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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Socioeconomic Profile of the Seven Gaeltacht Areas in Ireland: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Níl i mBaile Átha Cliath ach an oiread.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Socioeconomic Profile of the Seven Gaeltacht Areas in Ireland: Discussion (3 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Níl mé chun ceisteanna eile a chur. B'fhéidir go mbeidh mé in ann iad a chur amach anseo. Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe atá fágtha, ach go háirithe don Seanadóir Ó Céidigh a bhí anseo níos luaithe, don Uasal Gleeson, don Dr. Ó Caoimh agus don Dr. Mac Cormaic as ucht a bheith anseo inniu. Bhí seisiún...

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State skipped over it.

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Chun críoch a chur leis an méid a bhí le rá go dtí seo, I want to say that it is not good enough to support this motion. It requires action. One of the actions in the motion is to set up a committee of the Houses to ensure delivery, which has not happened thus far. We are talking about Irish citizens. Irish citizens...

Statistics (1916 Rising Centenary) Bill 2016: Leave to Withdraw [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move: "That leave be given to withdraw the motion, 'That the Bill be now read a Second Time', and that the Bill be withdrawn."

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 399. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a domestic waste collection waiver or rebate for those full-time carers caring for family members who are doubly incontinent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 400. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a working group established to consider introducing a domestic waste collection waiver or rebate for those full-time carers caring for family members who are doubly incontinent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14932/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a couple with savings of €40,000 are means tested for jobseeker's allowance; and if they would be entitled to full payment. [14758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (2 Apr 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on jobseeker's allowance can continue to pay into a private pension scheme he or she enrolled in while in full-time employment; and if the pension value is regarded as means even though the person has no access to those funds until the pension has matured. [14887/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after “as a fait accompli.”: “— reinstate funding for local and regional drug and alcohol task forces to 2008 levels, with a comparative increase in funding to reflect the additional remit of alcohol; and — increase funding for community-based drug projects to allow for wage restoration.”

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We may have to bring back the former Minister, Deputy Kelly.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the briefing on these sections in particular and the points the Minister has raised. On passports, the growth in numbers is phenomenal. It is not, however, unexpected in some ways. I do not know where the increased income from these passports is reflected in the figures. Are they cost neutral? I understand that the Minister does not-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not reflected in the figures. There is, obviously, a cost if 860,000 passports are being printed. There is a cost for administration and the machines. I saw that the cost for the increased number of personnel required was reflected. I refer to 230 temporary staff as well as new staff. The other figure might be there but I did not notice it.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is that over the cost of-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I meant was it over the cost of producing the passports. Sometimes-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister, therefore, has a case to look for an extra €60 million from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, because his Department has been contributing.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister will have heard a request from my party and others to open a passport office in Belfast because of the number of passport applications from the Six Counties. A great deal is done online now but there is still a demand for a passport office, in the consular service or elsewhere. I know some of the difficulties people face in emergencies etc. If the Department is making...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are also Irish citizens who live abroad but whose families might live in Ireland. They would not necessarily have insurance.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have no problem with that and, like the Tánaiste, I believe the increase will result in more benefit than cost.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The point that most passports are issued online is taken, but outside Cork and Dublin there is a lot of the country without any passport office cover in an emergency. A person living at the far end of County Donegal, never mind someone living in Derry or elsewhere in the Six Counties, has a long way to travel to Dublin, especially if it is an emergency. These are the cases with which I have...