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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will ignore that last remark because it is not worth responding to. The point I was making was that a model similar to this one was introduced twice in Great Britain, first under the new deal and then under the Conservatives. In the past, it was found that some of the companies, including one engaged by the Department of Social Protection, have appeared before the House of Commons...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the concerns raised around the JobPath scheme and the reputation of the companies which have been selected to undertake it. [17375/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Last year, the Minister announced a tender to outsource the privatised job activation services under the title of JobBridge. This followed a similar failed experiment in Britain. Some of the companies that were tendering had a dubious work record. Is the Minister confident that the companies to which she has granted the tender are free from such a history and will not repeat the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Can the Minister indicate how many people she hopes to have placed in employment in the four-year period she mentioned? If that figure is achieved at an earlier stage, will that result in the termination of the JobPath programme? The Minister also mentioned that the jobs they will be placed in need to be for at least 30 hours per week, but there is no minimum pay rate apart from the minimum...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister of State accept there will be substantial changes to the existing support mechanism or new mechanisms introduced as a consequence of this comprehensive employment strategy given that the Disability Federation of Ireland says there will be no recovery without them? This is a declaration that in the past people with disabilities were left behind and were most marginalised...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind by the State in any economic recovery and the new job activation measures that will be put in place to enable those who want to work to find work. [17374/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the most marginalised groups in Irish society comprises those with disabilities who were left behind during the peak years. What measures are being taken to ensure these people are not left behind in any employment and job activation measures and in any future recovery.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State for the reply and I look forward to the long-awaited and overdue comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities. I hope it will include proposals which are acceptable to those who have a disability and are trying to access work. In Switzerland 80% of those who have a spinal cord injury return to work but in Ireland 80% of those with a spinal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that Ireland is behind on European Union poverty reduction targets, the measures her Department will take to close this gap by the end of the term of this Government. [17320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Care Services Funding (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her intention is to redirect any savings from cuts to her Department spend, in particular to one-parent family payments, to fund child care provision. [17319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the criticisms in the IMPACT report, JobBridge - Time to Start Again?, and her plans to deal with its recommendations. [17317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to assess the long-term benefits to the participants of the Ballymun Youth Guarantee pilot scheme; and, in view of the dearth of private sector jobs arising from the scheme, if she will ensure that these will be long-term jobs, and not just a temporary strategy to massage live register figures. [17318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the latest Health Service Executive performance report shows that the number of respite overnights for persons with a disability is well below the expected target, if she will re-instate the respite care grant to family carers. [17316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the delay in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied), as the person currently has no income and no way of supporting themselves. [17399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the rent allowance and one-parent family payment was suspended for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [17764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a trust fund for a child, that can only be accessed when the child reaches 18 years of age, has to be declared by the parent, when the parent is applying for a social welfare payment. [17765/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the money and resources spent promoting the JobBridge Scheme, including events, advertising and materials. [17770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for total expenditure by her Department; and the actual total expenditure to date. [17771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for expenditure on jobseeker's benefit and on jobseeker's allowance; and the actual expenditure on those schemes to date. [17772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the average cost to the Exchequer of a place on the Momentum programme, excluding income support. [17769/15]