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Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá ceist agam maidir leis an gCoinbhinsiún Bunreachtúil. Foilsíodh an tuairisc dheireanach acu anuraidh, measaim an lá deireanach de mhí an Mhárta an bhliain seo caite. Tá beagnach 12 mí imithe tharainn ach fós nílimid tar éis 14, nó ar a laghad 13, tuairisc a phlé. Gealladh dúinn go mbeadh díospóireacht...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé seo á rá ag an Rialtas ó mí Iúil an bhliain seo caite. Cuirtear an cheist uair sa seachtain. Ní an fhreasúra amháin atá ag cur na ceiste ach tá Teachtaí ar bhinsí an Rialtais ag cur na ceiste chomh maith. Níl sé maith go leor ag an staid seo nach bhfuil dáta ann maidir le díospóireacht ar...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the electoral register for Dublin city is accurate in view of the fact that only four out of the nine electoral areas had enumeration work carried out in them and that no checking of the accuracy of the electoral register was carried out in Crumlin, Beaumont, Walkinstown, Clontarf, Raheny,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied there are enough enumerators employed to cover Dublin city's nine electoral districts, less than ten for the city council area. [9490/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been assured by all the local authorities that enumerators have called to every home in the country each year between publication of the annual electoral register; and whether that work has been quality-tested to ensure the electoral register is as accurate as possible for the forthcoming referendums. [9491/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the electoral register in areas which have a predominance of apartment blocks is wholly inaccurate due to only an accuracy of 20% to 30% being achieved in those apartments; and the steps he will take to overcome this problem. [9492/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the electoral commission will be set up; if it will have responsibility for the annual updating of the electoral register; if he will provide it with the power to be a rolling register in view of the advance of new technology and the residency mobility of citizens around cities in particular; and in the meantime the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the consequences of her plans to lower the cut-off age for the one-parent family payment is that lone parents in full-time education will lose the maintenance portion of their Student Universal Support Ireland grant once their youngest child turns seven years old; if she has discussed this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the lone parents who will be affected by the changes on 2 July. They will no longer be able to receive the maintenance portion of the SUSI grant. Has the Tánaiste held discussions on the matter and, if so, will she enlighten the Dáil about them?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am unsure when the Tánaiste asked the officials to meet. It has been acknowledged for several months that this is potentially one of the effects of the Tánaiste's plan to change the one-parent family payments in July. Obviously, the qualification criteria for SUSI were drawn up with the current one-parent family payments in view. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the changes...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Everyone acknowledges that those who are parenting alone would love to return to work or education, if at all possible. In this case, however, there is urgency. The decision was taken in budget 2013. Why has it taken so long for the officials of the Tánaiste's Department to respond? The Department is the reason these parents are now unable to access a maintenance grant on which they...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind her decision to make mandatory the proposed new First Steps programme for disadvantaged young persons. [9401/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As presented, the new youth development internship, First Steps, is basically a reincarnation of the JobBridge scheme which is targeted specifically at disadvantaged young people. Why is First Steps a mandatory scheme unlike the much promoted and voluntary JobBridge scheme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I know many young people who have been assisted in various ways over the years by good employers and teachers, whether on the Youthreach programme or in schools, colleges and small companies. My main problem with the First Steps scheme is that it is not voluntary in contrast to JobBridge, a scheme the Government repeatedly assures us is a voluntary scheme and which is also open to young...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the Minister of State believes the argument he had made, the logical step would be to remove from the First Steps scheme the punishment element that will apply to those who, for whatever reason, must leave the programme. This type of stick should not be available in any youth project.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commission a further, and comprehensive, evaluation of the JobBridge Scheme, in view of the changing economic context in which it operates. [9312/15]

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will the Minister take an honest look at the JobBridge scheme and its wider interaction with the labour market to ensure that further paying jobs are not displaced, given that the original Indecon report dealt with year 1? It is now four years in place. Does the Minister consider it appropriate at this stage to have a further evaluation?

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State quoted 3% as the percentage of employers that admitted using JobBridge to replace existing employment. He did not quote the other figure, that a whopping 29% of employers said that in the absence of JobBridge they would have taken on a person in paid employment instead. We are poles apart on JobBridge. I will not persuade him here. However, even if he looks at...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The figures in the Indecon report commissioned by the Department are outdated, but even they showed that many of those who progressed on to work were on lower pay than their colleagues after one year. Any new study would bear out this experience. Does the Minister of State accept that interns making complaints during their periods of internship or afterwards endanger their chances of having...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé i gceist agam m'am a roinnt leis an Teachta Sandra McLellan. Fáiltím roimh an mBille seo agus fáiltíonn mo pháirtí roimhe freisin in ainneoin go bhfuil fadhbanna móra leis agus go bhfuil gnéithe ann ar chóir athrú. Luaigh an Teachta Ó Deaghaidh a lán de na háiteanna atá fadbhanna agamsa leo. Luaigh...