Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Programme for Government Initiatives

Willie O'Dea

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]

JobPath Programme

Willie O'Dea

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]

Child Poverty

Willie O'Dea

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]

Departmental Funding

Willie O'Dea

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]

Site Acquisitions

Willie O'Dea

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]

Superannuation Schemes

Willie O'Dea

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]

Superannuation Schemes

Willie O'Dea

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]

Superannuation Schemes

Willie O'Dea

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]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Willie O'Dea

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]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Willie O'Dea

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]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Willie O'Dea

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]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Willie O'Dea

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]

Garda Resources

Willie O'Dea

608. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the financial allocation for An Garda Síochána in 2010 and in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37705/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Willie O'Dea

1901. 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 rent supplement increased above the prescribed limits for their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38567/17]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Willie O'Dea

1902. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of welfare recipients who have been subject to sanctions for non-engagement in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38568/17]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Willie O'Dea

1903. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for an exceptional needs payment in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number who have been awarded and refused this payment, respectively; the expenditure on this payment in those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38569/17]

Departmental Reports

Willie O'Dea

1904. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report that was to be prepared by her Department within three months of the passing of the Social Welfare Act 2016 on the financial and social effects of amendments to the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38570/17]

Poverty Data

Willie O'Dea

1905. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares with the EUROSTAT average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38571/17]

Poverty Data

Willie O'Dea

1906. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for those not at work due to an illness or disability; the way in which this compares with the EUROSTAT average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38572/17]

Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times

Willie O'Dea

1907. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting times for decisions on all social welfare payments from her Department; the number of persons awaiting decisions for all social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38573/17]