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Other Questions: Work Placement Programme (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am seeking more details on the Gateway scheme which seems at a glance to be more akin to the Workfare scheme, because there is no training budget and no prospect of work by the host organisation. Can the Minister elaborate on the scheme?

Other Questions: Work Placement Programme (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Basically, the Minister has said that this is Tús for local authorities.

Other Questions: Work Placement Programme (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is the same. Why not extend the CE programme to cover these opportunities whereby a specific programme with a training budget could use a method that works and has been proven to work, rather than creating a new scheme which is akin to Workfare? Is the Minister aware that an academic analysis by the Department of Work and Pensions in Britain, to which she referred earlier, questioned the...

Other Questions: Work Placement Programme (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister can dream up all the titles she wants, such as Tús and Gateway, but at the end of the day they are the equivalent of Workfare, which has been condemned. Whether the Minister likes it or not, there is an element of compulsion.

Other Questions: Work Placement Programme (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: People are brought in and told that if they do not take this offer, their payments will be reduced. They cannot volunteer for it, which means that it is compulsory, so the Minister is living in a fantasy world. Will the Minister ensure that such schemes - be they Tús or Gateway, which I am asking about - have an additional training budget? That would mean that whatever experience...

Other Questions: Work Placement Programme (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have done so.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I want to ask about three pieces of legislation but I also want to ask about a commitment made on Dáil reform in regard to the pre-legislative stage. There are a number of Bills which are still outstanding and which may be published before the end of the session. I ask that the heads of those Bills that have not been published but which were indicated in the A list would be published...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide update on plans to transfer responsibility for rent supplement to a new housing assistance payment; the steps she will take in the interim to address the situation whereby rent supplement recipients are being priced out of the rental market in Dublin where rents have been rising steeply. [50774/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for her Department and the social welfare appeals office of the recent High Court ruling directing an appeals officer to reconsider the application by the mother of a ten year old girl for domiciliary care allowance in the context of new evidence; and if she will issue guidance on the matter to staff. [50775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the rules of the fuel allowance scheme to ensure that payment is not lost by the qualified adult in the event of family breakdown. [50773/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review and amend the record of mutual commitments form to achieve a greater balance between the promises of each side. [50772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been refused a medical card. [51113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 with A. M. leukaemia has been refused a medical card on the grounds that they did not have an income although they explained that their jobseeker's allowance was stopped because they were ill and had applied for illness benefit on which a decision has yet to be made....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí Eagraíocht na Scoileanna Gaeltachta Teoranta ó thaobh thacaíocht a Roinne de; ar phléigh an tAire ceist an Oideachais Gaeltachta ag leibhéal na Comhaireachta Thuaidh Theas i gcomhthéacs athchóiriú na n-eagraíochtaí...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an ngá atá ann Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireann a bhunú; an bhfuil aon phleananna aige chun fóram den sórt sin a chur ar bun; agus mura bhfuil aon phleananna den sórt sin aige, cén fáth nach bhfuil. [51472/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the future of the pension levy; the number of years it is expected to last and the rate; the amount it is anticipated will be raised by it; what the money raised is being allocated to; if he intends to bring forward legislation ring-fencing it for any particular purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area for Irish medium schools, gaelscoilenna, into which schools (details supplied) in Dublin 8 fall. [51299/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is not eligible to receive a full student grant. [51486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if defined benefit schemes that secure an exemption from the minimum funding standard will be covered by the provisions of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill. [51875/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (3 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has not been granted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51966/13]