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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all those who qualify for a revised contributory pension will be paid the revised amount back dated to March 2018 by the end of the first quarter of 2019; if those affected by same can provide the necessary information in writing rather than online; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new national action plan for social inclusion 2018 to 2021 will be published; the reason it has not been published to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to extend jobseeker's benefit to the self-employed; if illness benefit will be extended to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) as an example of delays in rechecking leaving certificate examination results; the steps he is taking in regard to accelerating the rechecking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8171/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the drug Spinraza for availability under the general medical services system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be made available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the construction of the proposed motorway between counties Limerick and Cork; the projected date it will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals to JobPath, community employment schemes and Tús in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of operating community employment schemes, JobPath, Tús and local employment services in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8231/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome Professor Doherty and thank him very much for his very interesting presentation. Significant consequences flow from the category an individual falls into, be he or she an employee or self-employed. Professor Doherty mentioned the usual cases. I thank him for drawing attention to the anti-competitive scenario, where, if somebody is classed as self-employed, he or she is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Professor Doherty referred to Deputy Boyd Barrett's description of the film industry and how it works in substance and form. We have a long way to go here. Recently, I have come across a local facility in Limerick which was funded by the Department of Education and Skills and run by a local board. When the local board decided to close the facility, people were let go without redundancy or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (12 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland site visits to County Limerick in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6283/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (12 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding FEMPI cuts on general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (12 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Regulations (12 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of recent media reports that Ireland is seeking an opt-out from proposals for an EU regulation regarding national ID cards and biometrics; the reason Ireland is seeking to opt out of measures at EU level that mirror measures being introduced at the national level with respect to the public services card; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the practice of having a large number of gardaí present at court proceedings outside the Dublin area; the reason a similar arrangement to contract out court security in the Four Courts does not apply nationally in view of the necessity to get the best possible use of Garda resources; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (7 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) did not receive notice or was consulted on the closure of a project; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that this person did not receive pay or redundancy in lieu of notice; if the issue will be rectified; and if she will make a...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I am sharing with Deputies Curran, Butler, Scanlon, Lisa Chambers and Ó Cuív. How long do I have?

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I listened in great amazement to the Minister's contribution. No one believes that unemployment dropped from 16% in 2012 to 5% now because of JobPath's introduction in 2015.

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: It is beyond belief that the Minister would attempt to make such a claim in the House. I have always had instinctive reservations about the idea of the private sector being involved in job activation on behalf of the State, as there is obviously a conflict between the company providing the service, whose main objective is to make profit, and the needs of the individual whom the company is...