163. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the public concern regarding the decision of private hospitals to charge between €250 and €275 for a Covid-19 test; the steps he plans to take to rectify the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/20]
596. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received recent correspondence regarding additional accommodation required for a school (details supplied); and the status of the matter. [15261/20]
595. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a new redress scheme for victims of sexual abuse in primary schools will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15257/20]
822. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants and awards for an exceptional needs payment in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11881/20]
821. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked 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. [11880/20]
820. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uptake of paternity benefit in each year since it was first introduced, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11879/20]
819. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further legislation will be required under the remit of her Department if the UK exits the transition period on 31 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11878/20]
818. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the percentage of appeals that were successful; the average waiting time in each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11877/20]
621. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is sufficient funding to pay out grants to applicants to each local enterprise office for trading online vouchers, including future applications up to the advertised deadline of September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11736/20]
362. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if sufficient funding is in place to pay out grants to applications to each local enterprise office for the business community vouchers and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11736/20]
588. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the location allowance will be paid to nurses in University Hospital Limerick that are employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8664/20]
207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason online teaching is not being counted for the purpose of the Droichead process for persons who had all other aspects completed prior to school closures on 12 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8796/20]
991. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislation under the remit of her Department that is due to expire or lapse in the next three months and needs to be renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7944/20]
942. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date the pandemic unemployment payment is due to cease in June 2020; her plans to extend the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7382/20]
930. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review into community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7138/20]
929. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the public services card in addition to the action of the Data Protection Commissioner on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7137/20]
51. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if women returning from maternity leave are entitled to the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7139/20]
1271. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the occasions on which section 202 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 has been utilised since it came into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6620/20]
1233. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to enable workers who have not taken some or all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to Covid-19 to be able to carry weeks of accrued but untaken annual leave over into the next two leave years as is allowed for in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6068/20]
1226. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes are envisaged in June 2020 to illness benefit for Covid-19 related absences in terms of rate or eligibility criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5944/20]
1225. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when approval by Dáil Éireann for a new estimate for Vote 37 will be required; the process for approving same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5943/20]
1224. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time for which the pandemic unemployment payment will extended; the estimated expenditure on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5942/20]
1223. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if students who were working part-time or on an ad hoc basis will continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment once it is extended in June; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5941/20]
1222. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extension to the pandemic unemployment payment will follow the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; if persons will no longer be eligible for the payment once their industry or place of employment is allowed to reopen as envisaged in the roadmap; if allowances will be made for persons who cannot return to work for medical or childcare reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5940/20]
1221. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be a change to the eligibility criteria to qualify for the pandemic unemployment payment in June 2020 in view of the announcement that the payment will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5939/20]
1220. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure to date on the pandemic unemployment payment; the number in receipt of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5938/20]
1160. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4498/20]
1013. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedure for appealing against a decision by the Commission for Communications Regulation endorsed by the local authority to install a 5G mast in a neighbourhood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5420/20]
136. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) who was a public sector worker is entitled to a supplementary pension at 63 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4796/20]
1174. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding persons who have to take time off work including those who are told to self-quarantine and those whose workplaces close for a period of time due to Covid-19; the social welfare supports available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3710/20]
1173. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the funding available to businesses and individuals affected by flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3709/20]
457. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has approved the business case to fund local authorities to rent from cuckoo funds; the projections he has made for HAP spending; his views on whether this represents value for money as a permanent policy; if a cost-benefit analysis of this and other solutions has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53460/19]
713. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53111/19]
698. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on social welfare payments in tabular form; the number of persons awaiting decisions on such payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52949/19]
697. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of target dates and commitments met on time as set out in A roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023 in terms of introducing the total contributions approach by Q3 of 2020; her views on whether this timeframe is realistic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52947/19]
696. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of material deprivation for those not at work due to an illness or disability here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52946/19]
695. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients subject to sanctions in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52944/19]
694. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the expenditure on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52943/19]
693. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52942/19]
692. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which it compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52941/19]
686. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52868/19]
551. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rate of energy poverty here; the way in which it compares to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52945/19]
90. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the number of jobless households here; and the way in which the rate of jobless households compares to the EU average. [52950/19]
89. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the rate of employment here for those of working age and classified as having a disability; and the way in which this compares to the EU average. [52948/19]
299. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review into community employment schemes; when the outcome of the review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52028/19]
298. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if correspondence has been received from a union (details supplied) regarding increases in the State pension age; the estimated cost of implementing its proposals, including reversing the decision to increase the State pension age in 2021 and 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52027/19]
297. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing a single additional monthly child benefit payment to parents on the birth of their first child only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52025/19]
296. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional one, two and three weeks of fuel allowance to who that are also in receipt of the over 80s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52022/19]