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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...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Personnel (29 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) will be appointed to a position in barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50045/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the IDA and other State agencies only promote third level institutions abroad; his views on whether this is a missed opportunity; if his attention has been drawn to the way in which Canada's national and regional schools, public schools and private schools are promoted internationally and the success Canada has had in attracting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (28 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the anomalies that exist in the points structure regarding the international baccalaureate diploma programme (details supplied); when the review of the IBDP scoring and existing entry requirements will take place in HEIs at present will be complete; his views on whether in view of the importance of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (28 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 205. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical specialised MS nurse will be provided at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49691/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Labour Market (27 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobless households in each county in tabular form. [49129/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a partial capacity allowance at the maximum rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48881/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (27 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the policy on age-related jobseeker's allowance can continue to be justified as a preventative measure for welfare dependency when there is no basis in evidence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49087/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (27 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the equality and poverty proofing measurements in place to protect jobseekers' under 26 years of age particularly those that are experiencing homelessness, those with international protection that are moving out of direct provision and those that have support needs such as mental health and confidence building and that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Data (27 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 577. 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. [49128/18]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, line 23, to delete “25 March 2019.” and substitute “7 January 2019.”. I am aware that the amendments were ruled out of order as they involved a potential charge on the Exchequer. I merely tabled them to highlight the fact that there was a basic inequity in that the budget provided for tax reductions and concessions and increases...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: We were party to the negotiations on the budget, but that does not mean that we wrote it. We obtained as many concessions as we could. The reality is that for the average person in receipt of social welfare payments, the increase is not €5 but €3.80 per week.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I noticed Deputy Brady could not resist the temptation to mention Fianna Fáil. I wonder who he would talk about if we did not exist?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will put this in its full context. As far as I am aware, in many countries throughout the OECD there is a differential between the rates of pay to people under a certain age and those over a certain age. That is a fact. In 2010, when these changes were made in Ireland, we were just coming into line with international practice. That includes practice in the UK, including Northern...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I am sorry. That is what I thought the Minister said. I ask her to clarify that.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I will ask the Minister two questions. The amendment states that the report would include consideration of the financial and social effects of this policy. Will the Minister's own report include the financial and social effects that the reduced rate has had on the people affected? Second, can she give the committee a commitment that her report will be published within six months?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 13:In page 12, in line 16, to delete “child,”.” and substitute the following:“child,(ec) In circumstances where the parents of the child are separated and have been awarded joint custody, the domiciliary care allowance shall be paid to the parent who is in receipt of Child Benefit in respect of that child regardless of the time spent by each...