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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: People will not go the Garda. I might give them the forms, but they will not go to the Garda station. In the past it was a case of filling in the form and sending it. That was no bother, but now the system is different. In fairness to some gardaí, they arrange a clinic to deal with the issue. I think they did this prior to the previous referenda when they went to colleges.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The figure in the case of the recent referendum was 60,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I know from Dublin City Council that it put a huge burden on the franchise offices to deal with the issue in a very short space of time. They managed to do it, but if it is to be a regular feature of the system, it means that something is wrong. Councils might have to seek more money to do the work involved.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To show an example.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: No charge was made.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: After the fact.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is too late.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The property deals have gone.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister mentioned €55 million. That is paid to An Post rather than the post offices. It is a pity that An Post does not pay it to the post offices directly, but that is a different matter. I have a social welfare form here - the Minister has seen some of these forms - and it states that the Department recommends direct payment to the customer's current, deposit or savings...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is a substantial change in the Department's documentation, giving more prominence and a direction to commercial banks. This is what is available in Ireland at the moment. If the Department changed the form to indicate that if the customer does not wish to indicate a post office, he or she could indicate a financial institution, then it would be a difference and would recognise the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Exactly, I have read out the choice on offer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not an option if the Department recommends a particular choice, which is what is stated in the document.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw new social protection forms encouraging persons to abandon their local post offices in favour of financial institutions, when dealing with social welfare transactions. [24849/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have tabled this question to call on the Minister to withdraw the new social welfare forms which are currently recommending that customers use the commercial banks to receive social welfare payments rather than their local post offices. If the Department continues in this way, it will further undermine local post offices, especially in rural areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries (Resumed): Asia Matters (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I congratulate the witnesses on a very good report and what seem like very practical recommendations, of which there are 12. It is the first time I have heard them. Deputy Crowe would have been here when the witnesses made a previous presentation. As they are so practical, why has there been a delay in implementing them? If one goes through each of the points, one sees that there is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The average full-time saving for a person with a disability moving into sustained employment is €10,660 per year, and this is why I said it would be self-financing. The Minister mentioned the Walk programme. There is an urgency regarding pilot programmes such as the Walk programme and, hopefully, the Minister will find in their favour and allow the approach they have taken away from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I agree with the voluntary nature of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has read the document, A Fair Recovery for Jobseekers with Disabilities: Sinn Féin Proposals for Immediate Action from the Department of Social Protection; her plans to take positive action on the document's recommendations to open mainstream jobseeker supports to persons with disabilities on a voluntary basis, increase the capacity and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In the context of the upcoming comprehensive strategy for people with disabilities and the slowness of the system in implementing change, I produced a document which makes a number of proposals on assisting jobseekers with disabilities. I ask the Tánaiste whether she has read the document and whether she will implement the positive, self-financing and simple recommendations which would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My questions are not meant to be critical of the Minister because, as I noted earlier, I am awaiting the comprehensive employment strategy and I acknowledge that departmental officials and disability groups have been working together to produce a strategy which would address the current shortfalls in employment support. However, it is recognised that some of our employment supports lack...