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

Willie O'Dea: Can the Minister give us her idea of what, if any, future there is for JobPath? I understand that the contract runs out next year or the year after.

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

Willie O'Dea: Could the Minister give us an indication as to whether there are any proposals to renew the contract? Did the Minister also commission a report on the future of the local employment service network, LESN?

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

Willie O'Dea: Has that been published yet?

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

Willie O'Dea: When can we expect to see that?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (4 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a State pension by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50268/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50269/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 653. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have received an exceptional needs payment from 1 January 2018 to date in 2018 by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50270/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (4 Dec 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the carer's support grant by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50271/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 11:In page 16, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Eligibility criteria for CE schemes 22. The Minister shall review the eligibility criteria for CE schemes for those aged 55 and over and, in particular, give consideration to allow those age 55 and over participating on the scheme do so on a continuous basis, until they reach State pension age. The...

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

Willie O'Dea: The older one is, the harder it is to find work, obviously. We all know people who have lost their jobs or become redundant. Their skills are no longer relevant in modern society and they are in their 50s and into their 60s. They are simply rotting away, drawing social welfare, out walking trying to fill the day. Several people in that position have been accommodated by the community...

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

Willie O'Dea: It is subjective.

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

Willie O'Dea: Someone could be 60.

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

Willie O'Dea: No, no conditions.

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

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 12:In page 16, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Tús scheme 22. The Minister shall review the operation of the Tús scheme, in particular, the possibility of allowing Tús scheme participants to extend their participation on the scheme beyond one year with their host group whilst also participating on Jobpath. The Minister shall bring...

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

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her offer and I will certainly take her up on it. I have a number of cases that I can refer to her straight away. In the context of what was said to me, I was informed that the Bill could not be brought to the Seanad during this session. I was also informed that it could not go to the Upper House unless we agreed to support the removal of the new section. In...

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

Willie O'Dea: With that unequivocal commitment, I will not press the amendment.

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

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 10:In page 16, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Bogus self-employment 22.The Minister shall review the issue of bogus self-employment and its consequences, including the cost to the Exchequer and the implications for those who have been wrongly designated as self-employed and shall bring forward a report on the same within 3 months of this Bill...

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

Willie O'Dea: This is an ongoing problem we are all familiar with because we come up against it on a regular basis in our constituency offices. The first question that arises is whether maintenance should be means tested at all. The statistics for poverty among lone parents and, by extension, their children, are exceptionally high. I understand the latest figure indicates a 51% deprivation rate. If our...

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

Willie O'Dea: This is a useful proposal. One in 20 people in Ireland today is a carer. It is estimated that number will rise to one in five by 2030. We have to get ready for that. There are several problems with the carer's allowance as operated. There is lack of flexibility around the number of hours a person can work. I appreciate that if somebody is to be a carer they cannot work full-time outside...

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

Willie O'Dea: I have a general question which is not directly pertinent to the amendment but is pertinent to a matter the Minister undertook to consider on both Second Stage and Committee Stage. It relates to a point raised by Deputy Penrose regarding post-2012 pensioners and the date from which the change kicks in, that is, 1 September. The point the Deputy made was that there is an argument the scheme...