1224. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46190/17]
69. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on an independent review (details supplied) of the amendments to the one-parent family payment since 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46858/17]
65. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she no longer plans on introducing a new working family payment, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46857/17]
61. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the Citizens Information Board's refusal to appear before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection to discuss the reorganisation of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, and the Citizen Information Service, CIS, and the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46859/17]
60. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the heads of the Bill regarding protection for persons on insecure low-hour contracts will be published; when the Bill will be introduced on Second Stage in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46855/17]
51. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report she has asked her Department to prepare on the post-2012 contributory pension band rates is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46919/17]
49. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all members of the Citizens Information Board,CIS unanimously signed off on the cost-benefit analysis report on the restructuring of MABS and the CIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46918/17]
256. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the anomalies in the calculation of the contributory pension before 2020 in view of the fact that the system is scheduled to move from an averaging approach to a total contributions approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45395/17]
255. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she will take if the report on pension inequities agreed to by the former Minister for Social Protection finds that the changes introduced to bands in 2012 had an adverse effect on pensioners and women pensioners in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45394/17]
254. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected publication date of the report on pension inequities agreed to by the former Minister for Social Protection during the passing of the Social Welfare Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45393/17]
106. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the reason pensioners who were formerly civil servants, gardaí and members of the Defence Forces are excluded from NHR tax exemption in Portugal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45111/17]
394. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) signed up with Turas Nua cannot avail of funding to undertake a course that will help him or her to establish his or her own business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44808/17]
384. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) dealing with Turas Nua cannot accept an offer of employment from north Tipperary Leader partnership in view of the fact they are on a job programme with Turas Nua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44618/17]
126. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals in DEIS schools in the Limerick city and county catchment area; the supports and resources that are available to free them up to attend external meetings such as child protection case conferences or Meitheal meetings in which their contribution is vital to enhancing an inter agency response to a vulnerable child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44854/17]
96. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for an early intervention unit at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44095/17]
579. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person must be in receipt of both the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance in order to qualify for the newly announced weekly telephone support allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43730/17]
578. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the enhanced JobsPlus recruitment incentive announced in budget 2018; the moneys allocated to same; the targets set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43729/17]
577. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is no longer planning on introducing a working family payment as committed to in the programme for Government in view of the fact that the Government has retained family income supplement as the working family payment; if so, the rationale behind this; her plans to reform the operation of FIS in terms of the number of hours required to be worked in order to receive this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43728/17]
576. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the new youth employment support scheme announced in budget 2018; the funding provided to this scheme; the date this scheme is expected to commence; the targets set; the numbers expected to participate in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43727/17]
138. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide mortality and morbidity information below county level here particularly in the context of the proposed health information and patient safety Bill; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this breakdown of mortality and morbidity information below county levels is essential as a baseline for assessment of potential health risks to the public from environmental and other sources and is a requirement of EU member states under the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43358/17]
190. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a date for an oral hearing with an appeals officer on a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43171/17]
695. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42253/17]
688. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42952/17]
659. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of rent supplement by county, in tabular form; the number of households in each county that have had a rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42537/17]
658. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and subject matter of reports and reviews that has been commissioned by her Department and are currently under way, in tabular form; if an outside body has been commissioned to conduct the report and review; the expected publication dates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42536/17]
657. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps which have been taken by her Department to date in establishing an auto-enrolment pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42535/17]
656. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of reintroducing the State transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42534/17]
655. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of reversing changes made to the eligibility criteria for the contributory State Pension in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42533/17]
654. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of backdating the homemaker's scheme to 1970 in incremental steps of five years from 1994; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42532/17]
653. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the independent review of the changes to the one-parent family payment which was agreed to during the passage of the Social Welfare Act 2016; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42531/17]
48. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) living in Portugal cannot avail of the NHR status enabling those who become tax resident in Portugal the opportunity to receive qualifying income tax-free, both in Portugal and in the country of the source of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42270/17]
507. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in her Department on consolidating all means testing under a single national body in order that persons will only apply once for services or entitlements across all Government agencies, as committed to in the programme for partnership Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40395/17]
216. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance, carers benefit, full rate and half rate, carers allowance, illness benefit, blind pension and invalidity pension, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39960/17]
215. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payments in which a qualified child increase payment is also paid in respect of children in the household; the number of children to whom this payment is paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39959/17]
214. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the living alone allowance; the number of persons in receipt of this payment, by gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39958/17]
59. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance his plans for persons who are granted damages against defendants who are insured by a company (details supplied) in view of the recent Supreme Court decision that they will be paid from the insurance compensation fund in cases in which the amount recoverable is capped at 65%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39978/17]
686. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the restructuring process of MABS and CIS can be halted until such a time as there is agreement between relevant stakeholders on a way forward that is agreeable with all sides concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39133/17]
685. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has formally met representatives of MABS and CIS who are opposed to the restructuring of their organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39132/17]
684. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cost-benefit analysis of the MABS and CIS restructuring process has been completed; if completed, the findings of this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39131/17]
683. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she has taken on foot on the motion opposing the restructuring of MABS and CIS being passed by Dáil Éireann and a report from the Joint Committee on Social Protection which also called for the restructuring process to be halted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39130/17]
584. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has sought to retrospectively impose financial restrictions on funding for an independent actuary for the CIÉ superannuation pension scheme 1951, in view of the unrestricted independent actuarial advice made available to the trade union group to facilitate the 1994 CIÉ pensions rationalisation agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39553/17]
583. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a committee (details supplied) has declined the request of approximately 450 active employees for funding for an independent legal opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39552/17]
582. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised regarding the funding proposal submitted to the pensions authority regarding the CIÉ superannuation 1951 pension scheme; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there was no consultation with the trade union group or the active membership of the pension scheme; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the CIÉ superannuation 1951 pension committee is now preparing to submit a new funding proposal containing measures that will seriously diminish members' pension benefits; his views on whether it is fair that the pension benefits of the active membership of the CIÉ superannuation 1951 pension committee schedule should be diminished as a result of a number of issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39551/17]
221. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the building unit within his Department will consider buying a permanent site in the city of Limerick as a matter of urgency to house Limerick education centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/17]
219. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department allocates to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39155/17]
72. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether Ireland will reach the child-specific poverty target that is set out in Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures - the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39440/17]
71. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised regarding the impact that JobPath is having on community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39441/17]
45. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment that the Government is committed to introducing as outlined in the programme for partnership Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39443/17]
44. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the pension system; her further plans to address the anomaly in the calculation of the contributory pension whereby those that took time out of the workforce for caring duties are being denied a full State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39442/17]
34. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts she has made to halt the restructuring of MABS and CIS until such a time as the concerns of the many staff and volunteers have been comprehensively addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39439/17]