434. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for poverty here; the likelihood of the target being reached within the set timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14754/18]
433. 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 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14753/18]
432. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for child poverty; the likelihood of the target being reached within the set timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14752/18]
431. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been subject to sanctions for non-compliance or non-engagement with her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14751/18]
430. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobless households here; the way in which the rate of jobless households compares with the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14750/18]
429. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the social welfare appeals office; the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of staff by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14749/18]
428. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the disability allowance, carer's allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension by €5, €10, €15 and €20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14748/18]
427. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14747/18]
426. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the estimated cost of training staff who have not yet undergone such training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14746/18]
425. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14745/18]
424. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of operating the free travel scheme; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14744/18]
423. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the Christmas bonus to those in receipt of the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14743/18]
422. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14742/18]
421. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing maternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14741/18]
420. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing child benefit by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14740/18]
419. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of the household benefits package; the estimated full year cost of increasing the monthly electricity allowance and the natural gas allowance by €5, €10 and €15, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14739/18]
418. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant at a rate of €850; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14738/18]
417. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14737/18]
416. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €50, €100, €150, €200 and €250; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14736/18]
415. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for those in receipt of the one-parent family payment by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14735/18]
414. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the income thresholds for the working family payment by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14734/18]
413. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending jobseeker's payments to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14733/18]
412. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reversing changes made to the one-parent family payment in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14732/18]
411. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €5, €10 , €15, €20 and €25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14731/18]
410. 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 to six weeks, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14730/18]
409. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of operating the weekly telephone support allowance; the estimated cost of increasing this allowance by €1, €1.50, €2 and €2.50; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14729/18]
408. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €2 to €10, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14728/18]
407. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing all social assistance payments factoring into account increases announced in budget 2018 by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14727/18]
406. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing all social insurance payments factoring into account increases announced in budget 2018 by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14726/18]
392. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full year cost of matching the contribution to the community services programme to the national minimum wage rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14725/18]
202. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a vacant position for superintendent in Nenagh, County Tipperary; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14763/18]
183. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact the position of superintendent for the Nenagh district, County Tipperary, is still vacant; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14512/18]
240. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has banned salmon fishing on the lower River Shannon for conservation reasons in view of the fact that the amount of salmon caught in recent years on the river was well above the number required to allow this activity to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14357/18]
182. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Youth Service has not included a project (details supplied) in the European tender regulations covering protection of employees on transfer of undertakings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14481/18]
179. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has been decided without consultation that there will only be one service provider per Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14411/18]
587. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which there is no oral hearing and in which there is an oral hearing in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13757/18]
586. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for all social welfare payments in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/18]
967. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person that determined that an entire agreement was reached with an organisation (details supplied) before Christmas 2017; if it was also the view of the chair of the talks and the organisation that her Department was in discussions with that an entire agreement had been reached; if the agreement reached was in fact only a partial agreement in relation to one aspect of the talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12517/18]
966. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will elaborate on her statement in Dáil Éireann on 7 March 2018 in which she stated that an organisation (details supplied) decided to pull out of the agreement due to new items that were brought to the table that had never been part of the negotiated process during the previous months; the new items in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12516/18]
962. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12485/18]
958. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have participated in community employment schemes in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12310/18]
957. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person has a right to refuse a place on JobPath in favour of a place on a community employment scheme; if there is a legal or statutory impediment that prevents a person from deciding to opt for a community employment scheme over a place on JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12309/18]
956. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of older persons that are 62 years of age and over participating in community employment schemes will be completed; her plans to expand the arrangements of persons on community employment schemes that are 62 years of age that can stay on the scheme until they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12308/18]
955. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring forward a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; the actions that have been taken to date in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12307/18]
946. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the reorganisation of MABS and CIS; her further views on whether the concerns of those that have expressed grave reservations regarding the reorganisation process itself and the impact it will have on MABS and CIS and those that voluntarily gave their time to these services have been adequately addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12172/18]
940. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11975/18]
638. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to classify haemochromatosis as a long-term illness on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12694/18]
377. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason an association (details supplied) would not be afforded protections under the Industrial Relations Act 1990 if it engaged in withdrawal of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12171/18]
575. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the meetings she or her departmental officials have had with her British counterpart regarding Brexit and reciprocal rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11195/18]
574. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which there is no oral hearing and an oral hearing respectively in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11194/18]