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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We do not have them on this Stage, but we live in hope. We should proceed with this amendment as the referendum on marriage equality has been passed. There is a danger in the Minister of State’s approach in that those appealing the decision in the referendum in the courts will find another mechanism to delay the introduction of marriage equality and, accordingly, the removal of this...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I look forward to hearing the Minister's response.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We now know what the issues are.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am happy enough but I have not consulted the groups who are dependent on and have lobbied about an additional two weeks delay. I know the Minister of State is committed to this legislation and I am happy with what he intends to do but I have some concerns. I wish to signal that I shall table amendments on Report Stage and I will press them if we have not seen his amendments by 9 July. ...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 17:In page 10, to delete lines 5 to 12.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 30:In page 12, line 15, after “consent” to insert “or refuses to give their consent to the request”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 36:In page 12, to delete line 32 and substitute the following: "(c) an indication of the person's gender using the abbreviation M (male), F (female or X (indeterminate/unspecified/intersex).". This amendment is about the indication on the certificate. The section provides that a gender recognition certificate shall specify the date on which it is issued, the person's...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not expect the Minister of State to accept it. He is correct in saying it could have profound implications in terms of other laws. One of the reasons this Bill took so long is that it challenged many of the rigid aspects of society. It challenged the pigeon holes we create as a society. In this amendment I am seeking, at the very least, a recognition that there are those in society...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand. I will withdraw the amendment and table it on Report Stage. It is an issue that is not earth-shattering and could be facilitated in the future.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 44:In page 19, line 32, to delete “the father or mother” and substitute “parent”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Chomh maith le Teachtaí eile, ba mhaith liom comhbrón ó chroí a ghabháil le clanna na ndaoine a fuair bás inné. Bhí an timpiste an-tragóideach. It is every parent's worst nightmare to hear such news. The six young people who died were on a lifetime adventure in America. Many of us have known people who went to America on J1 visas. It was like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I would endorse that proposal and an effort should be made to speed it up, given that the programme broadcast on RTE the other night highlighted to many people, who were not fully aware of the level of collusion, just how bad it was. It added additional urgency to the matter because, otherwise, it gets forgotten about.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (16 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 788. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a common policy in relation to payment to local authority workers for overtime, and in particular for grade 5 and above, in local authorities throughout the State. [23594/15]

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 7 o’clock Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfuilimid ag labhairt faoin gceist seo mar tá sé ag déanamh tinnis do dhaoine le blianta anuas cé chomh hard is atá an ráta úis sa tír seo, go háirithe rátaí úis na mbanc atá faoi smacht an Rialtais, agus go bhfuil siadsan ag íoc rátaí níos airde...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was in the House last night when the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, made his contribution. He began by saying that he would set the context for this debate. He proceeded to turn on Fianna Fáil. I have no problem with that because, in some ways, Fianna Fáil deserves what it has got and probably a lot more. However, the context is a little different because it is the...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not direct it at a specific person.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I can spell it out if the Leas-Cheann Comhairle wishes. People understand exactly what I am talking about, that there is a clique in society, a group of people who are not bound by the usual norms of this Parliament and who have looked after each other. What is even more galling is that they have been facilitated, despite the conflict of interest, by this Government on a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (10 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mobility allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if full account was taken of all that person's outlays, including rent, at the time the decision was made. [22665/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (9 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10, who is a claimant under the jobseeker's allowance scheme, can be granted a place on a momentum course in Ballyfermot Information and Communications Centre in Dublin 10. [22012/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change to the long-standing custom and practice whereby the social welfare appeals system would be exhausted before the State would initiate legal proceedings against claimants suspected of fraudulent behaviour. [22491/15]