Parliamentary questions

Office of Public Works Properties

Robert Dowds

357. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per Civil Service employee of office space; and the way this compares to similar figures in the private sector. [46371/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Robert Dowds

358. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide figures for the past three years for which data are available of the occupancy rate of property owned by Departments. [46372/13]

Public Sector Pensions Issues

Terence Flanagan

359. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered asking those responsible for public sector pension schemes to make a contribution to the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46419/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Dominic Hannigan

360. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way an organisation can get on the list of preferred suppliers for the Office of Public Works; when the next round of applications will be accepted; the criteria for companies that wish to apply; if there are different criteria depending on the size of the companies; the size on the contracts they will be aiming for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46436/13]

Local Authority Charges Review

Éamon Ó Cuív

361. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a rates revaluation will be carried out on a premises (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46550/13]

Local Authority Charges Review

Éamon Ó Cuív

362. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a rates revaluation will be carried out on a premises (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46551/13]

Flood Prevention Measures

Éamon Ó Cuív

363. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legal obligations on farmers to keep drains and rivulets flowing through their land cleared to stop flooding on other people's land upstream; the agency with responsibility for enforcing such law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46555/13]

Valuation Office

Patrick O'Donovan

364. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is normal practice for the Valuation Office to charge a fee for the de-rating of a commercial property; if there is a mechanism in place for the waiver of such a fee to be applied to those businesses no longer in a position to pay due to financial circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46712/13]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Tom Barry

365. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the finances and plans for the proposed new convention centre in Cork. [46902/13]

Register of Lobbyists Legislation

Patrick Nulty

366. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure the IFSC Clearing House Group is covered under the regulation of lobbying Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45703/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Olivia Mitchell

367. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way tax relief on pension contributions applies to post and pre-1995 public servants, listing the names of each pension contribution, the respective rates at which they apply, the way in which tax relief applies to those pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/13]

Ministerial Staff

Róisín Shortall

368. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name, qualifications and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [46092/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Ann Phelan

369. Deputy Ann Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of properties in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that are under the ownership of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46183/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Michael Healy-Rae

370. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the transfer of lands from the Office of Public Works to Kerry County Council for the purpose of a graveyard at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46412/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Anne Ferris

371. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that have been put in place for the conservation and future replacement of historic trees in the grounds of Leinster House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46475/13]

Flood Prevention Measures

Anne Ferris

372. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons behind the substantial two year mid-contract delay to the construction of the Bray flood protection works, a delay which is increasing the flood risk in Bray, County Wickow. [46476/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Olivia Mitchell

373. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a pre-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46489/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Olivia Mitchell

374. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a post-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46490/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Tom Fleming

375. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will expedite the transaction with Kerry County Council regarding the provision of a site for the proposed new cemetery on the grounds of Derrynane Abbey, Derrynane, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46822/13]

Office of the Ombudsman Staff

Denis Naughten

376. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the information he has regarding the earliest possible date of commencement of his nominee for the position of Ombudsman; the position, in the meantime, of complaints and appeals awaiting decision in the Ombudsman's Office, the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

377. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of his Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure. [47082/13]

Trade Agreements

Brendan Ryan

378. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the trade agreements that are in place between Ireland and Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46697/13]

Trade Agreements

Brendan Ryan

379. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the trade agreements that exist between the European Union and Colombia; when these agreements were signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46698/13]

Employment Appeals Tribunal

Brendan Griffin

380. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average time it takes for a case under the Redundancy Payment Acts to be heard by the Employment Appeals Tribunal from the time of application to the hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45632/13]

Industrial Disputes

Willie O'Dea

381. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene directly in the current industrial dispute at a company (details supplied) which has recently developed in Dublin and is ongoing in Limerick City; if he is concerned at the company's possible reneging on an agreement to pay its staff a redundancy package of five weeks per year of service and now proposing to pay 2.75 weeks per year of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45642/13]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Jonathan O'Brien

382. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided to InterTradeIreland by his Department for the most recent five years for which data is available. [45692/13]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Jonathan O'Brien

383. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendations or agreements reached to enhance co-operation and limit competition between Invest NI and Industrial Development Agency Ireland with respect to attracting inward investment. [45693/13]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Jonathan O'Brien

384. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his assessment of the potential savings to be made through an island-wide job creation and growth strategy. [45694/13]

