Results 41-60 of 6,992 for speaker:John Brady

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of providing an additional 500 places for 2017 under the rural social scheme in tabular form. [11511/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing funding under the national disability allowance scheme for 2017 in tabular form. [11513/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the supplementary welfare allowance scheme for persons under 26 years of age in 2017 in tabular form. [11516/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the pension band rates to pre-September 2012 rates in 2017 in tabular form. [11517/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of re-instating the State pension (transition) in 2017 in tabular form. [11518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reducing pension contribution requirements for the State pension (contributory) from 520 to 260 in 2017 in tabular form. [11519/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how he is alleviating the difficulties facing persons in west County Wicklow accessing his Department's services, officials and payments since the closure of the social protection office in Blessington in County Wicklow. [11820/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislation he will introduce in this term of Dáil Éireann. [11822/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reports his Department has commissioned at present; the stage they are at; and when he will complete and publish them. [11823/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his progress in completing the roll-out of the social security card. [11824/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the position of first whipper in of an association (details supplied) is suitable as an internship for JobBridge. [11825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the JobsPlus scheme since its initiation. [11827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the contract to outsource jobseeker's to private JobPath contractors is causing problems for local employment services and to many jobseekers. [11828/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting time for processing applications by social protection payment. [11829/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for social protection appeals to date in 2016 in comparison with each of the years 2011 to 2015. [11830/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff (24 May 2016)

John Brady: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has addressed the issue of medical assessors for social protection applications or appeals; and, if not, the reason. [11831/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (25 May 2016)

John Brady: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has completed the review into the JobBridge scheme; and if so, the reason he has not published it. [11889/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (25 May 2016)

John Brady: I welcome the news that JobBridge will be scrapped. That needs to be done with immediate effect. We should not wait until September. It needs to be done barring those who are already on the scheme. When I looked at the website this morning, I saw new, fresh positions being advertised. There was an advertisement for an internship as a deli assistant. In my day such a position required...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (25 May 2016)

John Brady: When businesses advertise JobBridge internships in which they seek applicants such as fully qualified architects or, as in a more recent example, a fox hunting organisation advertises for the position of first whipper-in, it is clear that the scheme has been and continues to be abused. What will replace JobBridge? The Minister stated that he would look forward to proposals from Sinn...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

John Brady: Last night during the debate, the Minister said he wanted to take the heat out of the issue of water charges. However, he clearly has not. Yesterday, two Wicklow men, Sean Doyle and Eamon McGrath, were released from Cloverhill Prison on a technicality, having spent 16 days behind bars for protesting against the installation of water meters. These protests are continuing across the State....