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Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Parental Leave
Brendan Howlin
396. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the new paid parental leave benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30323/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Parental Leave
Brendan Howlin
397. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new paid parental leave benefit will be available to all new parents of children born since the budget 2019 announcement in October 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30324/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
Brendan Howlin
398. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing child benefit and domiciliary care allowance by €5 in 2020; the estimated full year cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30325/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Social Welfare Benefits Payments
Brendan Howlin
399. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has been provided with sufficient expenditure allocation for the payment of a full Christmas bonus in 2019; the projected cost of a 100% Christmas bonus in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30326/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Jobseeker's Allowance Data
Brendan Howlin
400. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 26 years of age and under in receipt of jobseeker's allowance by age and payment; the number of qualified adult rates included in these groups; the estimated cost in a full year of restoring all the reduced payments for persons under 26 years to the full adult rate and with the qualified adult rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30327/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Local Authority Housing Data
Brendan Howlin
421. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost of building an additional 1,000 social housing units per year on local authority or State owned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30346/19]
Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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Local Authority Housing Data
Brendan Howlin
422. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS recipients, respectively, by council area at the end of 2017, 2018 and in 2019 to date; the projected full year numbers for 2019 in view of the fact the information is not available on the website in this format; the full year costs of each scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30347/19]
Tue, 9 Jul 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) met in May or June 2019. [27636/19]
Tue, 9 Jul 2019
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Departmental Operations
Brendan Howlin
7. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach the number of whistleblower complaints in his Department to date. [28114/19]
Tue, 9 Jul 2019
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National Economic Dialogue
Brendan Howlin
168. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his attendance at the National Economic Dialogue. [29289/19]
Thu, 4 Jul 2019
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Social Welfare Appeals
Brendan Howlin
425. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an oral hearing appeal for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28632/19]
Wed, 3 Jul 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met; and when it is next scheduled to meet. [26685/19]
Wed, 3 Jul 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
9. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it will next meet. [27635/19]
Tue, 2 Jul 2019
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Departmental Meetings
Brendan Howlin
280. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a meeting will be arranged with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27997/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Brexit Issues
Brendan Howlin
7. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of goods and services imported from the United Kingdom; the percentage of goods and services exported to the United Kingdom; the extent to which this has changed since the Brexit referendum in June 2016; and her views on whether businesses here have been able to find new markets outside of Britain. [25219/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Disability Allowance Applications
Brendan Howlin
244. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27277/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Illness Benefit Payments
Brendan Howlin
246. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment of an illness benefit claim even though the person received confirmation of being awarded illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27309/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Programme for Government
Brendan Howlin
2. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his views on the annual report on A Programme for a Partnership Government; and his plans to review or amend the agreement. [26684/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Commissions of Investigation
Brendan Howlin
4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach the projected costs of the commission of investigation into IBRC. [25245/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Departmental Administrative Arrangements
Brendan Howlin
5. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [25247/19]