INTERREG Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

385. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of matched funding provided to the 16 Interreg enterprise projects under the European Interreg IV Programme by his Department, by the EU, by the NI Executive, and by Intertrade Ireland. [45695/13]

INTERREG Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

386. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the detail of the aims, outcomes, budget and geographical location of the 16 interreg enterprise projects funded through the European Interreg IV Programme. [45696/13]

Exports Data

Jonathan O'Brien

387. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the levels of employment generated by exports to the north of Ireland, Britain, America, Germany, France, Japan or others for each of the past five years. [45697/13]

EU Directives

Finian McGrath

388. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 11 June 2013, if revised draft regulations have been prepared for the OPC; the timeframe for the transposition of EU Directive 2010/32/EU on the Prevention of Sharp Injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45723/13]

Gender Balance Issues

John Deasy

389. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposes to meet the new EU rules requiring that Irish listed company boards should have 40 per cent female membership by 2020 and by 2018 in the case of State-owned companies in view of the fact that the current average in Ireland is 10.7%, compared to an EU average of 16.6%. [45777/13]

Departmental Meetings

Lucinda Creighton

390. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of meetings he or his officials in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation held with ADC Therapeutics since 2011; the total number of meetings the industrial development agency held with ADC Therapeutics since 2011; if he will explain the reason the ADC Therapeutics investment failed and the amount of investment it was seeking from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45944/13]

Job Initiatives

Lucinda Creighton

391. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of full time and part-time jobs which were created directly as a result of the reduction in employers PRSI for lower paid workers from 8.5% to 4.25% since it came into effect and up until to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45947/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Róisín Shortall

392. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, qualifications and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [46090/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

393. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos 392 and 394 of 21 May 2013, the way in which the Companies Registration office is adapting and enforcing strict deadlines on private companies who continue to trade the company on behalf of the Bank. [46096/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

394. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 21 May 2013, the reason for the lack of statistics available on receivership filing and his specific statement that data received are not stored or indexed according to the receiver appointed in the Companies Registration Office; and if he will confirm that all receiverships are dealt with in the Companies Registration Office in a specific dedicated unit known as the insolvency unit. [46097/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

395. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there are no available statistics and data on the performance of the insolvency unit in the Companies Registration Office. [46098/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there has even been any action taken by the Companies Registration Office insolvency unit against a receiver for failure to file returns. [46099/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

397. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there has ever been any action taken by the Companies Registration Office insolvency unit against a receiver for late filing of returns [46100/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

398. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there has ever been any action taken by the Companies Registration Office insolvency unit for the filing of inaccurate, incomplete or misleading returns by a receiver. [46101/13]

Companies Law Issues

Pearse Doherty

399. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 21 May 2013, the extent of abuse in the practise of receivers of filing abstracts supplying only details on total payments and total receipts in the period and not poviding a detailed breakdown of all receipts and payments during the period covered by the return as receivers are required by law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46102/13]

Seed Capital Scheme Applications

Michelle Mulherin

400. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure for applying for funding under the seed and venture capital scheme; the processing time for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46139/13]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 22 October 2013, the number of groups invited to tender for the role of developing the microenterprise loans fund; the number short listed; the dates on which the procurement exercise was conducted; and if he will confirm that it was consistent with the highest standards in public procurement. [46145/13]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Development

Pearse Doherty

402. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role played by Social Finance Foundation in the consultation to establish the Microenterprise Loan Fund; if this body made direct recommendations to his Department; and if he will make these recommendations public. [46146/13]

Health and Safety Regulations

Catherine Murphy

403. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that the Health and Safety Authority retains powers conferred by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 in respect of the operations of Irish Water and agents contracted by it to carry out installation works of water meters; if not, if he will indicate the way construction works undertaken by Irish Water and its agents are to be monitored to a satisfactory safety standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46161/13]

Work Permit Applications

Dan Neville

404. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a green card in respect of a person (details supplied). [46378/13]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Dominic Hannigan

405. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are grants available from agencies under his Department's aegis specifically for companies looking to increase the amount of sales and marketing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46413/13]

Trade Agreements

Brendan Smith

406. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that are provided for in the EU/Canada Trade Agreement to protect the Irish and European beef and pork sectors, in view of the major concessions on beef and pork ceded by the EU to Canada in the Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/13]

IDA Site Visits

Brendan Ryan

407. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times since January 2012 that companies looking to invest in Ireland have been shown industrial units in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin as potential sites to set up business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46707/13]

