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Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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JobPath Implementation
John Brady
277. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have obtained employment through Seetec, by county, in tabular form. [18193/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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JobPath Implementation
John Brady
278. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid to Turas Nua since it was selected to deliver JobPath. [18194/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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JobPath Implementation
John Brady
279. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid to Seetec since it was selected to deliver JobPath. [18195/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
John Brady
280. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons selected for JobPath can transfer onto community employment, JobBridge or Gateway schemes. [18196/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Work Placement Programmes
John Brady
290. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the time a person can remain with a community and voluntary organisation under the Tús work placement initiative where this is mutually agreeable or desirable. [18394/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Industrial Disputes
John Brady
565. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the ongoing dispute between Childminding Ireland and IMPACT members in Kilcoole, County Wicklow; if she will use her influence to require Childminding Ireland to engage in normal negotiations through the State's industrial relations bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18445/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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NAMA Social Housing Provision
John Brady
19. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance if he believes amending NAMA’s mandate to include a more explicit goal of contributing to social and affordable housing here, would benefit the State economically and socially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17513/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Credit Union Restructuring
John Brady
24. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to support the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Child Benefit Payments
John Brady
150. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes he is considering in making child benefit payments to fathers or guardians of children and the expected timeframe for any such changes. [17413/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
John Brady
276. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if the report and review on the impact of the reduced jobseeker payment rates for jobseekers 18 to 25 years of age, as committed to in the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy has commenced; and if not, when it will be undertaken. [16698/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Offices
John Brady
285. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the future of the social welfare office in Swinford, County Mayo; if he can assure people in east County Mayo that there are no plans to close the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16818/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
298. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive the jobseeker's transition payment and the family income supplement if they meet the qualifying criteria. [16999/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
299. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of making the jobseeker's transitional payment and the Student Universal Support Ireland grant payable to lone parents who are undertaking an educational or training course for the duration of the course regardless of the age of the youngest child in the family or whether the family is in receipt under the rent supplement scheme. [17000/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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National Parks Projects
John Brady
337. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State will acquire land (details supplied) as part of an expanded Wicklow Mountains National Park. [16697/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Motorised Transport Grant Closure
John Brady
344. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the motorised transport grant and, if so, the timeframe for its reinstatement. [16688/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Substance Misuse
John Brady
345. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a survey carried out by an inter-agency group to identify gaps in services for persons under 18 years of age experiencing substance abuse in east Wicklow (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16913/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
John Brady
74. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) who has a pension under the invalidity pension scheme can obtain a certificate under the primary medical certificate scheme so as to recoup vehicle registration tax. [16451/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Garda Recruitment
John Brady
133. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits to An Garda Síochána and the number of recruits who dropped out, by district and by station, in 2015 and in 2016 to date. [15972/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes
John Brady
472. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide the methadone treatment list data for the Kildare and west Wicklow local health office. [15973/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Departmental Expenditure
John Brady
307. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for 2017 of increasing by €40 the weekly payments received by recipients of an age-related lower rate of jobseeker's allowance and supplementary welfare allowance. [14666/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Funding
John Brady
308. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated net cost of an additional 1,000 places on the community employment scheme for 2017. [14667/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Departmental Expenditure
John Brady
309. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €5 for 2017. [14668/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Departmental Expenditure
John Brady
310. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the numbers of hours worked required to access family income support from 19 to 15. [14669/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Community Services Programme
John Brady
311. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the community services programme in each of the past ten years; and the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding through the community services programme in order to cover the cost of the 50 cent increase to the minimum wage. [14670/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Community Services Programme
John Brady
312. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding through the community services programme in order to enable the sector to become a living-wage employer, that is, that a minimum wage of €11.50 per hour would apply. [14671/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
313. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the proposed new working family payment scheme for the family income supplement scheme, the back-to-work family dividend and the rules governing the permissibility of work and earnings disregards of other working age payment schemes; if it is to replace any or all of these payments and if so, if the total number of recipients of an in-work welfare support will increase or decrease; if so, by how much; and if it is envisaged that the total social protection spend supplementing paid employment will increase or decrease, and if so, by how much. [14672/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
314. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the approximate timeframe within which he envisages introducing the Government's proposed working family payment scheme. [14673/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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National Internship Scheme
John Brady
315. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated saving in 2017 and a full year from closing the JobBridge scheme to new applicants. [14674/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Work Placement Programmes
John Brady
316. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year saving from abolishing the gateway scheme. [14675/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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JobsPlus Scheme
John Brady
317. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the approximate fully year net saving from moving 1,000 jobseekers who have been unemployed for longer than 24 months into work via the JobsPlus scheme. [14676/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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JobsPlus Scheme
John Brady
318. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the approximate full year net saving from moving 1,000 jobseekers who have been unemployed for longer than 12 months into work via the JobsPlus scheme. [14677/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Minor Ailments Scheme
John Brady
72. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when the pilot for the minor ailments scheme will commence; the geographic spread of the pilot; the timeline for reporting and recommendations; if recommendations will be binding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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National Children's Hospital
John Brady
83. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when the memorandum for information to Government relating to the children’s hospital capital project will be completed; the timeframe for the commencement of the enabling works contracts; when the general scheme of a Bill to establish a new children’s hospital body will be brought to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13700/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Fire Service
John Brady
402. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if discussions have taken place between the fire service in County Wicklow and Dublin in relation to the boundaries for the fire service between the two areas; and if so, if an agreement has been reached to allow Wicklow fire service to cover the Old Connaught Avenue area in County Dublin, as the closest fire station to the area is in the Wicklow fire service area. [13532/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Private Bus Operators
John Brady
880. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any grant funding available for the purchase of disability accessible 54-seat coaches for private hire coach operators. [13449/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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National Internship Scheme Review
John Brady
27. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has completed the review into the JobBridge scheme; and if so, the reason he has not published it. [11889/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Child Benefit Eligibility
John Brady
59. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the proposal to link the payment of child benefit to a child's attendance at school; and his further views on whether child benefit should remain a universal payment. [11805/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
John Brady
63. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the jobseeker's allowance to persons under 26 years of age to the full payment; and his views on the contention that the reduction by the past two Governments was discriminatory on age grounds. [11806/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Traveller Projects Funding
John Brady
64. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of increasing funding for Traveller initiatives for 2017 in tabular form. [11512/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Allowances
John Brady
126. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the SOLAS training allowance for 2017 in tabular form. [11504/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
291. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the family income supplement scheme by 10% for 2017 in tabular form. [11498/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
292. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the Jobseeker's Allowance Scheme for young jobseekers for 2017 in line with those persons over 25 years of age in tabular form. [11499/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
293. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €9.50 per month for 2017 in tabular form. [11500/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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One-Parent Family Payment Data
John Brady
294. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of raising the allowance cut-off under the one-parent family scheme to 12 years of age for the child and of increasing the earnings disregard to €120 per month for 2017 in tabular form. [11501/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Disability Support Services Funding
John Brady
295. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the EmployAbility services to support an extra 1,000 persons in tabular form. [11502/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Back to Education Allowance Data
John Brady
296. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to education allowance scheme for persons under 26 years of age to €188 per month for 2017 in tabular form. [11503/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Fuel Allowance Data
John Brady
297. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance by three weeks for 2017 in tabular form. [11505/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Social Welfare Code
John Brady
298. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the bereavement grant for 2017 in tabular form. [11506/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Disability Support Services
John Brady
299. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the spend in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date under the reasonable accommodation fund scheme in tabular form. [11507/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Disability Support Services
John Brady
300. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimates provided and the overturn, by cost, under the reasonable accommodation fund scheme in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [11508/16]