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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services Funding (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her intention is to redirect any savings from cuts to her Department spend, in particular to one-parent family payments, to fund child care provision. [17319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the criticisms in the IMPACT report, JobBridge - Time to Start Again?, and her plans to deal with its recommendations. [17317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to assess the long-term benefits to the participants of the Ballymun Youth Guarantee pilot scheme; and, in view of the dearth of private sector jobs arising from the scheme, if she will ensure that these will be long-term jobs, and not just a temporary strategy to massage live register figures. [17318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the latest Health Service Executive performance report shows that the number of respite overnights for persons with a disability is well below the expected target, if she will re-instate the respite care grant to family carers. [17316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the delay in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied), as the person currently has no income and no way of supporting themselves. [17399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the rent allowance and one-parent family payment was suspended for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [17764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a trust fund for a child, that can only be accessed when the child reaches 18 years of age, has to be declared by the parent, when the parent is applying for a social welfare payment. [17765/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the money and resources spent promoting the JobBridge Scheme, including events, advertising and materials. [17770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for total expenditure by her Department; and the actual total expenditure to date. [17771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for expenditure on jobseeker's benefit and on jobseeker's allowance; and the actual expenditure on those schemes to date. [17772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the average cost to the Exchequer of a place on the Momentum programme, excluding income support. [17769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cóláistí Gaeilge (30 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sí tuairisc maidir leis an gcóiríocht atá in úsáid ag na Coláistí Samhraidh ar fad a fhaigheann tacaíocht ón Roinn; cad iad na socruithe atá á ndéanamh chun go sásóidh na...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Directives (30 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to transpose European Union Directive 2013/33 into law before the transposition deadline 20 July 2015. [17086/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that have been taken to complete the negotiation of a bilateral agreement with Russia to enable some of the many thousands of children who remain in state care in that jurisdiction to be legally adopted into loving families here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (30 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 149. To ask the Minister for Health when the alternative payment to the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance will be put into place. [17032/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the representatives of the organisations and the Department for appearing before the joint committee. While this is not an issue for most people, it is an issue for anybody who makes applications for medical supports through the Department of Social Protection. Probably in common with all of the Deputies and Senators present, I have come across absolute frustration among people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is Ms Kellaghan concerned that some GPs are demanding a fee from patients upfront? Even though they are paid €44 by the Department, they are in some cases looking for €15 from applicants to fill out the form, which means that in some ways they get substantially more than what is the going rate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was to be here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank each of the witnesses for the comprehensive answers. On the question of forms being filled in as a holding position, the frustration is that it will take two or three months in some but not all instances to get the form filled, yet those concerned want to ensure they may get cover. One needs practical solutions to get around this difficulty. In fairness to the group that dealt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A couple of months will be taken up with form filling and changing the forms.