Regional Aid

Mattie McGrath

408. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position regarding the designation of the south east NUTS 3 region for regional state aid since the region clearly meets both the GDP and unemployment eligibility criteria as outlined under the European Commission's new guidelines on regional state aid for 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46962/13]

Budget 2014

Mary Lou McDonald

409. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of his Department's Budget 2014 reductions to expenditure. [47080/13]

Community Employment Schemes

Paul Connaughton

410. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to put all community employment schemes, rural social schemes and Tús schemes under the umberella of the county councils; if she will state when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45847/13]

Social Insurance Issues

Patrick O'Donovan

411. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding people who are 66 years of age or older with regard to charging PRSI on rental income from 2014; if the person is exempt from this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46210/13]

Social Insurance Rates

Robert Dowds

412. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the employer PRSI at the lower rate will return to 8.5% from January 2014 at the expiry of the special rate of 4.25%. [46373/13]

Birth Certificate Issues

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

413. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to the 2010 report on Legal Aspects of Family Relationships recognising and recommending that the problem of presumption of paternity be addressed in legislation to allow the mother to make a declaration that their husband is not the father and that this would allow them to register the child, her plans to bring forward legislative provisions in relation to this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46456/13]

Register of Solemnisers

Paul Connaughton

414. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who operates a wedding business can become registered as a civil registrar or solemniser of marriages under the secular heading; the criteria that would apply in such a case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46997/13]

Birth Certificate Issues

Derek Nolan

415. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the options open to a parent who cannot sign the birth certificate of their child because their partner is not legally separated from their former spouse. [47012/13]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who works part-time over 19 hours per week and is in receipt of partial jobseeker's allowance or benefit may successfully claim family income supplement; the reasons entitlement to family income supplement is based on the P60 for the past year in view of the many persons who may have their full-time working hours reduced during the year, losing a significant proportion of their income; if she intends to introduce more flexible arrangements in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45610/13]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered extending eligibility for family income supplement to families where parents cannot work by reason of disability or invalidity or in cases whereby one parent is in receipt of carer's allowance for the other parent; the number of families that would benefit from such an extension of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45611/13]

Budget 2014

Pearse Doherty

418. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Donegal that will be affected by the changes announced in Budget 2014 in relation to the social welfare payments for the under 25's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45612/13]

Budget 2014

Pearse Doherty

419. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Donegal who will no longer be eligible for the telephone allowance after the changes announced in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45613/13]

Household Benefits Scheme

Seán Crowe

421. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the telephone allowance, as part of their household benefits package; and the number who will be able to continue to use their personal alarms that require a telephone line when this package is withdrawn. [45686/13]

School Meals Programme

Nicky McFadden

423. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Social Protection where the additional 100 breakfast clubs, as announced in budget 2014, will be located; the way the scheme is administered generally; if schools may apply to be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45706/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals

Dara Murphy

425. Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45714/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Issues

Sandra McLellan

426. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the appeals office will respond to correspondence sent in August by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45724/13]

JobBridge Internship Scheme Eligibility

Robert Troy

427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons persons in receipt of farm assist are not considered eligible for inclusion in the JobBridge scheme. [45730/13]

JobBridge Programme

Michael Lowry

428. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly that exists within the JobBridge scheme and those who have been working voluntarily; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that many of those who have been working for free to try to further their careers cannot take up on JobBridge positions, as they have not been claiming a qualifying social welfare payment, and are losing out as a result; if she will review a case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary relating to this issue; if she will take steps to tackle this unfairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45736/13]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Patrick Nulty

430. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45750/13]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

431. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the implications of budget 2014 on the community employment schemes, the local training initiatives and the community training centres; and if he will detail any reductions in budget allocations for these schemes as a whole or for the individual projects currently funded under these schemes. [45754/13]

Youth Guarantee

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

432. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if the €32 million projected savings arising from the changes to jobseeker's allowance for the under 26 year olds in budget 2014 will be spent to provide additional labour activation measures for the under 25s; if she will outline these additional measures; and the number of persons who will benefit from these measures. [45755/13]

Youth Guarantee

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

433. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to combine and ring-fence the €14 million youth guarantee allocation announced in budget 2014 with the €32 million savings arising from the reduction in jobseeker's allowance payments to the 22 to 25 age group. [45756/13]

Labour Activation Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

434. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of labour activation places provided by her Department on a monthly basis from October 2012 to October 2013 inclusive broken down by places taken up and places left vacant. [45757/13]

