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Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the proposal although it is a pity that the EU has not had the urgency to date to deal with this issue, but it is better late than never. I wish to find out a bit more about the specifics because often one of the problems with such announcements is that, while there is a so-called guarantee and the Minister used the word "quality", we do not have the details. Can the Minister...

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On funding and emigration, the Minister mentioned that the number of unemployed people has decreased and that the number of employed people has increased slightly. Given that young people, in particular, are emigrating in significant numbers, when does the Minister expect the proposal to become live so young people who are considering emigrating may be given some hope? Can the Minister...

Other Questions: After School Support Services (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When the Minister introduced the changes to the lone parent allowance, she indicated she would move to a Scandinavian model. When the child benefit was cut earlier this year, she also said the money would be spent in that way. The savings made in either or both areas do not amount the pilot scheme figure to date. Have the savings made as a result of the changes made to lone parent...

Topical Issues: Youth Services (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go raibh maith agat agus go raibh maith ag an Aire as bheith anseo chun éisteacht a thabhairt don méad atá le rá agam. It is very important that the Minister is here to listen and hopefully I can impress upon her to do whatever is necessary to avoid cuts to some of the projects listed. They are not all within my constituency but I will concentrate on the projects that I...

Topical Issues: Youth Services (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope I have impressed upon the Minister the need not to proceed with these developments. Even though they are large-scale organisations, a cut of 3% can be the difference between staying open one day and closing. The same applies to Bradóg in the north inner city, which faces a cost of 14%, and Sphere 17 in Darndale, which faces a cut of €122,000. For any organisation, that...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Mar áiritheoir ar an vóta deireanach, ba mhaith liom go gcaithfear vóta ar bhealach seachas ar bhealach leictreonach.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Recruitment (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the backlog of social welfare appeals, if she has sought an exemption from the public service embargo to recruit additional staff to address this backlog in applications for social welfare and for social welfare appeals. [11373/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposal regarding a college for further education (details supplied) when Solas is in charge of further education colleges in view of the fact that they uniquely offer many courses of study which do not seem to fit into the parameters of Solas, such as BCFE's media and animation degree courses, which have gained international recognition; if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Ballyfermot College Further Education is not an approved college for the purposes of grants by Dublin City Vocational Education Committee, despite offering degree course which Dublin City University also offer and in fact they even accredit the BCFE course; and if he will he investigate this matter. [11157/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for citizenship will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [11007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the decision was made to end the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant; and if consideration was given to continue the payment until such time as new schemes were in place. [11507/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify an issue in relation to the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance (details supplied); and if he will state that no indication was given that it was intended to discontinue the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance. [11508/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delay of two years to receive an appointment for assessment in the ENT department at Our Lady's Childrens Hospital Crumlin; if he will confirm the length of time for procedures to have adenoids removed and other minor procedures associated with this Department (details supplied). [11116/13]

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Thug tú veto dóibh.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Sula labhraím faoi roinnt reachtaíocht atá fógraithe, ba mhaith liom aird an Taoisigh a tharraingt ar rud a luadh anuraidh. Nuair a bhíomar ag gearán nach mbíonn reachtaíocht foilsithe i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla ag an am céanna, dúirt an tAire, an Teachta Burton, go ndéanfadh an Rialtas smaoineamh ar na meamraim...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Measaim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach labhairt ar an mBille seo. Beidh na líomhaintí i leith tréigtheoirí Fórsaí Cosanta an Stáit - gur loic siad ar a ndualgas agus ar a mhóid don Stáit - ann go dtí go ndéanfaimid déileáil leis an mBille seo. B'fhéidir gur shíl siad ag an am agus ina dhiaidh go raibh an rud...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It should not be forgotten this was at a time Nazi Germany was supplying General Franco of Spain with the hardware to bomb towns and cities such as Guernica and to gun down many brave Spanish and international comrades at battlefronts across the Spanish state. I wonder when the State or the church will apologise to the volunteers and their families who had to sneak out of the country to...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They were a threat to the State because they were British soldiers in uniform when they landed here. They should have been considered a risk. Their treatment was a far cry from the fate that befell republicans who were kept in solitary confinement in the Curragh camp under de Valera's regime. The authorities were no strangers to coming down hard on republicans. Despite interventions from...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The truth hurts. Kerins was found guilty by a non-jury military tribunal, the same tribunals it appears the Government could not establish to catch the deserters.

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The truth hurts and if the Minister of State cannot take it, he may as well leave the Chamber. Perhaps he will listen for a moment.