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Dáil Éireann Vol. 833 Wednesday, No. 2 5 March 2014. DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DÁIL ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Insert Date Here 05/03/2014A00100Ceisteanna - Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 05/03/2014A00200Priority Questions� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 05/03/2014A00250Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 05/03/2014C00400Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 6 05/03/2014D01650Poverty Data � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 10 05/03/2014E00900Other Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 05/03/2014E00950Employment Support Services � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12 05/03/2014F00850Social Insurance � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 14 05/03/2014G00650Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 16 05/03/2014H00750Public Services Card � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 18 05/03/2014J00300Topical Issue Matters � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 20 05/03/2014J00500Government’s Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 21 05/03/2014Q00300Leaders’ Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 37 05/03/2014T00900Order of Business � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 44 05/03/2014V03900Equality (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 55 05/03/2014W00800Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 56 05/03/2014X00800Membership of Committees: Motion � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 58 05/03/2014X01100 EU Regulation on the European Police College: Motion � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 58 05/03/2014X01400Topical Issue Debate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 58 05/03/2014X01500Foreign Conflicts � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 58 05/03/2014Y00450Marina Developments � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 62 05/03/2014Z00450Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 64 05/03/2014BB00250Health Care Professionals � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 67 05/03/2014DD00100Government’s Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 70 05/03/2014FFF00100Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] 126 05/03/2014OOO00300Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Referral to Select Committee � � � � � � � � � � 142 DÁIL ÉIREANN Dé Céadaoin, 5 Márta 2014 Wednesday, 5 March 2014 Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9�30 a�m� Paidir. Prayer. 05/03/2014A00100Ceisteanna - Questions 05/03/2014A00200Priority Questions 05/03/2014A00250Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments 05/03/2014A004001� Deputy Willie O’Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection to explain the reason for abolishing the diet supplement scheme; the number of persons who will be affected by the abo- lition; the savings that will be made from the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter� [10611/14] 05/03/2014A005002� Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to explain the reason for her decision to close the special dietary supplement scheme, which offered social welfare recipients who, for example, have coeliac disease or who have suffered a stroke a small contribution towards the cost of medically necessary diets, which are substantially more expensive than the typical food bills of people who do not suffer such conditions; her views on whether this will impose hardship; and if she will reverse her decision� [10608/14] 05/03/2014A00600Deputy Willie O’Dea: This question arises from a recent announcement on the website of the Department of Social Protection to the effect that this allowance which has been payable since the early 1990s and which was designed to assist a small group of people to purchase food which was medically necessary for them has been withdrawn� 05/03/2014A00700Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton): I propose to take Questions Nos� 1 and 2 together� The diet supplement, administered under the supplementary welfare allowance, SWA, scheme, is payable to qualifying people who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition, at a cost of approximately €3.5 million in 2013. The numbers in receipt of the allowance have been declining in recent years, from 12,000 in 2006 to a current 2 5 March 2014 figure of 5,900. The scheme was closed to new applicants from 1 February 2014. Existing re- cipients as at the end of January will continue to receive the diet supplement at the current rate of payment for as long as they continue to have an entitlement to avail of the scheme or until their circumstances change� This will allow existing customers to adjust to the new arrange- ments and anticipate how they will be affected by any future change in their circumstances� It also ensures no one will be immediately worse off by the closure of the scheme� The background to the closure of the scheme for new applicants is as follows� During 2013 the Department commissioned the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute, INDI, to update previous research, published in 2006 and updated in 2007, on the cost of healthy eating and specialised diets� Pricing for a selection of foods based on branded and own label foods was surveyed in a sample of retail outlets for each diet� These outlets included large stores, large low-cost stores, medium-sized stores and convenience stores� The research shows that the range of costs associated with a specialised diet is influenced mainly by the shopping location, with the lowest costs being in the large discount stores and the highest in convenience stores� In general, choice was found to be limited in convenience stores with regard to healthier options� The more specialised the diet, for example, gluten-free, the more the individual is required to frequent the larger stores to be able to purchase the necessary food� The research shows that the average cost across all retail outlets of the diets supplemented under the scheme can be met from within one third of the minimum personal rate of social welfare payment, that is, the SWA scheme rate of €186 per week. Accordingly, I decided to discontinue the scheme on the basis of this evidence and have no plans to reverse the decision� Payment of the supplement will continue to be made to existing recipients for as long as they continue to be entitled to the payment. If cases of hardship present, officials have the power to award a payment under the SWA scheme where there is exceptional need� That is how I would prefer the matter to be dealt with should or when cases arise� 05/03/2014A00800Deputy Willie O’Dea: What the Minister is saying, essentially, is that we are moving from a situation where people are entitled to the allowance to one where it will be paid entirely at the discretion of the local social welfare official. What the Minister did not say, although I had included it in my question, was how much per annum the Government envisaged it would save through this measure� Two groups are particularly affected� First, there are people suffering from a coeliac disease� As the Minister will be aware, they were entitled to get their gluten-free food on a medical card but that concession has now been withdrawn� The special diet supple- ment has also been withdrawn� The second category comprises people who have difficulty in swallowing and need liq- uidised diets because they may be stroke victims or suffering from throat cancer� Would the Minister agree that this is a very small and particularly vulnerable group of people? If her Department continues paying those already in payment and the numbers are dropping, will the savings not be minimal? Can the Minister tell us how much the Government
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