Budget 2014

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

435. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the research produced or commissioned by her Department that informed the reduction in jobseeker's allowance to persons aged between 22 and 25. [45758/13]

Budget 2014

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

436. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the advice or opinion given by the European Commission on the reduction in jobseeker's allowance payments to the 22 to 25 year olds in Budget 2014. [45759/13]

Budget 2014

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

437. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants that her Department estimated will be affected by the changes to jobseeker's allowance for the 22 to 25 age group in Budget 2014 each year for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. [45760/13]

Youth Guarantee

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

438. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of extra labour activation places that will be provided by her Department in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 to the under 25 age group; and the total cost of these places. [45761/13]

Respite Care Grant Data

Brendan Griffin

439. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that her Department is automatically paying the respite care grant to all recipients of carer's allowance and half-rate carer's allowance; if her attention has been drawn to any cases where persons have had to contact her Department after not getting the grant; if so, the number of cases approximately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45764/13]

Live Register Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

441. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit, supplementary payments pending jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit and signing on for credits at each social welfare office here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45788/13]

Budget 2014

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

442. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated savings from the decision to reduce jobseekers' allowance for young unemployed persons aged 23-24 in 2014; the basis for calculation of those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45789/13]

Budget 2014

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

443. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated savings from the decision to reduce jobseekers' allowance for young unemployed person's aged 25 in 2014; the basis for calculation of those savings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45790/13]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

444. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age, in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for less than six months; for more than six months and less than 12 months; for more than 12 months and less than 24 months; those in receipt of this payment for more than 24 months and less than 36 months; those in receipt for more than 36 months and less than 48 months; those in receipt for more than 48 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45791/13]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

445. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons aged 25 years, in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for less than six months; for more than six months and less than 12 months; for more than 12 months and less than 24 months; those in receipt of this payment for more than 24 months and less than 36 months; those in receipt for more than 36 months and less than 48 months; those in receipt for more than 48 month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45792/13]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

446. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons aged 25 years, in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for less than six months; for more than six months and less than 12 months; for more than 12 months and less than 24 months; those in receipt of this payment for more than 24 months and less than 36 months; those in receipt for more than 36 months and less than 48 months; those in receipt for more than 48 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45793/13]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

447. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons aged 25 years, in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for less than six months; for more than six months and less than 12 months; for more than 12 months and less than 24 months; those in receipt of this payment for more than 24 months and less than 36 months; those in receipt for more than 36 months and less than 48 months; those in receipt for more than 48 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45794/13]

Work Placement Programme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

448. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional weekly payment young jobseekers aged 23-24 and aged 25 will receive under the proposed new rates for jobseekers allowance if they participate in Tús; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45795/13]

JobBridge Programme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

449. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional weekly payment young jobseekers aged 23-24 and aged 25 will receive under the proposed new rates for jobseeker's allowance if they participate in JobBridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45796/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

450. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the social inclusion unit of her Department has undertaken any analysis or research into the impact in terms of poverty and social exclusion arising from the reductions in jobseeker's allowance to young jobseekers between 2009 and 2011; if she will publish this documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45801/13]

Departmental Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

451. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff in the social inclusion unit in her Department for each of the following years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45802/13]

Departmental Reports

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

452. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reports produced by the social inclusion unit of her Department in the years 2009 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45803/13]

JobBridge Internship Scheme Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

453. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 currently participating in the JobBridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45804/13]

Work Placement Programme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

454. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years currently participating on the Tús programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45805/13]

JobsPlus Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

455. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason only under 25-year olds can access the JobsPlus scheme after six months instead of 12 months in view of the decision to reduce jobseeker's allowance to 25-year olds; if she will review the budget decision to exclude 25 year olds from the change in JobsPlus eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45807/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

456. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications by young persons under 25 years for jobseeker's allowance in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45808/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

457. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications by young persons under 25 years for jobseeker's allowance where the benefits and privilege assessment took place as a result of the applicant living with their parents in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45809/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

458. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications by young persons under 25 year's for jobseeker's allowance which were successful in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45810/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

459. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications by young persons under 25 years for jobseeker's allowance which were successful where the benefits and privilege assessment took place as result of the applicant living with their parents in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45811/13]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

460. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and also in receipt of rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45812/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

461. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and also in receipt of rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45813/13]