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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 620. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the services available in the Cherry Orchard Hospital complex, Dublin; if he will list those currently there and in the primary health care centre which shares the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30724/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is trua go bhfuilimid ag caint ar an mBille seo mar níl an díospóireacht atá tar éis a bheith ann i gceart roimh an Bille seo a bheith curtha le chéile. Táimid ag déileáil le Bille inniu chun reifreann a chur faoi sheol chun fáil réidh leis an Seanad. Cibé taobh den argóint ar a bhfuil duine, ar an taobh fáil réidh...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister for disinformation.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The sad thing is the Tánaiste believes this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Back to Education Allowance: Discussion on Public Petition Received (19 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is an issue I have raised previously with the Minister for Social Protection and departmental officials. There is something illogical in the way it operates at present. With a back to education scheme as rigid as the current one if, for example, one signs on in February, it will be 20 months before one is eligible to begin a university course, not nine months. One might be eligible to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of requests made to banks for information regarding the accounts of persons during each of the past three years; the number of times these requests were complied with; the number of times the banks volunteered information to her Department during each of the past three years. [29573/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (19 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is his intention to officially record the first ever meeting of EU homeless Ministers held in Leuven on 1 March 2013 during Ireland's EU Presidency. [29630/13]

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There have been a number of announcements recently from the Minister for Social Protection, but having looked through the legislative programme, I cannot find any indication of where the next social welfare Bill is coming from to deal with her promise of doubling the State pension or increasing the minimum wage. Both of those would be welcome and if they were contained in the legislative...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Dáil Reform (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is an interesting debate we have had on a number of occasions since the Government was formed. The problem is that outside of the few changes that have happened, there has been a lot of talk on Dáil reform but we have not got down to the business of major change. The original criticism of the Adjournment matters is the very same criticism people make of the Topical Issue system,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Third Level Participation (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a pity I do not have the table to hand because it would be interesting to examine the statistics, but I understand the table will be circulated with the reply in due course. Data released in March by the Higher Education Authority showed the greatest increase in those entering third level are from families with jobs that tend to be better paid. The findings also show a drop in college...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Third Level Participation (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Progress had been made and now society, but in particular the Government, is undoing the good work that had been done. That will have dire consequences unless it is addressed. There are a number of reasons for the decline in the number of people from lower income socioeconomic groups going to college. One reason is less disposable income. The statistics bear that out. The Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Broadband Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I believe it should always be a national priority to have infrastructure in State hands. If the private sector is investing, it is for a good reason. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, referred to some figures. I will offer some further figures and perhaps the Minister of State can deny them or explain why there is a difference between them and the Forfás Cost of Doing Business in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Broadband Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The reality that broadband is not available in parts of rural areas to the extent required by small and medium-sized enterprises. Poor quality and expensive rural broadband is inhibiting Ireland's recovery. I ask the Minister of State to request the CSO to carry out a survey of whether access is via fibre or by other means. If we had that we could at least deal with the question properly...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As the Minister is probably aware, Cork City Council last month became the first council to support a motion seeking the establishment of an all-Ireland national suicide authority. The impact of suicide across the island is dreadful. In 2011 alone, more than 1,000 citizens died as a consequence of suicide. Every town, village and community and virtually every family has been affected by...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That the Minister agrees with me on the points I raised is welcome. I would also welcome any additional resources the Government were to invest, if that is the correct word, or spend in the field of suicide prevention. Last month, the 3Ts charity - Turn The Tide on Suicide - published a report entitled, Suicide in Ireland 2003-2008, which made for grim reading. Every Deputy should take the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Official Visits (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 20. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent visit of the Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces to Lithuania. [29112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 40. To ask the Minister for Defence when the army will next recruit; and the approximate number that will be recruited. [29113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Support (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the End Child Poverty Coalition’s response to the proposed reform of child income supports as set out in the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Support (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the impact of the implementation of the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare on child and family income supports using the illustrative scenario contained in the report on each of the following family types, single earner, couple with three children, earning €100,000 per annum and receiving child...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the weekly loss of income that will be experienced by a lone parent family with one child in part time employment and in receipt of the one parent family payment and family income supplement when eligibility for the one parent family payment ceases due to the age of the child at the following net weekly earnings levels,...