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Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move:That Dáil Éireann: noting that: — when the Government came to power 55.1 per cent of those unemployed were long term unemployed, after three years of this Government 61.4 per cent of those unemployed are now long-term unemployed; and — there has been a 25 per cent reduction in local authority staffing levels since 2011 and local authority services are...

Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister was not even here half the time but just read a script and left.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That was not done. The Minister for Social Protection came in and did not even speak about social protection.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste was not even here and does not know what we said.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, they do. I would encourage the Minister of State to correct the interpretation Deputy Durkan has taken. The Minister of State mentioned guillotines. I would encourage him to list the Bills that were guillotined in the last session, one of which was the Social Welfare Bill. Regretfully, that Bill was guillotined by the Government for no reason to do with a lack of time in this House...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Nobody is restricting the Government backbenchers. I welcome some of the Minister's changes in terms of Dáil reform and the way the Houses of the Oireachtas are working but Government backbenchers now have as much of a role in the pre-legislative stage, for example, as anybody else. They can attend committees, like every other Member of the House, they can publish legislation and have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is awaiting a decision since May 2013 on their appeal for long-term illness benefit. [11572/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2014 (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she intends to introduce to realise the €2.1 million spending cut in exceptional needs payments announced in Budget 2014. [11741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a child may be granted special needs assistant support in order to avail of his or her entitlement to a free preschool year; and the application procedure and Health Service Executive points of contact for same. [11696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W has been refused a medical card. [11959/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (11 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 8 regarding the treatment of their father, who died on the way home following discharge from St. James's Hospital and his views on this matter. [12159/14]

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The council built the wall, not the Garda.

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The council blocked access to the site. My point is that if it really was so easy for gardaí to address the problem, then they would have done so. The Minister of State has referred repeatedly to the force's position on this issue, but the reality is that the Garda did not have the law behind it in this case. The only way to deal with the issue was to block access to the site. Of...

Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I seriously expect the Government at least to support the Bill's proceeding to Committee Stage. This is an issue that has been addressed at virtually every joint policing committee, JPC, around the country. I am one of those who has served on a JPC since such committees were founded and who encouraged the then Minister to set them up to address problems such as this. When the local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (6 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [11244/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It could be an iPad also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for not being present for the entire presentation given by the witnesses, as I was discussing a community employment scheme with the Minister in the Chamber. I am interested in some of the points made by the Irish Brokers Association and I will take up an offer it has made to meet to discuss further the points its representatives have made here and at other times regarding the...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (5 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the Minister's clarification regarding the moratorium. While I was not aware that one was in place-----

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (5 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The reason I included it in the question was that it had been raised with me by a number of groups. At least there is now clarification that no moratorium is in place and, hopefully, that will help groups to address issues. As the Minister stated, in the case of the Community Lynks Project, a review of the intake of participants is under way. The nature of these schemes is that the numbers...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (5 Mar 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister for Social Protectin, Deputy Joan Burton, is well aware of some of the special community employment schemes in the city of Dublin and other areas. A special community employment scheme is one which can help those participating in drug rehabilitation programmes and recovering from drug abuse. It is one way the State has helped those who are down on their luck and have managed to...