523. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment by €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14744/19]
522. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the jobseeker's transitional payment by €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14743/19]
521. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment for lone parents until their youngest child reaches 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14742/19]
520. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between 7 and 14 years of age to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14741/19]
519. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reducing the hours required to qualify for the working family payment from 19 to 15 hours for lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14740/19]
518. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of introducing two weeks' paid bereavement leave at a rate of €203 per week per parent who has been bereaved of a child under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14739/19]
517. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of advocates in the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of advocates by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14738/19]
516. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of equalising jobseeker payments for those under 26 years of age to the standard rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14737/19]
515. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14736/19]
514. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 weeks to 30 and 34 weeks, respectively, for those who have had multiple births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14735/19]
513. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual expenditure on the Low Pay Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14734/19]
512. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing expenditure on the school meals programme by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14733/19]
511. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €2, €3, €4 and €5, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14732/19]
510. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by on average of 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14730/19]
509. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year expenditure on the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14729/19]
508. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the fuel allowance by one, two, three and four weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14728/19]
507. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing payments (details supplied) by €5 and €10, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14727/19]
506. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for children in direct provision from €29.80 to €31, €32, €33, €34 and €35, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14726/19]
505. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance for adults in direct provision from €38.80 per week to €40, €42, €43, €44 and €45, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14725/19]
234. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to consider changing the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2018 to remove dental technicians from the list of ineligible categories of employees in view of the scarcity of dental technicians and the threat to the feasibility of dental laboratory businesses arising from the failure to secure suitably qualified employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15019/19]
99. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address matters (details supplied) further to the election observation briefing note; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15190/19]
272. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that further medical evidence has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14348/19]
1349. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a working family payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) since October 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14231/19]
1319. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13875/19]
1296. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue in respect ofa disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13673/19]
1289. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the payments to a person (details supplied) have ceased; when they can expect to receive payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13604/19]
1268. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13358/19]
983. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meat processing plants that have applied for CNC licences to export beef products to China; the length of time CNC applications are taking to process; the reason for the delay; the progress status of the CNC licence application made by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/19]
781. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when a dietician will be appointment to King's Island Medical Centre, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13488/19]
356. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of establishing a redress scheme for victims of sexual abuse in primary schools; the number of applicants that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/19]
311. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an ASD unit to secondary schools in Limerick city (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13090/19]
264. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if planned flood relief schemes on the lower section of the river Shannon (details supplied) will progress as planned; if they are to be delayed in view of the national children's hospital overspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13670/19]
356. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the analysis her Department is undertaking of the cost of a disability; if this analysis has commenced; the expected completion date of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12679/19]
355. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all social welfare related payments by values (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12678/19]
354. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews conducted and completed to date in respect of the changes made to the contributory pension in 2012; the number of outstanding reviews that remain to be conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12677/19]
353. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a pension-related payment by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12676/19]
352. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men who have availed of paternity benefit to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12675/19]
351. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12674/19]
350. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a carer's payment by payment type and county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12673/19]
349. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received an exceptional needs payment by county in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12672/19]
348. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement by county; the number who have had their payment increased over the prescribed limits in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12671/19]
347. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment by payment type and county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12670/19]
686. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12371/19]
681. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) that was appealed in August 2018.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12097/19]
663. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters (details supplied) in relation to SAFE II; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11859/19]
659. 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. [11742/19]
658. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters relating to the General Data Protection Regulation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11738/19]
657. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a recent opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (details supplied) in the context of the ongoing controversy in relation to the roll-out of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11733/19]
336. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to have the medication CBD produced by a company (details supplied) dispensed to pharmacies here rather than persons having to travel abroad to collect this medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11707/19]