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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 12 October 2010, if he or any of his Cabinet colleagues will raise the proposals referenced in any international forum and if so in which forum and when. [39881/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether the publication of a national carers strategy as promised in Towards 2016 would be a significant step towards acknowledging and recognising the vital contribution that carers make to the economy and society and if he will provide a target date for the publication of a national carers strategy. [38985/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average number of new successful applications for the one parent family payment scheme involving a family in which the youngest child is over the age of 14 each year. [40162/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of applying the one parent family payment, OPFP, format earnings disregard next year to lone parents on jobseeker's allowance who would have been entitled to OPFP if it were not for the new rule excluding children over the age of 14. [40163/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will carry out a review of the reason so few lone parents are currently accessing family income supplement and how best to increase take up rates. [40164/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will investigate the existing and growing delays in the time it takes for new applicants for one parent family payment to be assessed and informed of the decision made and the action he will take to reduce the delays. [40165/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will set up, promote and evaluate a national career development planning programme for lone parents, to assist them, where appropriate to access relevant education, skill development and related supports. [40166/10]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun déileáil leis an ghné ríthábhachtach seo: the urgent need for the Government to abandon its plans to liberalise postal services because such a move would threaten the viability of the postal service itself and 10,000 jobs, as evidenced in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain, which demonstrated that liberalisation in this field results in the...

Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On a point of order, for the information of the House, Sinn Féin has tabled a motion to move the writ for the by-election tomorrow morning if that helps the Taoiseach's considerations.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Deputy Durkan is being very helpful.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A date for the election.

European Council: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an deis seo a thógáil chun labhairt ar Chomhairle an Aontais Eorpaigh ríthábhachtach seo. Tá sé spéisiúil an tslí go bhfuil sé curtha i láthair go dtí seo agus na cinntí atá an Chomhairle ag iarraidh a ghlacadh gan díriú isteach ar an ghá le reifreann, sa tír seo ach go háirithe. Tá na tiortha móra is láidre san Aontas Eorpach ag iarraidh ath-smacht a...

European Council: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I said "backbone" as well.

European Council: Statements (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not go on too much. I raised a question during my contribution. In the event of the wording being proposed and accepted in December by the other member states and in light of the Crotty judgment, which I well understand related to a fundamental change in the scope of the EU, if the wording requires an amendment to the Constitution, there is no doubt but that there would need to be a...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether cuts made to the community and voluntary sector during the course of the economic downturn have been disproportionate considering that in 2009 when Government expenditure increased by 6% his Department's budget, which funds essential community infrastructure decreased by 8% and in 2010 while...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun déileáil leis an ábhar rí-thabhachtach seo, namely, the inexplicable failure of the Department of Education and Skills to spend €331 million, or half this year's capital budget for school building, at a time when demand for school places and parental choice for both secular and multi-denominational education and gaelscoileanna is rising, as...

Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (4 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Some of them.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (4 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will offer a commitment to maintain funding for mental health services at their current level in view of the fact that spending in this field is now at its lowest level in modern history, more than half of all staff cut from the Health Service Executive in 2009 came from mental health services despite mental health representing...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if any community employment scheme participants in receipt of either disability or one parent payments have requested and been refused an extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40075/10]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (9 Nov 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of the motion proposed by this Deputy and agreed by the Joint Committee on Social Protection which calls on her not to withdraw or reduce the disability or one parent payments benefits of community employment scheme participants, if she will now allay the fears of those who would be affected and make the...