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Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The HAP payment was announced in the budget last year. Will progress be made before the budget this year or when is it expected that the new system will be in place because it is a transfer of payment? Will this payment also allow for those people who do not currently qualify for rent allowance? Many people on low rent are now living at home, often in cramped conditions, with family, and...

Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is early days in the context of figures and it can be difficult to gauge success, but it must be a success based on the cases mentioned by the Minister which resulted in the recoupment of €130,000. How many people have suddenly signed off after being interviewed? Are the checkpoint interviews detailed or is there only cursory questioning relating to name, address, PPS number and...

Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the response. On looking at the figures, it will be interesting to see the exact extent and success of the project announced, which was aimed specifically at those involved in the transport network who had been abusing the social welfare code. The full benefit of this to the Department will be interesting. Many hours were spent on this issue, with 230 checkpoints over two and a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Initiative (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome JobsPlus. The question is not meant as a criticism but simply as an expression of concern. We must ensure that, as in other schemes, we do not end up with job displacement and abuse by employers. The question focuses on what type of monitoring will be put in place to ensure there is no displacement and that it is not an incentive to employers to lay off a person and take on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Initiative (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As I said, I wish the scheme well. I am interested in the uptake because I believe some businesses are in a position to employ additional people. It will be interesting to see how the Minister's budget will cope if there is an intake, because I presume money has to be set aside to pay the approximately €300 or €400 a month the businesses will receive. I have a concern in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Initiative (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her proposals to subsidise employers who take on persons long term unemployed; and if her attention has been drawn to the dangers of subsidising private businesses to this extent. [33543/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unfair Dismissals (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no attempt has been made to recover from employers the full sum of social welfare appeals or other social protection payments paid to employees who are found to have been wrongfully dismissed by the Labour Court. [33262/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for back to education allowance in 2014; her plans to ensure back to education allowance will cover postgraduate courses in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33244/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (4 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her view of the economic importance of investment in early intervention, in particular in the early years; and if she will provide an update on capital funding available to child care providers in 2013. [32592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Numbers (3 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff of her Department who were assaulted by members of the public or other members of staff in the past year; the number of prosecutions taken against the perpetrators of these assaults; if she will provide details of supports available for staff of who are victims of assault. [32315/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (3 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations around the country that are not wheelchair accessible; and the steps being taken to address this issue. [32311/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (3 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take the necessary steps to make Crumlin Garda Station, Dublin, accessible to members of the public who must use a wheelchair. [32312/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency is currently compiling a new portfolio of loans, similar to the grouping of loans behind the Project Aspen and Project Club initiatives, which will be sold on as a grouped asset; and if the sale of this portfolio will lead to a conflict of interest with the developer behind the loans able to advise any single third...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to seek access to the European Stability Mechanism to retroactively recapitalise Ireland’s banking sector; and if he believes there is any potential in achieving recapitalisation through the ESM of anything more than the current value of the banks. [31869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Down being held in Maghaberry Prison for over six months, whose disproportionately restrictive bail conditions if acceeded to would affectively ban them from living with their family in their home town and prevent them from even visiting...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for a delay in delivering new intreo offices for the Department of Social Protection; if she will list those completed to date; those on which work has started and the expected completion date; the expected start date and completion date for those not yet started; the work specifications involed and cost per office; if the office is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Statistics (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 466. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of males and females in the following age groups that are on the live register, 18-20, 21-24; 25-39, 40-54, 55-66. [32080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (27 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing local authorities whose applications for funding under the Sports Capital Programme 2012 were deemed incomplete due to the lack of an original signature and/or an inability to show evidence of title an opportunity to re-apply for funding, as was the case in the local authority swimming pool programme; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (27 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 175. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to have Irish cultural institutions such as the National Museum of Ireland, Kilmainham Gaol, the National Gallery of Art and National Museum of Modern Art, open longer hours for tourists during the summer months in particular, and the reason the Museum is closed on Mondays, the last tour at the Gaol is 5pm...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (27 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to prepare an Irish Team for the 2016 Olympics for the new sport of BMX cycling and has he considered grant-aiding existing facilities such as Dublin CIty BMX in Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate in Dublin 10 or the others at planning stage throughout the country, both North and South; and if he will make a...