Willie O'Dea

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,…

Information and action

DPOs to consider Inclusion Ireland's stated priorities as outlined in the pre-budget submission

To secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education and training and employment policies and outcomes.

To highlight the needs of one-parent families to ensure our social protection system can appropriately meet their needs

Inform the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection about the issues facing lone parents and their risk of homelessness.

To outline FLAC's position and advocate that this proposal not go ahead

The reversal of the changes to the eligibility criteria introduced in Budget 2011, both for recipients of the State Pension since then who are affected by it and for future recipients.

to brief the committee on th eICTU approach to activation measures