Results 41-60 of 136 for going forward speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...payments in July. Obviously, the qualification criteria for SUSI were drawn up with the current one-parent family payments in view. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the changes required will be brought forward before the conclusion of the debate on the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, as appropriate? If that is not possible, will she ensure a decision on the matter...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...an Aire, táimse sásta glacadh le cinnte dearfacha agus tacú leo. Tá sé sin déanta agam thar na blianta, ní hamháin i gcás an Rialtais seo ach i gcás Rialtas eile chomh maith. Is rud dearfach é go bhfuil, ar deireadh thiar thall, an Rialtas ag bogadh bealach éigin i dtreo íocaíocht a aithníonn an cruachás ina...

Other Questions: Invasive Plant Species (10 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...systematic effect as the work done by the Groundwork volunteers to whom I refer. In a previous reply, the Minister referred to the adopt a woodland scheme. That scheme might represent the way forward in order that Groundwork or other voluntary organisations might play a role in trying to reinstate the flora and vegetation of the habitats to which I refer. Is the Minister in a position...

Opposing Domestic Violence: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...allow her to deliver on those commitments in terms of the Istanbul Convention and the EU directive on victims, and also the long-awaited newly consolidated and updated legislation. The consolidation will be good to see, but I believe updating and dealing with the issues is a big challenge, given that those who have been dealing with cases of domestic violence have shown us the system is...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is sometimes fun to go through the new legislative programme at the beginning of the parliamentary year to discover which Bills have fallen backward, moved forward or remained in the same position. Section A lists Bills that are expected to be brought forward this term, while section B includes those Bills for which the heads have been agreed. In the last session, the then Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will now ask members for comments and questions. A range of issues is contained in the report and what Mr. Tyndall presented is just a flavour of it. It is a report that I have looked forward to for many years and I have encouraged as many members of the public as possible to engage with the Office of the Ombudsman. If Mr. Tyndall ever gets waste management, I wish him well because the...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo, mar aon leis an mBille a bhí ann anuraidh. Tá sé tábhachtach agus tráthúil go bhfuilimid ag plé é seo agus go bhfuil sin tosaithe, mar tá gá le hathrú suntasach, agus go dtarlódh an t-athrú sin go tapaidh. I congratulate the Minister on her promotion. I have a degree of confidence as...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Nether of our proposals complied with it, but one can extrapolate from the data the eventualities of this, that and the other. I have said that what the Minister has put forward is better than the existing model. However, it does not go far enough or as far as the Minister originally suggested in October 2011 when she said the issue would be dealt with. She could have gone much further to...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...I have worked hard all my life and I am continuing to pay my own way in a low-paid job with little or no pension because of years employed, although I am still funding this miserly pension.I am not going to read all of the other e-mails I received. I will merely inform the Minister that those who wrote them are seeking to ensure they will have a right of audience when decisions are being...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...of a pension scheme wind-up, I believe that should be the first priority. After that, my priority is to protect those on low pensions and those with low pension expectations. My second priority goes to the first €12,000 worth of pensioners' benefit, as the Minister mentioned. I also think it is important to recognise that people approaching retirement age are particularly hard...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...are the budget in total. Nobody can say they voted for this or that because each and every aspect of the budget is intertwined with the other. That is why it is important that when my party put forward proposals for an alternative budget, all our figures and measures were intertwined and balanced and the changes were across the board. They were not simply changes to social welfare or...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (12 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...were not without some controversy. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State mentioned consultation. These changes are often a fait accompli, and by the time a decision reaches the Members the Government has already decided to go ahead with a particular proposal leaving us to row in behind it or suck it up. Does the Minister of State agree that there needs to be proper consultation...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: .... It is normal for the social welfare Bill that is introduced following a budget to cover many areas. I am mindful of the context in which this legislation is being introduced. Last week, the Government Chief Whip promised to provide adequate time in future for discussions on legislation. The Taoiseach made a similar promise during the Seanad referendum campaign. We were told that all...

Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have no problem with that. Sometimes I go on a bit, but today I will try to be brief. The Government intends to change the list of Standing Orders outlined in the motion. At the Whips meeting I did not argue specifically for more time because I was in the middle of bringing forward an amendment which is on the Order Paper also. It also has to be dealt with in that short period of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...able to avail of FIS, which would then be a further State subsidy meaning that those jobs are not sustainable in the long term. That raises the whole question of Intreo and all that, but we will go into that at another time. On Gateway, there are references to on-the-job training. When Tús was introduced there was no training budget. Is there a specific training budget for...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but we are asking if they will come to the North to introduce some taxes that their Unionist colleagues might want to support. Sinn Féin has brought forward a reasonable proposal with the Bill, but it has been rejected, without even an examination taking place. The silliness of this Parliament is that one is restricted in publishing Bills that could involve a charge on the...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...on the Exchequer. Somebody must have missed it because it probably would cost the Exchequer something. Standing Orders are bizarre. Perhaps it was an incidental charge. I am sometimes allowed to put forward such amendments whereas in other cases I am not. The amendment seeks to ensure that those retained fire fighters who already had an application or an appeal made prior to the...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...as intended through legislation. The issue is being addressed in this Bill and that is welcome. The other reason I had an interest in speaking on the Bill is that I am a member of a committee that was established when the Government took office and which was originally intended to be an investigations, petitions and oversight committee. The investigation part disappeared when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (15 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...answer I usually get is that the Department has no record of this being a wide-scale practice. It might not have records of it because the clients paying this top-up payment do not want to come forward as they are afraid of losing an apartment or a house they have managed to secure despite the shortage. They will only complain to Deputies or councillors at constituency clinics. This...

Maternity Protection (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Bhille seo. Píosa amháin de phacáiste mór a ba chóir a chur os comhair na Dála chun déanamh cinnte go bhfuil an Dáil seo níos oscailte do gach duine sa tsochaí anseo, ní amháin na fir den chuid is mó atá anseo, ach na mná chomh maith, agus daoine óga ach go háirithe. Nílim i...