Willie O'Dea

The reversal of the 2012 State Pension cuts and awareness of Age Action Budget 2019 priorities in area

To inform the Government Pensions Roadmap and the impact of changes to taxation of pensions

Full Jobseeker's Allowance to be restored for everyone 18 and over

Address the multiple assessments of child maintenance for those in receipt of social welfare payments and supports::Assess child maintenance payments on main social welfare payment only.

Ensure understanding of employers concerns regarding the proposed legislation

Government to implement a Universal Social Welfare Pension. This would provide would provide older residents, regardless of means or social insurance record, with a guaranteed income during old age as protection from poverty; • achieve universal coverage • provide a secure…

For the social welfare system should begin to recognise the greater MESL expenditure need for older children and instigate a higher rate of support for this age-group.

Reversal of changes to the State Pension system in 2012 that introduced a number of new qualifying bands and resulted in greatly reduced pensions for many older people.::Shaping of public consultation on A Roadmap for Pensions Reform.

Amendments to heads 12 and 13 of the Social Welfare Bill (2017) relating to defined benefit pensions in order to achieve a more supportive environment for defined benefit pension schemes which employers have entered in a voluntary basis::To avoid measures which would put debt on…

Amendments to heads 12 and 13 of the Social Welfare Bill (2017) in order to avoid unintended consequences for employers which have entered into defined benefit pension schemes on a voluntary basis::To ensure that proposed legislation does not result in putting debt on employers…

Reversal of changes to the State Pension system in 2012 that introduced a number of new qualifying bands and resulted in greatly reduced pensions for many older people.::Backdating of the Homemakers' Scheme.

To support the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection in its consideration of the State Contributory Pension

An increase in the State Pension::An increase in the Living Alone Allowance::Linking the State Pension to 35 per cent of average earnings.::Ensure the final 15 per cent of the Christmas Bonus is restored as a double-week payment for Christmas 2018 for all social welfare…

To raise concerns with the context underlying this Bill. In particular the Department of Social Protection (DSP) Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All campaign, a campaign that ran contrary to the Department’s own mission statement and three key objectives; and to seek changes in the…

Given that the Department of Social Protection has responsibility for the National Employment Service and the relationship it must build with employers and unemployed people to ensure its maximum success, the INOU urges that Section 4 should be removed from the Social Welfare,…