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Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Willie O'Dea
78. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2016 of increasing all working-age benefits and payments under the auspices of her Department by €3, €4, €5, €6, €7, €9 and €10 per week in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46088/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Youth Guarantee
Willie O'Dea
80. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of extending the Youth Guarantee to those under 25 years of age who are in receipt of disability allowance and are currently excluded from the guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46134/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Free Travel Scheme Data
Willie O'Dea
81. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected increase, due to changing demographics, in the number of persons availing of the free travel scheme over the next five years; the cost of maintaining the scheme at current levels, taking account of the projected increase in users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46135/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Jobseeker's Benefit
Willie O'Dea
88. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of replacing the three-day rule for the payment of jobseeker’s benefits with a sliding scale system determined by hours worked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46211/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Family Income Supplement Eligibility
Willie O'Dea
89. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of replacing the 38-hour threshold for family income supplement qualification with a sliding scale system that would reflect the fact that many persons may be working, or wish to work, fewer than 19 hours per week and may be in just as much need as current recipients of this supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46212/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Willie O'Dea
99. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance from 26 to 32 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46322/15]
Tue, 15 Dec 2015
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Disability Allowance Eligibility
Willie O'Dea
103. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will award a backdated increase to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is in receipt of a disability allowance which had been recently reduced to €42 per week based on spousal income, as this income has now ceased from 13 November 2015 and the spouse is now due to recommence employment on a casual basis; if she will confirm that arrears will issue for the full amount of disability allowance to the applicant for the period from 13 November to date, as no other income has been received in the household; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44944/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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Rent Supplement Scheme Data
Willie O'Dea
64. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients under the rent supplement scheme, of active tenancies under the housing assistance payment scheme, the number of households who have applied to have their rent supplement increased above the current threshold, the number who have had their rent supplement increased, the number who have been refused, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44432/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Direct Provision Expenditure
Willie O'Dea
117. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the direct provision adult allowance from €19.10 to €25.00, €30.00, €35.00, €38.74, and the cost of increasing the allowance paid in respect of children from €9.60 to €15.00, €20.00, €25.00, €29.80 per year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43756/15]
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Home Care Packages
Willie O'Dea
57. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide a statutory entitlement to a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42999/15]
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Willie O'Dea
158. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the long waiting times for an outpatient appointment at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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School Services Staff
Willie O'Dea
149. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will contact the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick concerning the position of a retired caretaker; if she will resolve this issue in conjunction with the board of management given that the caretaker would have been prepared to continue to work if made aware of the full facts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43194/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Garda Operations
Willie O'Dea
62. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Limerick city under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42423/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Garda Deployment
Willie O'Dea
70. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Henry Street and Roxboro districts on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42424/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Willie O'Dea
140. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the eligibility of participants on community employment schemes who are over 55 years of age; her plans to overturn the recent amendments preventing those over 55 years of age from remaining on a scheme for six years or more; if she will provide clear guidelines to those who administer these schemes, particularly on the subject of extensions, to avoid discrepancies in the use of discretion and to ensure that persons are retained within the community who provide a valuable contribution to it, given the pride they take in their participation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42538/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Willie O'Dea
150. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application for renewal and extension of a community employment scheme at a place of work was rejected for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will review the application and appeal, with a view to re-instating it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42593/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Departmental Programmes
Willie O'Dea
184. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in activation programmes who, because of their participation, are not included on the live register, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42961/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Water Charges Exemptions
Willie O'Dea
547. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to exempt pensioners from the water charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42530/15]
Thu, 26 Nov 2015
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Swimming Pool Programme Applications
Willie O'Dea
225. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate funding through the sports capital grant programme to return the full use of facilities at the University of Limerick Arena, permitting the addressing of significant maintenance issues relating to the 50-metre pool which are having a negative impact on the arena's ability to host any major event at present; why he has not provided these funds to date; why his Department has enabled the loss of business to the locality through its inaction and lack of attention to these health and safety issues, an inaction that has cost Limerick City and the province in general loss of revenue, and has caused detrimental damage to the development of local talent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42217/15]
Tue, 24 Nov 2015
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Employment Support Services
Willie O'Dea
109. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current number of participants in the JobBridge and community employment schemes, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41296/15]