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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will reiterate what I said in my first contribution on this issue. The HAP is a temporary measure. It is a temporary housing support mechanism. It is a Dublin City Council tenancy with a private landlord who owns the house. It is not social housing because it is not controlled by a local authority or a voluntary housing agency. We are here because there has not been sufficient...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is the first time I have spoken on this Bill but I have followed the debate as much as possible on this and Committee Stage, as I have much interest in the issue. My area has a high level of social housing and people dependent on rent supplement. Other Deputies have spoken about rent supplement and I also cannot see how this Bill will help the problem, given our current economic...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is that immediately or two years down the road?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Fees (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will receive a refund of €80 from the passport office. [25919/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given that section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 provides that he may make regulations in respect of public consultation requirements prior to the variation of the rate of the local property tax, when he will make these regulations known to councillors and the chief executives of local authorities....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government section 20 of the Local Property Tax Bill 2012 provides that he may make regulations in respect of public consultation requirements prior to the variation of the rate of the local property tax, the date on which he intends to make these regulations known to councillors and the chief executives of local authorities. [25487/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in referring a person (details supplied) to Tallaght Hospital to have hearing aids implanted; and when the procedure will take place [25231/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Eligibility for Employment Activation Measures: Discussion (12 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Many of them use different addresses from their parents to try to qualify.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Eligibility for Employment Activation Measures: Discussion (12 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The information about credits was mentioned. It is not just the information that is in issue. Many people who are the subject of a qualified adult allowance - obviously someone else receives it - do not know the consequences of that. When the partner goes down to claim a social welfare payment in the first instance, he or she is asked who else is in the house and says "my spouse". It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Eligibility for Employment Activation Measures: Discussion (12 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Most of them are gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Eligibility for Employment Activation Measures: Discussion (12 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If one does not go to individualisation, there should be no restriction on spousal swap for any course and the system should recognise that. It is a sad day that we are this far developed in society and yet we have a hidden group out there who do not have access to the supports the State is putting in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Eligibility for Employment Activation Measures: Discussion (12 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil libh as an méid atá ráite agaibh. I asked that this issue be raised and examined to ascertain how the issue of the hidden unemployed can be addressed. In many ways that is what it is, namely, some people who may qualify for qualified adults allowance and others who do not exist in the system for one...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing dental work in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 [25018/14]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I forgot about an amendment that I hoped to propose, which I proposed previously on the Employment Appeals Tribunal and recovery of payments. The State loses out in unfair dismissals cases because when an award is made the social welfare is deducted from the payment but the State never gets the money back. I will table an amendment on the issue on Report Stage. A substantial amount of the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I may introduce an amendment on Report Stage. In some cases the Department is going as far back as 30 years to recover payment, whereas if I look for my tax back I can only go back four years. There is an anomaly in that regard.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have problems with the section but given the time constraints I am willing to put them on hold because they relate to positive discrimination. We must be careful about going down that route. I will table an amendment to that effect.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am opposed to the change and will oppose it on Report Stage.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am conscious of the time and I will not delay the debate other than to say that I will return to this matter on Report Stage. I am concerned to ensure that we do not end up with a duplication of roles. For example, with regard to the role of the CAB, we were promised many years ago that it would not only concentrate on high level crime but that its focus would start to filter down. I am...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I argue that it should not have been ruled out of order because it is the existing practice. It has been ruled out of order perhaps because it is contrary to the future recovery of money in this instance.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I would cite an example, which will back up what Deputy O'Dea said, of a person who was in receipt of a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant bearing in mind that such a grant is not paid until the person has spent the money. People apply to their bank or credit union on the basis that they will get the money back by way of the grant in six months time. If in the meantime the State,...