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- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They were printing money and they are in government.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Quite a number of people were killed during that conflict on all sides.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It should not be left in the gift of the Minister whether to grant this exemption when somebody has made the Minister aware of a previous conviction. Not all Ministers would have the same attitude as the current one in terms of saying that something is in the past, because there are no criteria and one could have a vindictive Minister in office. There have been many in the past who would...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The individual in question was given an opportunity to defend himself in committee.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They rejected him.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: So much for being positive.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will issue additional directions for JobBridge, or introduce legislation if necessary, akin to those issued by the US Department of Labour in 2010 which provide that internships with for-profit employers must involve training similar to the training given in a vocational school or academic institution and that the employer must...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken since mid-October to prevent exploitation, displacement and abuse under the JobBridge internship scheme. [36245/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the importance of the role played by the half-rate carers allowance; her views that were this to be cut many family carers would have no choice but to relinquish their caring duties to the State resulting in a potential cost to the Exchequer four times the size of any social protection savings made. [36441/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree, and from her answer it appears she does, that half-rate carer's allowance exists for a good reason, namely, it plays an important role in tackling poverty among households affected by disability in particular? Does she agree the payment of â¬102 per week for full-time care is not a bonus, far from it? Is she aware the payment is generally subsumed into the...
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree that if there was a substantial change in the half carer's allowance it would give many family carers no option but to relinquish their role and place their loved ones in the care of the State? Does she also agree it would be terrible if that were to happen and that it would also involve a huge cost for the State? Does she agree that since the beginning of 2009 the...
- Humanitarian Assistance (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Has a request been made for additional moneys to top up the amount the Government has announced? Is it possible for community welfare officers to have a degree of flexibility and discretion when engaging in means tests? I am aware of a family which was â¬50 above the threshold, but it had bills and debts which were not taken into account. If flexibility was allowed, they could have some...
- Social Welfare Fraud (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree with the Comptroller and Auditor General when he stated that the current practice of including all overpayments arising from control activity as bankable savings is questionable? He was referring to the sum of â¬25 million in fraud but that equates to only 0.1% of the total budget. Overpayments from bureaucratic administration or applicants' errors account for â¬83...
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We heard comments before the last election and recently in the media about the issue. Does the Minister still agree that child benefit is the sole universal benefit, should be protected as such and should not be reduced? Does she agree that the fairest and simplest method is to give child benefit for every child at the same rate and use the tax system to recoup from wealthy parents? For...
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the public can have confidence that the steering committee appointed to monitor the jobbridge scheme will work objectively and independently to prevent exploitation, displacement and abuse in view of the fact the committee chair is CEO of a company that is enjoying the benefits of having eight interns under the...
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I had not intended naming the person in question but the Minister has already done so. Six weeks ago I debated the JobBridge issue with the Minister and at the time I provided many examples of blatant exploitation and job displacement under the scheme at that time. I urged her to acknowledge that the scheme disincentivises job creation and facilitates the equivalent of slave labour. She...
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I would love to have a proper internship scheme, similar to what exists in other countries. However, we do not have the proper procedure here to date. That is why I have highlighted some of the negative experiences and abuse of the scheme. I have repeatedly asked for changes. I will give an example.
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the Minister aware that according to the JobBridge website and her responses to me six weeks ago, the purpose of the scheme is to provide experience to people who cannot get a job because they do not have experience? However, various internship advertisements on the website unashamedly pronounce that two to four years' experience is required to get a position. How can she square that...
- Written Answers — Sick Pay Scheme: Sick Pay Scheme (22 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he was consulted, and his view on the impact on employment, of the proposal to transfer responsibility for paying sick pay in the first month of illness from the Department of Social Protection to employers. [35953/11]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) will be made homeless due to the delay in dealing with their rent allowance application which was submitted in early September. [35930/11]