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Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----including the need for more facilities such as the Cara foyer or the foyer in Cork, which is run by the city council, not by an organisation which looks like it is getting out of the delivery of foyers.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, will be familiar with the context in which I am raising this issue. It is regrettable that the small cohort of young people who live in emergency accommodation, having found themselves homeless, appears to be getting bigger. Like all other young people, they have been affected by the 2009 supplementary budget cut and other cuts since then. I refer...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I could have written the Minister of State's reply myself. We have heard some of it before. It does not take full cognisance of the fact that the changes in the rate are making it difficult for these young people to access alternative accommodation. Very few one-bedroom flats or apartments are available. Bedsits are no longer an option because they have been ruled out. These people are...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is happy with the conditional withdrawal.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the action that has been taken by AIB since its commitment last year to reduce the excessive pensions that its former executives receive. [23965/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Investment Funds (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency in May 2012 of €2bn of investment in property under its control over the course of four years, if he will confirm, in respect of that specific investment announcement, the total investment approved to date and the total investment provided to date. [23966/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Expenditure (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to make any changes to the back to education allowance for September; if there will be any limitations imposed on those applying for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the case of public servants and other workers who are required to retire due to contract at the age of 65 next year, the social welfare payments they will be able to avail of until they can qualify for the State contributory pension. [23650/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the needs of those public sector workers who will be compelled to retire at 65 years and will not qualify for the State pension until they are 66 years; in the absence of the transitional pension, if those persons will have to apply for a jobseeker's payment. [23651/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 416. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when they may expects a decision on their case. [23808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Investigations (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 551. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken with the Lebenese and Palestinian authorities to try and locate the remains of a person (details supplied) who was kidnapped on the 27 April 1981 from an Irish observation post outside the village of Dyar Ntar in South Lebanon. [24367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Investigations (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 555. To ask the Minister for Defence if any progress has been made in case of a person (details supplied) who was kidnapped on the 27 April 1981 from an Irish observation post outside the village of Dyar Ntar in South Lebanon and whose body was never recovered. [24366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be given to a family (details supplied) in Dublin 8 [24141/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the bombing of targets in Damascus, Syria on 5 May 2013 by Israel’s air force; if he is concerned about this military attack and the possible consequences; and if he has discussed the issue with his European counterparts. [23219/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (16 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the injuries sustained by a person (details supplied) who was wounded by a rubber-coated steel bullet fired by the Israeli military while he filmed a protest in Palestine; and if he has raised the case with the Israeli Government.. [23218/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in funding for disability adaptations for housing in Dublin City Council which is causing hardship for those with disabilities who are stuck in housing which is not suitable for their needs; is restricting their ability to function further or in the case of an increasing...

Good Friday Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There has been a huge change in the political climate since the pre-Good Friday Agreement era. Every once in a while, people should pause and recall the time when the conflict in and militarisation of the Six Counties affected all aspects of life on this island. They should also recall how, before the Agreement, it was virtually impossible to contemplate an era of peace in which British...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (15 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Would Ms Faughnan consider engaging in a sting operation, such as what Deputy Brendan Ryan stated, and visiting some landlords to see what they are suggesting to people? The fraud level, at 2.4%, is low; clients may not be ripping off the Department, but there is fraud in the sense that the documentation landlords and tenants are signing does not mention a top-up payment. I suggest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (15 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In some cases, they do not have access arrangements. They must go to court to get them. If a person is in a one-bedroom flat, he or she cannot get larger accommodation to accommodate his or her children. The person has gone to court because he or she wants to play a role, yet is not allowed to have his or her children in a single-bedroom flat, particularly if the case is one of the many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (15 May 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the fact that new rental limits will be announced in June. I hope that people see sense, particularly in my area. I presume the overall rent supplement budget or envelope within the Department cannot be breached if new rental limits are accepted. If the cap goes up in one area, does it go down in another area? How will the new rental limits be estimated within the Department or...