the bands agreed on Committee Stage. The Minister's initial proposal was narrow, providing for four bands. It is critical that we apply the altered bands for workers and trade unions which campaigned on the issue. These bands are in line with what they were seeking. These bands strengthen the legislation and...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...she put out a statement last week that she intends to have this signed into law come March of next year. This would be in line with the amendment. We know very vulnerable workers have waited a long time for this. Why must we wait these full three months? There is no reason this could not be signed into law early in January, obviously depending on the President and his availability....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...mark and a score of "regressive". In the explanation, a number of concerns are cited. The scorecard expresses disappointment at the ongoing failure of the Department of Health to introduce the long-awaited transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant, which were withdrawn in 2013. It also says the failure to introduce the transport support...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ..., Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, announced changes to the waste charges regime in place. He said he would also introduce an annual support of €75 for persons with lifelong and long-term medical incontinence to be rolled out by the end of 2017. Some 19 months later, there is nothing in place for people in these horrendous circumstances. I spoke recently to one...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

John Brady: ...the Minister give additional information on why exactly that is the case? Has there been a fall in applications or has there been a serious change in people's circumstances which means that they are no longer entitled to the working family payment? It would be useful if we could get that information. I appreciate that the Minister might not have all of the information to hand today but...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...a week restricts them from getting a job because they are limited to 15 hours work a week. This is also the case for education. We see more young carers now caring for family members and others. That will have a long-term impact on them because they can study for only 15 hours a week. We know of the huge saving carers make for this State because they get only €16 above the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

John Brady: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the long-term plans in place for providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49217/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

John Brady: What short-term and long-term arrangements are in place to accommodate the needs of North Wicklow Educate Together school, which is facing an impending crisis due to the fact that the current lease on its temporary accommodation on Putland Road, Bray expires at the end of April next year? Some 180 pupils will find themselves with no school, and 60 of them are due to sit their junior...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

John Brady: .... It was not fit for purpose for Colaiste Raíthín, which, after a lengthy campaign, moved into its new accommodation recently. It will not be suitable for North Wicklow Educate Together in the short or long term. The simple solution to this is for the Department to purchase the Putland Road site. Is that being considered by the Minister and his officials?

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...circle of rising fuel costs, leading to increased pressure on households to manage their bills and debt and disconnections, we can step up and assist these households to help themselves and find a long-term solution to supplying their own energy supply. At the same time, it will put money back in their pockets when additional energy is sold to the grid. It would also go some way towards...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...North Wicklow Educate Together school, whose pupils will be homeless come 30 April next year. That is an immediate crisis facing that school and this Government, but that school also faces a long-term crisis. A dubious decision taken from by ex-chief executive officer of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, and the Department to colocate two educational facilities on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...and clarity. The school, the teachers and the parents need to know where they will be as of 30 April next year. That is the short-term measure that needs to be put in place. There are also long-term plans that need to be put in place as well.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...them. I have been struck over the last number of years by the number of young people who are providing a caring service for family members. The restrictions there are affecting them over the long term as well because they cannot study for more than 15 hours a week. There are also long-time carers who might be caring for over 20 years. That has an impact in terms of their pension...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...and would allow us to develop secure, safe, publicly provided accommodation that is suitable for the needs of asylum seekers. We must ensure that the process of seeking asylum is not long and torturous. The lengthy waiting time is part of the problem, with people locked in direct provision centres for three or more years. The process must be sped up to ensure that places in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2018)

John Brady: ...number this week. A total of 79,000 letters need to be issued prior to Christmas and 70,000 of those are to issue to people who currently live in the State. That is welcome news but it has been a long time coming. There are, however, still concerns. People have asked me what they need to do when they receive the letter. Do they need to request a review or does that kick in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (13 Nov 2018)

John Brady: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria in place when it comes to awarding the Christmas bonus in to the long-term unemployed in circumstances in which, after much time unemployed, a person takes up a course or a scheme and is then disqualified from receiving the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46845/18]

Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

John Brady: This is an important Bill, which is long overdue and necessary. It is not without its faults. Announcing his intention to introduce this Bill last year, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, allowed for those in the public service to remain at work beyond the age of 65 under interim arrangements ahead of this Bill becoming law. This meant that public servants could remain at work but...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

John Brady: ...x20ac;112.70 per week, €90 less than those a few years older than them. This is despite the fact that young jobseekers, numbering almost 8,000, are among the largest cohort of our population who are long-term unemployed and this is despite the fact that Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government figures for August of this year show 875 young people aged between 18 and 24...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Discussion: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (25 Sep 2018)

John Brady: It has been a long meeting and I have only two points. I wish to reinforce a point that Senator Butler made on what payments local authorities take into account. In my constituency, there are problems with what the local authority deems as income. For example, with carers, child maintenance - which is really a payment for the child and should not really be taken into consideration as...