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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Job Creation Data (19 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State quoted from some of the tables with which he will supply us later, namely, the quarterly national household figures. I presume the Minister referred to the last published figures from February which relate to last year. I understand 26,900 net new jobs were created last year. When one examines the figures and the details, as others have, such as Deputy Coppinger...

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not know how much the Minister is aware of what is happening in Dublin City Council. At the moment, Dublin City Council staff are offering sleeping bags to some of the homeless people instead of emergency accommodation. This shows how little emergency accommodation is available to Dublin City Council. There is a crisis for those who are already in crisis and who are attending the...

Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Mr. John Corrie was found dead across the road on Molesworth Street six months ago. In a flurry of activity which followed his death, an extra 260 beds were opened for emergency accommodation. Those were filled immediately, over the Christmas period and since, by those who were sleeping rough at the time. A new night café, operated by Merchants Quay, which accommodated 50 homeless a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: These are outdated criteria that need to be amended and to reflect modern life. The Minister for Finance and the relevant officials should be asked to attend the committee to explain why these criteria have not changed in line with those in other countries which have similar systems to ensure people are not discriminated against in a way this petitioner and others feel they do. It might...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a request by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to do a Safe Pass course was denied until the person finds employment, when in fact the person had to turn down employment due to not having a Safe Pass certificate; and if this decision will be reviewed. [18745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (13 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allocating funding of €26,000 to allow a project (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to continue employing a co-ordinator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (12 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown, by year, from 2016 to 2021, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic changes, on a no-policy-change basis; and if she will identify the component parts of that expenditure. [18695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic changes on a no-policy-change basis; and if he will identify the component parts of that expenditure. [18698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic changes, on a no-policy-change basis; and if he will identify the component parts of that expenditure [18696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic changes, on a no-policy-change basis; and if she will identify the component parts of that expenditure. [18697/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was talking about the attitude of the company.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will ignore that last remark because it is not worth responding to. The point I was making was that a model similar to this one was introduced twice in Great Britain, first under the new deal and then under the Conservatives. In the past, it was found that some of the companies, including one engaged by the Department of Social Protection, have appeared before the House of Commons...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the concerns raised around the JobPath scheme and the reputation of the companies which have been selected to undertake it. [17375/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Last year, the Minister announced a tender to outsource the privatised job activation services under the title of JobBridge. This followed a similar failed experiment in Britain. Some of the companies that were tendering had a dubious work record. Is the Minister confident that the companies to which she has granted the tender are free from such a history and will not repeat the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Can the Minister indicate how many people she hopes to have placed in employment in the four-year period she mentioned? If that figure is achieved at an earlier stage, will that result in the termination of the JobPath programme? The Minister also mentioned that the jobs they will be placed in need to be for at least 30 hours per week, but there is no minimum pay rate apart from the minimum...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister of State accept there will be substantial changes to the existing support mechanism or new mechanisms introduced as a consequence of this comprehensive employment strategy given that the Disability Federation of Ireland says there will be no recovery without them? This is a declaration that in the past people with disabilities were left behind and were most marginalised...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind by the State in any economic recovery and the new job activation measures that will be put in place to enable those who want to work to find work. [17374/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the most marginalised groups in Irish society comprises those with disabilities who were left behind during the peak years. What measures are being taken to ensure these people are not left behind in any employment and job activation measures and in any future recovery.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State for the reply and I look forward to the long-awaited and overdue comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities. I hope it will include proposals which are acceptable to those who have a disability and are trying to access work. In Switzerland 80% of those who have a spinal cord injury return to work but in Ireland 80% of those with a spinal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that Ireland is behind on European Union poverty reduction targets, the measures her Department will take to close this gap by the end of the term of this Government. [17320/15]