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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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there are groups which no longer qualify for the fuel allowance and the Christmas bonus in budget 2016. [39699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (11 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the one parent family payment on the jobseeker's transitional allowance are ineligible for the Christmas bonus and/or the fuel allowance; and the position regarding same if a lone parent is in receipt of the working family dividend. [39781/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the payment of a carer's allowance for six weeks; for 12 weeks; and for six months, after the person being cared for has entered long-term residential care. [39059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 414. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be given a hospital appointment. [39341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (5 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is normal procedure for Leader funding to be used in the planning of a future development of an unauthorised marina (details supplied), on property built by Waterways Ireland, which was the subject of several warning letters, and from the documents attached shows it was the subject of an enforcement order from late...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but these are the microloans which in parts of County Cork are called the Lough payment because the Lough Credit Union used to allow a payment to be deducted from social welfare for Travellers, in particular, who were obliged to take out large loans to pay for mobile homes. Given recent events, it is important that this message is sent out. There is a lot more to discuss but I will...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Before the adjournment, I outlined some of the social welfare cuts the Government had implemented since taking office. They include cuts to illness benefit, the diet supplement scheme and the fuel allowance scheme. I was dealing with the fuel allowance and the household benefits package when the debate was adjourned. The Government cut these schemes, affecting some of the poorest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: JobBridge and the Youth Guarantee: National Youth Council, Ballymun Jobs Centre and Department of Social Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am due to be in the Dáil shortly so if I am not here for them I will read the answers in the record. I will put my questions in the order of the presentations. The National Youth Council produced a report earlier this year on JobBridge. It was quite critical but also highlighted the need for a further analysis, so it is good to hear that the analysis is about to take place. Has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: JobBridge and the Youth Guarantee: National Youth Council, Ballymun Jobs Centre and Department of Social Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When the Dáil is on Topical Issue No. 4.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the Government going to do anything to make it better?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Have increased.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: None of that is working.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Rents have gone up 4.4% in one year alone.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Building houses would help.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Interestingly, now that Members again face an election campaign, the Labour Party is again making promises. Budget 2016, of which this Bill forms part, is another cynical attempt at election game-playing. Can the Minister of State seriously believe the Labour Party can buy off the people it has most savagely cut and consistently targeted over its entire term in office with a few measly...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: With budget 2016 the Government has made it clear how seriously out of step it is with the suffering of ordinary people. In this Bill the Minister seeks to give legislative effect to the meagre range of measures she announced in the budget. The measures introduced in the budget are too little, too late and far too cynical. While I welcome the row-back due to pressure from myself and others,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Scheme (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated net cost to her Department of extending the carer's allowance, from six weeks to 12 weeks, and a further extension from 12 weeks to six months. [38494/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Nov 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a residence card by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and when that person can expect a decision, considering that the application was made on 10 February 2015. [38529/15]