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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement is now being paid in arrears rather than in advance in view of the fact that this is putting persons under significant pressure. [43261/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long term illness card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin [43534/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá ceisteanna s'agamsa dírithe ar Chaoimhín Ó hEaghra agus baineann siad le gaelscoileanna. An bhfuil costais sa bhreis ar ghaelscoileanna, anuas ar ghnáth chostais ar scoileanna Béarla. Tagann téacsleabhair níos déanaí agus bíonn an cuma air go mbíonn siad níos daoire do thuismitheoirí. Chomh maith leis sin, an bhfuil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was going to ask if the Bill could be amended on Committee Stage but I think I already heard Ms O’Reilly’s answer. Her advice is that we should try to avoid delaying its passage in case it falls into same black hole as the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Office of the Ombudsman has always been very helpful to me when I have kept it busy with referrals on issues that I regarded it as being best equipped to address. A range of new bodies will now be coming under the Ombudsman’s remit but has a commitment been given on adequately resourcing the office given that it has insufficient resources at present? Has there been any discussion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Ombudsman for her report. Quite a number of files or documentation submitted to various Departments seem to have gone missing of late. The biggest number of complaints I receive is about medical cards whereby people have submitted or registered them but they do not appear. Another area is social welfare appeals. In the past, a large number of complaints were made about Dublin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There seems to be an increase in the number of people complaining to me about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: With regard to the medical card it is because the processing has been centralised and documentation seems to be getting lost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will give one example. Last week a woman came to me with a registered post slip with regard to a social welfare appeal, so she has proof. In this day and age the fact that something can get lost-----

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (11 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with copies of correspondence that his office has received from Dublin City Council since June 2012 on the regeneration of Labre Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin; if he will forward a copy to me of the application received from Dublin City Council for funding of Traveller Specific Accommodation for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (11 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the compensation, if any, given to persons who are assaulted by other prisoners while on remand. [43876/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish her Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare's report on child income supports; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposal which was reported in the media has caused fears amongst families and risks further damaging consumer sentiment; her views on the recommendation that child benefit be cut by €40; her...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to publish her Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare's report on her proposal to axe disability allowance for persons aged 16 and 17 years; if she will outline the scale of the financial loss to households with a young person with disabilities arising from such a cut; her plans with regard to the payment; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: How much time do we have?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will deal first with my question about child benefit. I realise the Minister cannot say specifically what will happen in the budget but there have been a number of proposals, one of which is that child benefit be cut by €40 and that a separate top-up system be put in place. Is the Minister seriously considering a two rate child benefit system, to include a top-up system? Does she...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish to return to the issue of child benefit. Is the Minister aware of the Central Statistics Office survey on income and living conditions which also demonstrates that the income of families fell five times more than the incomes of childless households between 2009 and 2010? It is not always the Minister's fault and we accept that. She inherited chaos but she has added to it. We also...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am talking about the suggestion of the Minister, Deputy Noonan.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not either.

Other Questions: Disability Allowance (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree that the significant rise in the number of people applying for disability allowance is a consequence not only of the downturn but especially the added difficulty that people with a disability have in accessing employment at this stage? It is very disappointing to have the refusal rate as high as it is, at 62%. Is the Minister concerned that in 2011, one in three of...

Other Questions: Disability Allowance (16 Oct 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In the first six months of this year, the refusal rate for the invalidity pension was 87%. It shows an increase in the refusal rate for those medical-based payments. Will the Minister comment on that significant increase in the first six months of this year?