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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (11 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 422. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 15 May 2013, the total number of young people expected to participate in, and the expected start date of the youth guarantee scheme; if she intends to expand this scheme to allow young persons who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment to engage in the scheme; her plans to develop a more...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Conventions (11 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 666. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign up to the European Convention on Preventing Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; the date on which he plans to do same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27161/13]

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We could go on about private schools, for example, as the Deputy did yesterday.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We have been subsidising the private schools in Deputy Mitchell O'Connor's constituency for long enough. The Deputy was crowing about them yesterday.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The constituents of Dún Laoghaire are some of the wealthiest in the country, is that not so?

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was interesting tonight to be lectured by Blueshirts about not being socialists. It was very funny.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is bizarre to have the right wing in this Parliament lecturing us about bringing forward alternatives such as wealth taxes.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What is even funnier is that those in the Labour Party who believe they are socialists also lectured us for not coming up with alternatives when we brought forward a more fair and progressive tax, a wealth tax. It is also very funny that those who call themselves the United Ireland Party, that is, Fine Gael, just in case Members opposite have forgotten.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the component parts of the Fine Gael Party when it was set up was Southern Unionists. It was interesting to hear the honourable Member for Kildare North, Deputy Anthony Lawlor, speak about the North. It is great to see that Fine Gael and the LabourParty are beginning to take an interest in the Six Counties that have been occupied.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They, with Fianna Fáil, have ignored the Six Counties since the foundation of the State. If they had the courage of their convictions, they would contest every single seat on the island. However, they will not because they are chicken. They are not willing to bring forward proposals at local authority or Assembly level.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but we are asking if they will come to the North to introduce some taxes that their Unionist colleagues might want to support. Sinn Féin has brought forward a reasonable proposal with the Bill, but it has been rejected, without even an examination taking place. The silliness of this Parliament is that one is restricted in publishing Bills that could involve a charge on the...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Then it had the gall to accuse Sinn Féin of having its figures wrong. Look at the legacies that party has produced from the abuse of figures in the past. In fact, our figures were not wrong. The figures quoted by Deputy Michael McGrath were correct, as they had come from the Minister for Finance. If he has a problem with them, he should talk to the Minister, not us.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Up to 20% of them are living in local authority houses.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: No, we want to impose them on rich workers.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with the Department of Social Protection in relation to the development of a dedicated pathway as suggested by Focus Ireland to provide sufficient support to those under 25 years living in emergency accommodation to move to more stable and suitable housing. [27054/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the needs of those who are in receipt of one parent family payment and will be affected by the changeover to the transition payment who are working as little as an hour a day for five days; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that if these recipients change over to jobseeker's payments they will lose income and many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was one of those characters who qualified as a teacher of history and geography. I never taught because even in 1986 when I qualified there seemed to be a move away from it. There were few opportunities in Dublin to teach both subjects. I was expected to move to some of the voluntary schools outside Dublin and at that stage my political career dictated that I would stay in Dublin....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The problem with examining English is that it is a core subject. Therefore, one cannot look at something that will have a higher standing in future in the junior certificate to see where the history syllabus or the teaching of history will be. I believe the Department representatives should reconsider that. There are problems with history in the junior cycle. There are problems in many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are quite a number of others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are quite a lot of other ones that are not on the list.