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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the timetable will be released for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 663. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28057/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in regard to an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in regard to an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in regard to an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28064/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 667. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment of partial capacity benefit will be made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28065/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears in relation to a disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 670. 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. [28098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 671. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 673. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment of a disability allowance claim will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process (2 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 724. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed timetable for the passing of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 through all stages of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28053/19]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 7 o’clock I would like to share time with Deputies Butler, Browne, Eugene Murphy, McGuinness, Cahill and Ó Cuív.

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I congratulate Deputy Penrose on the introduction of the motion. As we have heard, there are approximately 350,000 carers in the country, which equates to almost one in ten of the population. By 2030 one in five people will be a carer. Just over one fifth of carers receive carer's allowance. As Deputy Penrose said, the carer's allowance payment received by someone caring on a 24/7 basis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I thank Unite the Union and Captain Cullen for appearing before us and for their very interesting presentations. A number of points that Captain Cullen made stick out. In his presentation he states that only about half of pilots operating in Irish registered airlines are employed directly by those airlines and that the rate of so-called self-employment among pilots here is three times the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Perhaps the witnesses could answer the questions that have been asked before we move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Does Mr. Cullen have a list of those accountants?

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I wish to share time with Deputies Eugene Murphy, Butler and Murphy O'Mahony. Having read this Bill, I recommended to my party that it should be supported and we intend to support it. The Bill seems to set out to do two things which are quite simple but, to me, eminently sensible. It seeks to ensure that when a tip or a gratuity is given to a worker in a place such as a restaurant,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Jobs Protection (18 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State for his reassurance that IDA Ireland is in close contact with the company. I want to ask the Minister of State a couple of questions. He says this will be a short-term close down. What evidence does he have to support that? There is a great deal of uncertainty out there. The reality is that people do not know whether this will be short-term or otherwise....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Jobs Protection (18 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister of State is aware, Analog Devices is one of Limerick's biggest employers and the main European base for the Analog Devices company, which has its headquarters in Massachusetts in the United States. Recently the American Government blacklisted a Chinese company preventing it effectively from purchasing American made parts and components. Analog Devices makes semi-conductors...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Maternity Services (18 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure on baby boxes; the number distributed to date; if baby boxes are available at maternity hospitals nationally; if not, the estimated full-year cost of providing a baby box to mothers on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25139/19]