573. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has completed a review of the rules governing the participation of older persons on community employment schemes; if so, the outcome of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11193/18]
572. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of placements currently available on the Tús scheme; her plans to make changes to this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11192/18]
571. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have secured employment as a result of participating in JobPath; if her Department collects data on the type and quality of employment secured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11191/18]
570. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath since it commenced; the number of persons who have been subject to sanctions in each year to date for non-engagement with JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11190/18]
561. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11056/18]
204. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue in relation to a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8831/18]
257. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of programmes that involve giving assistance to vulnerable young persons and special needs children on an occasional basis have been discontinued due to the host organisations wrongly interpreting the Children and Vulnerable Persons Act 2016; the action he will take to clarify the situation to enable these interactions to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8780/18]
219. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the teacher education section of his Department will provide financial assistance to a centre (details supplied) to find a temporary solution to its parking problems while it is awaiting a response to its proposal for a new site and building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8783/18]
218. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the building unit of his Department will consider and approve the proposal for a new building which was submitted by a centre (details supplied) in October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8782/18]
91. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the timeframe that persons that are 62 years of age and over can spend on community employment schemes in view of the fact that such persons will exit the scheme before pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8311/18]
78. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the restructuring of MABS and the CIS; her views on this restructuring process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8308/18]
66. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the social insurance system to a system based on the contributory principle as outlined in a document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8309/18]
63. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that those that are the first to receive a pension under the total contributions approach will not be significantly financially disadvantaged and suddenly faced with a lower pension than they otherwise would have received under the yearly average approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8307/18]
58. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to continue with the roll-out of the public services card; the number of services for which it is necessary in view of the fact that an investigation is under way by the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to the card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8310/18]
38. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with the issue of bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8466/18]
36. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a recent ESRI report (details supplied) and in particular the high rate of deprivation being experienced by lone-parent households and persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8465/18]
622. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to review the process with the back-to-education allowance in view of the fact that a person has to apply each year for a back-to-education allowance if doing a four-year course despite the fact that previously the allowance granted the person the full four years of study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6824/18]
388. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to enable persons who work as home helps to join the HSE pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7004/18]
170. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end pay inequality for teachers; when a decision will issue on the pay review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6676/18]
290. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific measures that have been taken since the action plan for jobless households was published in September 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6246/18]
268. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of programmes which involve giving assistance to vulnerable young persons and special needs children on an occasional basis, which is done without payment and within a school setting, have been discontinued due to the fact the host organisations have incorrectly interpreted the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts, 2012 to 2016, as applying in this situation; the steps she will take to clarify the situation to enable these useful and successful interactions to resume (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6130/18]
201. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide palliative home care between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. for persons who are terminally ill to allow them the dignity of remaining at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6225/18]
599. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which and when she plans to unwind cuts made to lone parents' payments during the recession as reported recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5860/18]
598. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put in place protection for persons due to retire in the period 2020-30 to ensure they are not financially disadvantaged and do not receive a reduced rate of pension when the total contributions approach replaces the yearly average approach for entitlement to a contributory pension in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5858/18]
107. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the rate of youth unemployment in each region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5861/18]
295. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4942/18]
286. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of a company (details supplied), which indirectly receives a substantial amount of funding from her Department, is refusing to recognise a trade union the majority of its employees wish to join; her views on whether it is appropriate that this company should be receiving public funding in those circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4744/18]
196. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the terms of report No. 42 with regard to higher remuneration in public service were not applied to a small number of former health board officials who transferred to the HSE in 2005, some of whom are still employed by the HSE, while others have retired; the justification for this; the action he plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4719/18]
614. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county who have been subject to sanctions 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. [4457/18]
613. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the total contributions approach that is due to come into effect for all pensioners in 2020 will be modelled differently from the one announced for the 2012 pension anomalies; if this will affect those who will be able to avail of the new total contributions approach as a result of the 2012 anomalies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4456/18]
612. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of the new total contributions approach and home caring credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4455/18]
611. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons negatively affected by changes introduced to the contributory pension in 2012; the number of persons expected to benefit from the new total contributions approach and home caring credit; the number expected to benefit by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4454/18]
207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a disability allowance payment has not been made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3757/18]
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the extension of the powers of the Maintenance Recovery Unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to make a District Court application for a Payment Order, in respect of jobseekers transitional payment to one parent families, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a 'liable relative', a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment
609. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decision by the Citizens Information Board to cease funding the MABS national management forum with immediate effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3256/18]
603. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing paternity benefit by one to six weeks, respectively, taking into account increases announced in Budget 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3188/18]
602. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity benefit by one to six weeks, respectively, taking into account increases announced in budget 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3187/18]
601. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all social assistance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, by payment type and amount taking into account increases announced in budget 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3186/18]
600. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing all social insurance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, by payment type and amount taking into account increases announced in budget 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3185/18]
304. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to put ambulance service staff on the same footing as other uniformed services from the point of view of pay, conditions and pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3293/18]
213. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of the back to work enterprise allowance in 2017; the estimated full year cost of extending the period whereby a person can keep a percentage of their social welfare payment from two to three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2246/18]
212. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that applied for a social welfare payment in 2017; the percentage that were refused a payment; the percentage that were successful on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/18]
211. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of jobless households here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2244/18]
210. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reports and reviews that have been commissioned since 14 June 2017; the publication date or expected publication date of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2215/18]
49. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on appeal processing times for essential social protection payments in view of the fact that the average waiting time on appeal at the end of 2017 for an oral hearing was 26.2 weeks and 19.7 weeks to finalise a summary decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1965/18]
41. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the likelihood of the national social target for poverty reduction being met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1963/18]
36. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest SILC data which shows that 40.2% of lone parent households are at risk of poverty, 24.6% are in consistent poverty and 50.1% are experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1964/18]
19. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of social protection payments that have been subject to sanctions in 2017 due to non-compliance or non-engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1967/18]
9. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to improve the operation of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1966/18]