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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Architectural Heritage (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason works on the restoration of Kilmainham Courthouse has stalled; the timeframe for the works; and if the building will form part of the Kilmainham Gaol experience before the centenary commemorations and celebrations in 1916. [19243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the children's allowance to cover all children up to and including 18 years of age who remain in full-time, second level education as the expense of secondary school remains in place even though the child is 18 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18729/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Tús or Gateway schemes are not open to persons who are in receipt of disability allowance. [18783/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those who are interested in the Tús or Gateway schemes cannot have their interest in being a participant in such scheme recorded-included in those who would be allocated a place. [18784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the logic behind refusing to have a training budget for the Gateway participants to enhance their employability. [18785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the logic behind the failure to have supervisors to co-ordinate, liaise and monitor participants as part of the Gateway scheme. [18786/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Comóradh 1916 (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 408. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh an t-ionad eolais ag Teach an Phiarsaigh, Ros Muc, tógtha in am do chomóradh 100 bliain Éirí Amach 1916; an mbeidh maoiniú ar fáil nuair a thiocfar timpeall na moille reatha; agus cén fáth go bhfuil moill leis an togra seo atá geallta le blianta anuas. [19145/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the procedure for being referred for blood tests to St. James's Hospital has been changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in re-issuing a person (details supplied) with a medical card who suffers from Huntington’s disease and is receiving palliative care, and when they can expect their medical card to be granted. [19371/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (30 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 880. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 does not have their medication covered by their medical card. [19387/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for missing part of the meeting. I had to attend a meeting of the Whips at which we discussed what the Dáil will do during the extra week with which we have just been landed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: No. It is a pity, because it should have been. We discussed some referendums and by-elections which are not yet on the calendar. I am a firm believer in the use of plain English or Irish. We should not forget that 25% of the public in our society is functionally illiterate. There is another volume of people on top of that who are afraid of forms and officialdom. If we couch anything in...

Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá ceisteanna agam faoi dhá phíosa reachtaíochta. Baineann an chéad cheist leis an leasú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla atá le teacht. Cén uair an bhfoilseofar an Bille go hoifigiúil? Tá cúpla dréacht neamhoifigiúil feicthe agam go dtí seo. There is a crisis in terms of the availability of housing in Dublin,...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If money was given to the local authorities, they could open up those void units very quickly.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Government is starving local authorities of funding.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Exactly.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister should talk to the city managers. They will tell her a different story, as will the accounts of local authorities.

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The change the Minister introduced has led to a situation, since 2012, where people with an average of fewer than 40 weekly contributions per year over their working life are seeing their pension entitlement reduced by €1,500 per year. That is a substantial reduction and more significant than the reductions affecting other categories of workers. I highlighted this issue at the time...

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister for her reply. I hope she will consider enhancing the scheme by introducing a homemaker's credit. The Minister referred in her reply to the actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund. Does she accept that an actuarial review is only that, and that it does not deal with issues such as unpaid caring work? Indeed, it deals only with payments in and out, taking no...

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (16 Apr 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the consequences for women of changes to the State pension introduced by her; if she will introduce a new homemaker's credit; if so, the date of same; and if she will gender-proof her future proposals, including her plans to move to a total contributions approach. [17651/14]