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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not sure whether I am opposing or agreeing with this. I find it odd. We had a discussion here about trying to get doctors as medical assessors and there was no comment last year about having nurses. The vast majority of nurses I know do not have the diagnostic capability and the groups representing GPs or consultants have been very reluctant to allow nurses the extra power to go...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is quite a lot in this. It was sprung on us. I have not had a chance to talk to the representatives of the nursing organisation. It is a step up. Most occupational nurses are well capable. It is the same argument in terms of midwives in hospital - they are not given the responsibility they deserve. The Minister of State is right; most occupational nurses would be well capable of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was not trying to say it was not progressive. I thank the Minister of State. He is quite right that nurses' roles have changed although their everyday work may not have changed enough. I was trying to make sure that if we go down this road, there will not be a hiccup. There would be nothing worse than having a number of nurses lined up in a month or two to take up the position - for...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have said all along that I think they are well capable of doing the work. They have not been allowed do it because of demarcation within the medical professions. It is the same with pharmacists. This might be one of the steps forward. I was just making sure that we do not have a clash in the future between the IMO and the Department. If the IMO is happy with it, then work away.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A change was made to what became the Social Welfare Act 2012 which excluded credit unions from the household budgeting package. I shall outline its effect on Travellers, in particular, who availed of the facility to pay for mobile homes through An Post using the Lough payment scheme, which relates to the Lough Credit Union. I have argued with a number of Ministers about this matter and plus...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I had hoped the scheme would cover the Lough scheme payments but it seems more limited. Therefore, I again appeal to the Minister of State to include such payments because they are in the same vein. I welcome the initiative but it is not as extensive as I had hoped. The Lough payment scheme came about following agreement among a number of credit unions and it seemed to work well. I met a...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not a charge because the effect of the amendment is to reduce the amount, although it still has to be paid.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 26:26. In page 9, after line 22, to insert the following:“Recouping Social Welfare payments from employer in wrongful dismissal cases 11. Any employer who has had a finding made against them of unfair dismissal under the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007, shall reimburse the State the cost of the unfairly dismissed former employee’s social welfare...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister. I will withdraw my amendment.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I support the amendments. The 90% figure has been suggested by the OECD in cases where there are healthy employers or those with positive net revenue. This is to ensure employers are not chancing their arms, as they have done in the past, to avoid future liability or what they perceive as future liability. The view of many employers is that a defined benefit scheme is more onerous than a...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is not a point of order.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We dealt with the Order of Business this morning.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The biggest farce here is the one standing up opposite me.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Comóradh 1916 (12 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí míniú ar an moill atá ar an obair ag ionad Theach an Phiarsaigh i Ros Muc, Co. na Gaillimhe; cén t-athrú atá déanta ar na pleananna; cén fath a rinneadh an t-athrú sin; agus cén uair a bheidh sé réidh lena oscailt don phobal. [39531/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason persons placed on the JobPath programme are prohibited and excluded from taking part in other job activation schemes such as community employment schemes, part-time job incentive schemes, jobs clubs and local employment services and from participating in all other forms of training other than that supplied by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question arises from the need for clarification in respect of the company or companies granted the contract for dealing with long-term jobseekers, the contract known as JobPath. Do those involved understand fully the implications of being landed with a JobPath interview?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister's opening gambit contradicts the logic behind the JobPath scheme. She has already shown that people will find work by themselves or with the help of Intreo offices and the job activation schemes already in place without introducing this scheme. However, a debate on JobPath is for another day. The Minister's statement confirms some of what I believe is happening. Some people...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It may deliver results in some cases but, as I argued, it is not anything that could be delivered through the public service or through the changes the Minister brought about in the Intreo offices. All of what the Minister described sounds good but the experience to date is that people referred to JobPath cannot access a community employment scheme and, even if it is to their liking or part...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider widening the eligibility criteria for participation in Community Employment Schemes to facilitate adult dependents, those not in full employment, those on low hours or on low pay who do not qualify for Family Income Supplement, and those who are not in receipt of a Social Protection payment. [40186/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I ask this question to ascertain whether the Minister will live up to a commitment made in Pathways to Work 2014-2015, which stated that the Department would develop and evaluate options to extend employment services to people who are not on the live register and improve the promotion and communication of existing activation options, particularly for those who are unemployed or underemployed...