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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2018
3. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to correct the 2012 pension anomalies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2190/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2018
1. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest survey of income and living conditions, SILC, data which show that approximately 11% of children are living in consistent poverty, that 19% are at risk of poverty and that 25% are experiencing deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2134/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1675. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 45 years of age and above in receipt of jobseeker's payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1926/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1674. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, by age and length of unemployment, who have participated in JobPath in each year since it commenced in 2013, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1925/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1673. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of sanctions issued by her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2017 as a result of non-compliance or non-engagement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1924/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1672. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the time limits for backdating all social welfare payments under the remit of her Department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1923/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1639. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for an auto-enrolment pension system; if a report has been or is being prepared on same; the expected publication date of same; the date this new system is expected to come into operation; the full-year cost of implementing such a system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1247/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1638. 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 full-year cost of increasing the number of staff by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1246/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1637. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing disability allowance, carer's allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension by €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1245/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1636. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the wage subsidy scheme for persons in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1244/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1635. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all Intreo staff have received disability awareness training; the cost of training staff who have not undergone such training to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1243/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1634. 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. [1241/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1633. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of operating the free travel scheme; the cost of increasing expenditure by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1240/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1632. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the Christmas bonus to persons in receipt of the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1239/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1631. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1238/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1630. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1237/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1629. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing child benefit by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1236/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1628. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of the household benefits package; the full-year cost of increasing the monthly electricity allowance and the natural gas allowance by €5 and €10, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1235/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1627. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant at a rate of €850; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1234/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1626. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1233/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1625. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer's support grant by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1232/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1624. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the income thresholds for family income supplement by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1230/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1623. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of extending jobseeker's payments to the self-employed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1229/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1622. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reversing changes made to the one-parent family payment in 2012, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1228/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1621. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1227/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1620. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the fuel allowance by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1226/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1619. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1225/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1618. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reversing the changes made in 2012 to the bands for the contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1224/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1617. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social assistance payments by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1223/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1616. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social insurance payments by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1222/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1574. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if candidates interviewed for the post of chief executive of the Citizens Information Board were asked to outline proposals to dismantle and replace or otherwise restructure entities, such as citizens' information services and MABS, funded and supported by the board (details supplied); if this took place in advance of a board decision on the future corporate governance of those entities; if so, the reason for the sequencing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54466/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1569. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54401/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
1525. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 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. [1221/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
322. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the position of resource teachers for Travellers in view of the fact that they are now recognised as a separate ethnic group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54468/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2018
302. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places on the momentum programme; the full year cost of increasing the number of places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1242/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
713. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years and over in receipt of a jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54160/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
712. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in the years 2012 to 2017 in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households in those years that have had their rent supplement increased over and above the standard rate set for each local authority in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54159/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
711. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the national social target for poverty reduction; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54158/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
710. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the Government's child poverty target; the likelihood of this target being reached within the timeframe set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54157/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
709. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of unemployment for persons with a disability here; the way in which this compares with the EU average in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54156/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
708. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; the way in which this compares with the EU average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54155/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
258. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rates of poverty and deprivation for those not at work due to an illness or a disability in tabular form; the way in which these figures compared to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53415/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
257. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation here; the way in which this rate compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53414/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
256. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All campaign since its commencement to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53413/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
255. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure on external consultant reports commissioned by her Department to date since 6 May 2016; the report and expenditure on each report in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53412/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
254. 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 cases in which there is an oral hearing in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53411/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
253. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for all social welfare payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53410/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
252. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for children here as measured by EUROSTAT in tabular form; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53409/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
251. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parent households here as measured by EUROSTAT in tabular form; the way in which this rate compares to the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53408/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
99. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places in mainstream schools that have been made available to accommodate children with special needs nationally for the school years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, by county, in tabular form; the adequacy of the provision of these additional school places for children with special needs in relation to demand nationally for the same period, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53291/17]