Results 9,561-9,580 of 19,414 for speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he has taken to ensure that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Education and Skills ensure that every organisation under their auspices and every organisation they grant-aid in any way is fully compliant with the code of ethics, the duty to care and the children's first guidelines. [40463/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a counselling service (details supplied) in Dublin 8 may have to close before Christmas due to a 48% cut in funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39775/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be granted an extra hour of home help a week due to the rapid deterioration of health. [40031/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 461. To ask the Minister for Health his views that there are question marks over the award by his National Paediatric Hospital Development Board of a mechanical and electrical engineering contract relating to the new children's hospital to a company (details supplied) earlier this year, including basic mathematical errors in calculating their score in the tendering process, which in fact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision by the Student Universal Support Ireland not to award a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W a student grant to allow her to finish her final year of her degree because she could not provide SUSI with a utility bill from October 2007, despite providing it with all other requested documentation, including proof...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has received a motor tax bill for vehicles which they do not drive and are housed in a warehouse despite having a declaration of non-use which they thought was an ongoing declaration and not an annual one as now it transpires; and the option they have remove the charges...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Child Protection (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the allegations regarding lack of child safety guidelines and code of ethics, their poor procedures and other matters raised in relation to the treatment of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22 by an association. [40460/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Sports Council (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Athletics Association of Ireland is answerable to the Irish Sports Council in relation to the production and implementation of a code of ethics, the duty to care and the Children First guidelines in clubs within its association. [40461/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Child Protection (21 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that each sports club in receipt of grant aid must have a child safety policy and a code of ethics in place prior to their application being considered or granted. [40462/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (22 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of children who were refused or discontinued child benefit this year and last year for not being in full-time education broken down by age 16 and 17 years respectively. [40564/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if water is now considered a utility and has a tax exemption; the reason there is no tax exemption for other utilities such as electricity, gas and so on. [40490/14]

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yesterday, I invited carers and their representative groups to visit Leinster House to explain to Deputies and Senators from all political parties how vital the respite care grant was to families affected by disability. The DCA Warriors, the Special Needs Parents Association and Aoibheann's Pink Tie, all of which are voluntary groups that do outstanding work, attended. Alongside the Carers...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste stated that the number of carers and those in receipt of respite care grants had increased. While I acknowledge this, she must acknowledge that, to be awarded carer's allowance or the respite care grant, an onerous medical assessment is made of the caree. As such, each and every one of the people receiving those payments is a deserving case.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Those people deserve much more than this State has ever granted them. We have examined the figures, as has the Carers Association. When the water charges are included, every family carer will be financially worse off next year than he or she is this year. I have the figures and can give them to the Tánaiste later if she wishes, but her Department is well capable of running them as...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not say that.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That has all been factored into the figures and they still are coming out with less.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is factored into the figures.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will give the figures to the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is to further a campaign for fiscal and financial power that we do not have. It calls for tax-raising powers because past Governments here did not support our demands for the transfer of financial and tax-raising powers.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It spent €80 million on the consultants in Irish Water.