501. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services that require a public services card; if a public services card is required to open a post office account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51840/17]
438. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a proposal by a company (details supplied) that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a group to sell units at Childers Road Enterprise Centre, County Limerick; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that some of the sitting tenants' businesses will be adversely affected to the point they may have to close down with a considerable loss of jobs as they are dependent on the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51425/17]
531. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding to community services programmes; the cost of increasing funding in line with the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51231/17]
530. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing paternity benefit by one to six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51230/17]
529. 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, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51229/17]
528. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 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. [51228/17]
527. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of the household benefits package; the estimated cost of increasing the monthly electricity allowance and the natural gas allowance by €5 and €10, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51227/17]
526. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of reinstating the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51226/17]
525. 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. [51225/17]
524. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer's support grant by €50, €100, €150, €200 and €250, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51224/17]
523. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income thresholds for FIS by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51223/17]
522. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending jobseeker payments to the self-employed, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51222/17]
521. 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. [51221/17]
520. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51220/17]
519. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the full allowance by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51219/17]
518. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €2, €3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €8, €9 and €10, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51218/17]
517. 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. [51217/17]
516. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social assistance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, by payment, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51216/17]
515. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social insurance payments by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, by payment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51215/17]
499. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the job activation programmes for persons with a disability; the expenditure on same; the estimated cost of increasing expenditure by 10% on each programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50911/17]
498. 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 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50909/17]
494. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the focus on social inclusion is retained and copperfastened in community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50808/17]
493. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding allocated to exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50807/17]
160. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the reduced pupil-teacher ratio, 26:1, as announced in budget 2018 will be implemented; the way the reduced ratio to the 2018-2019 staffing schedule will be applied; if the reduction will be applied to all points on the staffing schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51178/17]
122. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on the Momentum programme; the estimated cost of increasing the number of places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50910/17]
120. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of a pension for community employment scheme supervisors; the actions taken by him to resolve this issue; if he will report on the meetings held by the high-level forum since it was established to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50859/17]
73. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50503/17]
64. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the impact of the 2012 changes to the contributory pension will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50502/17]
56. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind renaming family income supplement to the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50500/17]
55. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualifying conditions for exceptional needs payments have changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50499/17]
32. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the safeguards in place to ensure lone parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment are not required to seek maintenance from those who have abused them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50710/17]
30. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the future of the local employment service and jobs club; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50709/17]
657. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions her Department has taken when a complaint has been received in relation to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50273/17]
656. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath since its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50272/17]
655. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints received against the two companies tasked with delivering JobPath since it commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50271/17]
654. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of successful appeals relating to exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50270/17]
653. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of requests for exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of exceptional needs payments granted; the number refused, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50269/17]
647. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the Christmas bonus to those in receipt of illness benefit; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50076/17]
192. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals in DEIS schools by local authority area; the cost of providing an administrative principal in these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/17]
211. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49705/17]
605. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of a disability allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49392/17]
575. 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 (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48983/17]
459. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance review for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47754/17]
191. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to introduce a reduction for those on low income, social welfare or senior citizens regarding the fixed fee when applying for naturalisation; his further plans to abolish the penalty that applies at present to those that are not in a position to pay the fixed rate within a set period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48160/17]
250. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the public services card is required as proof of identity to sit the driver theory test; if an in-date passport will suffice instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/17]
11. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the media campaign designed to promote the public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/17]
204. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons who are self-employed will be in a position to apply for an invalidity pension; if the contribution rule has been determined; her plans to provide the option of partial capacity benefit for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47166/17]
1353. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has sanctioned funding to an association (details supplied) to fund the purchase of houses yet to be built at Rhebogue, Limerick city; the amount of funding that was sought; the amount that was approved; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of houses will be less than the amount for which funding was originally sought as a result of a planning decision by Limerick City and County Council; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the houses that were specifically proposed for persons with a disability have been removed from the scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is widespread opposition to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46860/17]
1327. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend modular housing as a response to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46421/17]
1266. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of all advertisements taken out in print media, online, television and radio highlighting the new PRSI benefits that came into effect on 28 October 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46876/17]