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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: At present, it is mentioned in law as An Post. My concern is this measure is opening it up and the Minister is admitting this is opening it up to competition.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not necessarily blame the Minister-----

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----but not everything the European Union demands of us must be implemented in the way it often is implemented by the Government. There are concerns about society, changes therein and the need to protect institutions that serve society best. I am aware there has been an ongoing exchange in the EU about postal workers. This is more a concern for the Minister for Communications, Energy and...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This Bill. There is no urgency yet it was published-----

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was published on Friday and we are discussing it today. It is not the way to do business and there should be more time between publication and discussion. The Minister may remember one of the first Bills she brought to the House in July 2011 was to legislate for the minimum wage rate. We welcomed that Bill at the time but I argued that the Bill removed the need for all legislation to...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I agree there has been a range of cuts. However, given the day that is in it, it is worth reminding people that the Minister could reverse the cut to the respite care grant which was estimated at the time as €26 million or €27 million. Everyone on all sides of this House would urge the Minister to consider reversing the cut. It could have been contained in this Bill. She...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the youth guarantee to make specific positive provisions for young persons with disabilities. [24274/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When the youth guarantee was conceived at EU level, the idea was to guarantee all young people a meaningful education, training or a job opportunity. When the Government developed the implementation plan, it sought to limit that guarantee by excluding young people with disabilities. Will the Minister open up participation in the youth guarantee provisions to young people with disabilities?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Everybody would hope for that but the problem is that young people with disabilities are specifically excluded from the youth guarantee. The Minister has an opportunity to correct that before the youth guarantee is developed any further. My question seeks to have disabled youth specifically included and to have a specific amount of funding set aside just for them. Most of the allowances...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister and I hope she lives up to a commitment she seems to be making. I want, if at all possible, for her to list the new measures under the youth guarantee, rather than existing measures, and what portion of additional youth guarantee funding, not existing funding, will go to ensure there is work available for young people with disabilities. As I said, the EU has provided...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has researched and estimated the total loss to the Exchequer, including social welfare payments made and tax/PRSI forgone, which potentially arises where employers opt to engage an intern under the JobBridge scheme rather than employing someone on the minimum wage; and if so what would that loss be if 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am asking the Minister to acknowledge and publish the figures on the very significant costs of the JobBridge scheme. Not only does each JobBridge position cost the Exchequer a weekly social welfare payment plus €50, it also incurs a cost to the Exchequer in terms of taxes and PRSI foregone because of displacement where jobs are not advertised and filled as they ought to be. I ask...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister is probably aware of the economist and researcher Michael Taft. He has outlined an example of a large company taking on 14 young JobBridge interns for six months instead of recruiting at the minimum wage, which the company should be encouraged to do. It might even be encouraged to take on staff under a JobsPlus mechanism. In the example, the loss to the Exchequer over the six...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Michael Taft is not my economist and hopefully he is nobody's economists. I think he is an independent economist and was probably closer to the Minister's party in the past than mine. The Minister mentioned independent research but she has never quoted the following fact from her Indecon report. One of the questions to the employers was whether they would employ someone if JobBridge was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: And multinationals.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Companies should pay these people.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister is not at the Labour Party hustings now.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Paid for their work.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The figure is 29%.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Internship Scheme Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Look at the figure in the report - 29%.