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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance (18 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing disability allowance by €20. [40861/15]

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom ar dtús báire comhbhrón ó chroí a dhéanamh le pobal na Fraince, atá buailte chomh dona sin leis an uafás a tharla ar an Aoine nuair a tharraing buíon bunúsaithe marfacha an tragóid anuas orthu siúd, leis na clanna atá tar éis duine a chailliúnt ach go háirithe, agus leo siúd atá gonta...

Other Questions: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As far as I know, Turas Nua employees are Garda vetted, whereas Seetec which obviously is a private company has its own private system. The customer charter for Turas Nua does not seem to be as accessible online as the Seetec one and that should be corrected. There could be highly sensitive data about people who are long-time unemployed for a multitude of reasons. There could be a big file...

Other Questions: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if employees of companies (details supplied) who are tasked with the privatisation of the job placement role of her Department have been vetted by An Garda Síochána; and how she will ensure that these companies operate within the provisions of the Department's Customer Charter 2013-2015. [40100/15]

Other Questions: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This arises from a question we dealt with earlier, namely, the State out-sourcing those who are long-term unemployed to Seetec and Turas Nua under the JobPath scheme and to ensure that all the protections that currently hold to the Department of Social Protection also hold in regard to these companies, in particular Garda vetting, data protection and any other restrictions in terms of the...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We discussed this recently at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection and there is a range of people not captured by social welfare payments, for example, people who work two hours a day and do not have any family do not qualify for jobseeker’s allowance and would have to give up their work to get the allowance and to qualify to access to the CE schemes. ...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am aware of some of those courses but they do not capture everyone. There are people who fall through the cracks. I have referred such people to the Intreo offices and some have come back frustrated because there was nothing available. Some have been shown a career path or educational path to help them engage in the workplace or at least enhance their curriculum vitae. The Minister of...

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...

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: 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: 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?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress made on the commitment in the Pathways to Work 2015 strategy to develop and evaluate actions to extend services to persons not on the live register; to improve the promotion and communications around existing activation options; and her plans for access for qualified adults to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the situations where unemployed persons who do not qualify for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit can sign on for credits. [40098/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she will ensure that a private-for-profit company, that financially incentivises job placement, will remain free of corruption and fraud; and if she is aware of the fraudulent activities of some companies in the United Kingdom, including some who were awarded JobPath contracts here [40096/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views regarding the potential supply of labour statistics being a measure of the real extent of unemployment and underemployment. [40099/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons who believe that they have been unfairly and-or unprofessionally treated by employees of companies, such as Seetac and Turas Nua, which companies are tasked with the privatisation of the job placement role of her Department, can request to deal solely with their local Intreo office or their local...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection who decides when a person's jobseeker's payment can be cut; on what criteria is this decision based; and if this is at the discretion of a private company, such as Seetac and Turas Nua, which have been tasked with the privatisation of the job placement role of her Department. [40209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the wording of correspondence sent to non-custodial parents, regarding their liability to her Department, in the event of a custodial parent ceasing to receive the one parent family payment, will be changed to make it clear that the parents do have a liability to pay maintenance to their ex-partners. [40210/15]