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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Deferrals (1 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by underlying social welfare scheme of the number of persons who have deferred payment of the property tax. [41229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (1 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a table with details relating to jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance, illness benefit, disability allowance, carer's allowance and one parent family payment respectively listing the year of the latest fraud and error survey undertaken, the percentage of each sample who were found to be in overpayment by the survey, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the size of the total control saving figure from the most recent year available; the total number of cases that were reviewed; and the number of those that were found to involve overpayment. [41121/13]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent detention of Bahraini opposition leader Khalil al-Marzooq; if he will raise the case with the Bahraini authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41158/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of Wael Abu-Sada, a 40 year old Palestinian citizen who died of a serious illness on 23 September 2013 after he was prevented from travelling through the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt for medical treatment in Jordan; if he will raise this case with the Egyptian...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings of the JobBridge steering group to date; if she will provide a breakdown of all costs associated with the steering group including any remuneration or allowances received by non-civil servant members of the group. [41255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 101, 107 and 108 on 25 September 2013 in which she advised that 63% of all internships are completed early due to the intern securing paid employment, the proportion of these entered full-time employment and the way many entered permanent, fixed-term or zero hour contract posts respectively; if such data is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 101, 107 and 108 on 25 September 2013 the number of interns that finished early and returned to education, went back to receiving jobseeker's allowance or another social welfare payment or emigrated. [41257/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of hours the 21,000 participants on JobBridge have worked to date; the total cost of JobBridge to the State so far; if she will provide a breakdown of same. [41258/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Authority Work Placement Programme (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 September, the timeframe that is intended for placements to last, the rate of payment the participants receive, the level and types of training that will be provided to participants and what budget will be allocated for training. [41259/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Authority Work Placement Programme (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recruitment embargo on local authorities, the employment opportunities envisaged under the new Gateway scheme. [41260/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration given to immediately offering ECDL, manual handling, first aid and safe pass courses to those recipients of jobseeker's allowance and JobBridge who would like to participate in them when they are first awarded their payment. [41261/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Property Taxation Collection (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Tús scheme participants are having the property tax deducted from their allowance; if so, if they have been informed of these deductions; and, if not, the reason that is so and how the rate of deduction has been calculated. [41262/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the progress made in delivering targets under Pathways to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 263. To ask the Minister for Health his views the implications of the funding cut to St. Michael's House, as outlined by its directors, including the reduction in staffing across the organisation in day services, clinical services and administration, contraction of residential and respite services, closure of residential services for one Sunday each month, cessation of rent subsidy, cessation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have some questions on JobsPlus. Originally an important part of the Revenue job assist scheme was that those who were on it could avail of an additional tax relief to try to help people out of the trap when returning to work, but that does not exist in this scheme. Was any consideration given to introducing that? What is the budget for JobsPlus and what is the maximum number of jobs it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The question on PRSI is not with regard to JobsPlus but to the Gateway scheme. Those in the Gateway scheme will be on a wage and PRSI will be paid. A family of four will end up paying virtually the same amount as it receives over and above what it would have received anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The person will no longer be on jobseeker's allowance, so it will be a wage rather than an allowance. It is not taxable because one falls outside the tax allowance. My question on JobsPlus was that in the past, Revenue job assist had an additional tax allowance, so there are two separate issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I also asked other questions, including one on the Gateway scheme and the family income supplement.