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Topical Issue Debate: Family Income Supplement Applications (15 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas don Aire as a bheith anseo. Ní raibhimid ach ag cur ceisteanna agus freagraí ar a chéile an tseachtain seo cheana féin. The family income supplement is paid to workers whose income from employment leaves the family below the poverty line. In 2011 the numbers qualifying for family income supplement rose by 10%. I presume the same increase will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes (15 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Finance if in the event of no deal being reached on the issue of the promissory note, that it is his intention to pay IBRC the €3.1bn promissory due on 31 March 2013 and Bank of Ireland, the sum due on the one year bond acquired in 2011 by that bank as part of that year's €3.1bn promissory note payment to IBRC. [50519/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme (15 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide detail of the remaining schedule of payments of unsecured and unguaranteed bonds held by all of the covered institutions detailing the cost of each of these payments. [50520/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Bhí mé ag éisteacht leis an díospóireacht níos luaithe agus bhí sé spéisiúil an réimse tuairimí a bhí le clos, ní hamháin ón bhFreasúra ach ó chúlbhinsí an Rialtais chomh maith. Ba léir gur thuig Teachtaí cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an córas chómhar...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Issues (14 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments of the Israeli Prime Minister that he is ready to order a unilateral strike on Iran; his views on the possible implication of these comments. [50096/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (14 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Programme for Government committment and National Pensions Framework proposal to reduce tax reliefs on private pensions in view of comments (details supplied) that the reliefs will not be reduced but instead a cap introduced and if he will elaborate on those comments. [49832/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not even know that one.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Are there any plans to increase the numbers participating in community employment schemes? Separate to this, is the Minister aware the changes brought about last year excluded two categories from the schemes? In figures the Minister gave me last week in a reply to a parliamentary question, I note there are now 712 fewer people participating in schemes at this stage than there was last year....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister knows very well that we want to do the exact opposite.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We have had this argument before. We have said the State should negotiate directly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister is in denial of the reality in the property market and the rental market, in particular, in this city, Cork and Galway, as seen in the Daft.ie rental report for the second quarter of this year. Has the Minister been made aware of the fact that rents are rising in these areas? Is she living in denial of the reality for young people? In many cases, young people end up out of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the findings of the Focus Ireland report Out of Reach The Impact of Changes in Rent Supplement, that persons are homeless as a consequence of the cuts to the rent supplement scheme ; her response to the findings; and the steps she will take on foot of the report. [49977/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister was dismissive of the report by Focus Ireland. It is a snapshot in time because Focus Ireland does not have the budget to carry out a more extensive study. However, it is not the only organisation which has come to this conclusion. I do not know if the Minister is aware of Threshold's work with a significant number of tenants in the private rented sector who are in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Rates (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, The Human Face of Austerity; and her view on the assertion that those who depend on social welfare income supports must be protected from further cutbacks. [49978/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take in response to the finding contained in her Department's report on pension charges that the private pensions industry is taking up to a third of the value of persons retirement savings in charges. [49831/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance payment ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and when it will be reinstated. [49588/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the current rent supplment thresholds in North Tipperary, and in South Tipperary; the reasons for any variances; her view on whether these thresholds are an accurate reflections of the rental market, and if any change in this threshold is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49769/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to incidents of landlords seeking payments from tenants in excess of the rent supplement thresholds, if she believes such practices are wide-spread, the action she is taking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49770/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of the Coolmine Therapeutic Community Centre's mother and child rehabilitation service which is in need of funding, so much so, that they cannot fund a nurse or child specialist for their Dublin West facility. [49461/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (13 Nov 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for every €1 spent on drug rehabilitation programmes, €3 is saved from the prison budget; his views on the collaboration programmes and shared budget streams between his Department and the Department of Justice. [49462/12]