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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in announcing the appointment of a Development Board for the the National Paediatric Hospital in the St James's Hospital complex, Dublin, and its remit [30719/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 616. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the first sod to be turned on the National Paediatric Hospital in the St James's Hospital complex, Dublin; and the expected design, build and commissioning timeframe of the project [30720/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 617. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the delays in getting the the National Paediatric Hospital in the St James's Hospital complex, Dublin, to design, planning permission stage, if consideration is being given to reverting to the Coombe Hospital bid to have it built on lands adjacent to it, while at the same time building the proposed new National Maternity Hospital [30721/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in announcing the specifications of the much publicised new National Paediatric Hospital, Dublin; and when will planning permission be sought for the project [30722/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in having the purpose built public nursing home in St Michael's Estate, behind the primary health care centre, which has been uncommissioned as a nursing home since its completion two years, opened and taking patients from the Dublin 8 area into its beds as promised when first proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30723/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 620. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the services available in the Cherry Orchard Hospital complex, Dublin; if he will list those currently there and in the primary health care centre which shares the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30724/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the failure of the Spanish Government to enter significant negotiations to formulate a peace process with pro-independence Basque groups; and if he has raised the issue with the Spanish authorities. [30778/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Afghani Government has taken over complete control of security in the country; his views on whether this is a positive and timely development; his views on the recent break down in negotiations between the Afghani Government and the Taliban [30774/13]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister mentioned the social welfare and social transfer contribution to local economies. Any cut or change in the amounts given, taking into account the figures given here, of €484 million less in terms of social welfare payments or supports and €190 million the previous year, makes a combined sum of over €670 million which is no longer in the local economy. While...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will come back to the point I made in the general comments because it is related to pensions. I have no issue with the €190 million extra that must be paid. I am not seeking to make an issue of it. However, it is a substantial amount of money, the equivalent of 15,000 additional pensioners coming out of nowhere. That means there is something wrong with the forecasting or the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not advocating that we not absorb it. My problem is not with that. In planning for next year the Department will prepare an estimate of what needs to be spent on pensions. Somebody will calculate the current number of pensioners, the number that will die and the number that will come on stream. The problem is that when that figure is calculated there is a difference of approximately...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Again, I do not have a problem with that. However, we are making the wrong assumptions if we are missing 15,000 people in our projections. If the Department projects that the expenditure will be a certain amount, but by the middle of the year it decides it is an extra €190 million, that is the equivalent of 15,000 pensioners. However, I will leave it at that. The other issue is...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----rather than decrease, the effects of a good controlled saving. A major review was done last year and the year before. I must give credit to the Department for exceeding its targets in 2012. From what I hear, it will probably exceed them again this year.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: By that scale there will not be savings of the same scale in the future because the work has been done and accuracy is in place. There will always be mistakes such as clerical errors or people making mistakes when filling out forms. Computerisation and cross-referencing implies that savings should decrease. Is it predicted that savings will decrease in 2014 and 2015?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In some ways, this section has a little bit of good news in it but it is not reflected in the figures because they change on a regular basis in terms of the numbers on the live register. Obviously, the number on the long-term list is not dropping fast enough. There has been a drop in the number of long-term unemployed but that is not reflected. If the trend this year continues, there would...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: For the better. I did not mean the Garda station but the dole office. I never had to sign on in a Garda station in my life.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The changes which occurred even in the year or so since I last visited the office were interesting. I would have attended with constituents on a number of occasions. I find it is often easier to deal with the social welfare inspectors on the telephone. I get a quicker response than when I had to attend in person. The service is changing. Most of the business is carried out in quite a...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They were not met in 2012. I asked if the target will be achieved or exceeded this year and what is the target for next year.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I asked several questions that have not been answered. One was about the youth guarantee and how that is going to affect the number of young people on jobseeker's allowance and whether there is an intention to change the different scales of jobseeker's allowance. The other question was why a higher figure is expected from control savings for this year than for the same amount of reviews...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is a huge and expanding area, which is a good thing in some ways. It will help many people who have found themselves in dire straits because they must change jobs or update their skills mid-stream in their working lives. It also helps young people who emerge from school or college with an expectation of work that is not there by making training available to them. We had some...