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

Willie O'Dea: 519. 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. [14740/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 520. 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 7 and 14 years of age to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14741/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost 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. [14742/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the jobseeker's transitional payment by €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14743/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Data (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment by €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14744/19]

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

Willie O'Dea: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the week hours a carer can work or study while receiving carer's allowance, carer's benefit or the carer support grant from 15 to 18.5 hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the free travel scheme for children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14746/19]

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

Willie O'Dea: 526. 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 for a single person and €665 for a couple to €450 and €900, respectively in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to change the tenant purchase scheme for local authority houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Discussion (2 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting and thank them for their attendance. This committee was delighted to be able to facilitate the ILDN and SIPTU, both of which have made excellent, compelling and comprehensive presentations today. I congratulate them on that. I have a number of general questions. Mr. Coffey mentioned in his submission that SIPTU had a meeting with departmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise as I have to leave to attend another appointment shortly. I thank both organisations for coming in and for their presentations. I want to make some general points. Ms Murphy referred to the narrative that supposedly supports the approach the committee is taking and the various legislation being put forward. There is a narrative, yes, but there is also a counter-narrative,...

Prohibition of Bogus Self Employment Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit employers deliberately designating an employee as self-employed. I am happy to introduce the Bill, which is designed to deal with the pernicious and growing problem of bogus self-employment. This is a phenomenon which has traditionally been associated with the construction sector but it has now spread into other...

Prohibition of Bogus Self Employment Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that further medical evidence has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14348/19]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister and her officials for the information provided. However, I only received the supplementary information yesterday afternoon. I do not know if others received it sooner. There has been a substantial saving in jobseeker's allowance payments arising from the drop in unemployment and it feeds through to the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. I notice that there has...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: All of the schemes, including the community employment scheme, the rural social scheme, Tús, the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme and the back-to-education allowance scheme.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: In regard to the carer's allowance, there has been an increase of approximately 5,000 in the number of people in receipt of this allowance. Approximately 80% of carers in this country do not get any payment. In other words, they do not qualify for carer's allowance for one reason or another. Representations have been made by the association representing carers and others seeking...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the back-to-work family dividend due to expire this year? In regard to control measures, can the Minister indicate the amount recovered for the last measurable period, which I presume is 2018, in terms of overpayments and the amount of that attributable to direct fraud? I note there has been an increase of approximately 6,000 in the number of people in receipt of validity pension....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: What is the total payout?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: On the same point, the people who are entitled to an uplift are also entitled to arrears.