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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am aware of some of the groups in my own area of the south inner city. I have also had discussions with some groups in Ballyfermot and elsewhere, and this week we are hoping to meet with people from the Canals Partnership, who have expressed severe concern about the future of their community programmes and what they are delivering. They cannot plan as they do not know if the structure of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Perhaps the witnesses can confirm that the change to SICAP involves a substantial cut to the funding for community programmes despite the fact we were told there would be no cuts. It is up to €2 million in total and, in Dublin, up to €700,000 across all of the partnership groups. Perhaps the witnesses can elaborate on whether this is true. Local Deputies attended the Cherry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I believe four tendered for the JobPath programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: G4S is one of the biggest companies in the world. It did not get the contract but it was engaged in discussions with the Department with all those who tendered for the contract for JobPath. It is one of the companies in England that delivers the equivalent service of trying to place people. One would question why such a security company is engaged in this. There is also a huge level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One is not precluded from getting the advice. There is no harm in asking for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They do not always transpose them by the set date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A date was mentioned but the delegates should not expect it to be in place by that date, it could be several years later before that happens. They usually try to comply with the dates.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (29 Jan 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will make the tenant purchase scheme guidelines available to local authorities. [4108/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a reassessment of a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when a decision on their case will issue. [4419/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when a decision on their case will issue. [4420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 for dyslexia; and when they will receive a date for their assessment [4553/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 to allow them to carry out a dyslexia assessment on one of their students [4554/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the anomaly which has deprived 30 or so teachers of just over €3,000 annually since the teaching qualification allowances were discontinued in 2012 (details supplied). [4584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be provided with access to a scribe for their leaving certificate examination in view of the fact they have a condition called dysgraphia [4768/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine the new criteria put in place to be eligible for access to a scribe or word processor in State examinations as the criteria is too stringent and students such as a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 are missing out on this vital service by a mere 1% in the qualifying tests; and if discretion can be applied when a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the Central Statistics Office SILC finding that the number of lone parent households suffering enforced deprivation has risen to 63%; if in consideration of the SILC findings and in the absence of affordable after-school care, she will abandon her plans to lower the cut-off age for the one-parent family payment to seven years to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My question highlights the rocketing rates of deprivation among lone-parent households, as indicated in the recently published CSO survey of income and living conditions, SILC. The report highlights the fact that 63% of such households are now living without basic necessities. Considering the absence of affordable after-school care facilities, will the Minister abandon her plans from 2 July...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If this cut goes ahead, it will result in a further significant loss of income for thousands of lone parents and an increase in deprivation. Will the Minister to confirm that almost 12,000 lone parents will suffer a financial loss of up €86 per week if she proceeds with the cut? Her response to a parliamentary question I tabled in January stated 6,400 lone parents would suffer a loss...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste's logic is that if one drives lone parents further into poverty, they might come out at the other end. However, what the SILC statistics show is that is one is driving them further into deprivation, making it even more difficult for them to get out of poverty. There is no Scandinavian model of child care available here and the Tánaiste has not addressed that issue....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is the Minister's answer to her parliamentary question.