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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 402. 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 these years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30409/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for child poverty; the number of children who would have to be lifted out of poverty for the target to be met within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30410/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of the working family payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30411/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each of the years 2011 to 2018, and to date in 2019, who have been subject to sanctions and have had their social welfare payment reduced or ceased due to no compliance as determined by her Department in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parent households here as measured by EUROSTAT in tabular form; the way in which this rate compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years and older signing on for a jobseeker's payment due to the fact that they are not eligible for the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30414/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the 2012 pension review; the number of persons to date who had their pensions reviewed; the number of persons still awaiting their pension to be reviewed; the percentage of persons who received an increase in their pension following the review; the percentage of such persons who received an increase of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the youth employment support scheme; the number of persons who participated in the scheme since it was launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30418/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; when the review is expected to be completed; his plans to engage with relevant stakeholders before changes are made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30419/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Following the Taoiseach's apology this morning which I appreciate, he is aware that there were two requirements to qualify for the ex gratiascheme for people who were sexually abused in primary schools. One was the prior complaint element, which has now been exploded as a result of Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill's recent declaration. The other was the requirement for a person to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the Minister of State. We live in an era when our privacy is under constant threat but sometimes we have to make concessions in that regard for the greater good. The Minister of State made a couple of points that are fairly central to why we should not oppose this. On the second page of his submission, he states: "Article 30 paragraph 4 of 4AMLD means there is an EU legal...

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

Willie O'Dea: The reason the Chairman was asking that question, if I may be so bold as to look into the recesses of his mental process, is we are starting the process of negotiating a budget. We have all been given the figures and they are fairly tight, unfortunately, and that position will not be improved in the event of Brexit going wrong. Various justifications have been advanced over the years for...

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

Willie O'Dea: I know that.

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

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Hill can give me figures to back that up, I will be only too happy to put forward the case.

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

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Hill can supply the figures, it will give us an idea of the cost-----

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

Willie O'Dea: -----and, if it is what he says, we would have no problem putting it forward. I will ask Mr Byrne the same question. He has made recommendations. The figures in question would not substantially increase the national debt or affect the debt-to-GDP ratio in any discernible way but we would like to have a figure, some sort of costing, because our guests are asking us to put forward certain...

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

Willie O'Dea: If Mr. Byrne can supply those figures, we will certainly put the case forward.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29236/19]