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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If there is no substantial purpose to this and there is just a change in wording that reflects a negative element, I do not see why we should proceed with it. An applicant always has the burden of proof, which is understandable, but the language in the past was positive rather than negative. I will not delay matters further. I read what FLAC had to say and it captured my view. I am a firm...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Like the other Deputies, I believe the Bill is in the main positive, but it represents a missed opportunity to address a problem that is now quantified regarding working single parents. Some years ago when the announcement was made that changes were to come into effect as of July 2015, we did not have exact figures for how many people would be affected and to what degree. Those who opposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not delay matters because I was not one of those who managed to get to the visits. I have been to a number of reception centres over the years for different reasons, representations and so forth. Visits were sometimes welcomed by the management and other times management were not happy with people visiting, especially public representatives, even if it was nothing to do with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will come back with a second question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand that. Part of the reason people who are in direct provision want to stay in direct provision is the length of time they have been in it. If that issue is addressed it will not be a problem in the future because most people will want to move on and try to access housing closer to schools and services. If one is in Mosney one might not want to stay there for the rest of one's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the reports mentions the longest person in the direct provision system, who has been there 11 years. Others may be in the system for longer, although out of direct provision. Some 21% have been there over seven years. With or without the report, is that trend increasing or decreasing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That number is concerning.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Irish families have been forced by the Minister and his predecessors in the previous Government to pay huge costs during their recession and austerity programme through increased bills, new taxes, charges and cuts to services. In addition, the Government has encouraged employers to become engaged in a race to the bottom, to devalue work, introduce lower wages and undermine the economy. As a...

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister is now deluding himself.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They are in poverty if unemployed.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We support JobsPlus and Springboard.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Forever.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is true.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Dream on.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: And the Minister is calling me deluded? He should take a look at himself; he is a silly billy.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Unemployment and low wages.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister is as fanatical as his brother.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Southern leadership.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the activation options open to recipients of disability allowance; and if she will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of recipients who availed of each of these options, in each of the past five years. [14157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the original expenditure estimate and actual outturn on the wage subsidy, the EmployAbility Service, the partial capacity benefit, the workplace equipment/adaptation grant, the employee retention grant, and the disability awareness training schemes, for each of the past five years. [14158/15]