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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the original expenditure estimate and actual outturn on the wage subsidy, the EmployAbility Service, the partial capacity benefit, the workplace equipment/adaptation grant, the employee retention grant, and the disability awareness training schemes, for each of the past five years. [14158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of new people and the total number of persons supported by the wage subsidy, EmployAbility Service, partial capacity benefit, workplace equipment/adaptation grant, and employee retention grant schemes, for each of the past five years. [14159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of employers availing of the wage subsidy scheme, and the numbers of employees this relates to, as follows: one, five or more, ten or more, 20 or more, 30 or more, 50 or more, or 100 or more. [14160/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers availing of strand 1 of the wage subsidy scheme only, for each of the past five years. [14161/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent job coaches engaged under the EmployAbility Service programme and its predecessor programme in each of the past five years; and the corresponding number of persons with disabilities who were supported into work. [14162/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if computerised data on the medical conditions giving rise to claims for disability allowance are stored, as recommended by the value-for money-review of the scheme, in order to better inform the planning and delivery of employment and training supports; and if so, the main diagnosis types associated with claims, and any relevant trends...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cuts made to the one-parent family payment from 2008 to 2015; and if she will provide a breakdown identifying the budget measure giving rise to each. [14876/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 416. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children and households availing of the after-school child care scheme. [14866/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 417. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child care providers participating in the after-school child care ccheme, by county. [14870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given urgent attention, in view of the fact that the original delay in the application was with Saint Vincent’s Hospital; and if the family will be re-imbursed for nursing home fees when their application is finally granted. [14788/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (15 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 820. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason interest rate decreases have not been passed onto mortgage holders who are part of the affordable housing or shared ownership scheme with local authorities since April 2012; and the way it was decided not to authorise local authorities to pass on the three decreases since then. [14785/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not delay matters because I was not one of those who managed to get to the visits. I have been to a number of reception centres over the years for different reasons, representations and so forth. Visits were sometimes welcomed by the management and other times management were not happy with people visiting, especially public representatives, even if it was nothing to do with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will come back with a second question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand that. Part of the reason people who are in direct provision want to stay in direct provision is the length of time they have been in it. If that issue is addressed it will not be a problem in the future because most people will want to move on and try to access housing closer to schools and services. If one is in Mosney one might not want to stay there for the rest of one's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the reports mentions the longest person in the direct provision system, who has been there 11 years. Others may be in the system for longer, although out of direct provision. Some 21% have been there over seven years. With or without the report, is that trend increasing or decreasing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That number is concerning.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Like the other Deputies, I believe the Bill is in the main positive, but it represents a missed opportunity to address a problem that is now quantified regarding working single parents. Some years ago when the announcement was made that changes were to come into effect as of July 2015, we did not have exact figures for how many people would be affected and to what degree. Those who opposed...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If there is no substantial purpose to this and there is just a change in wording that reflects a negative element, I do not see why we should proceed with it. An applicant always has the burden of proof, which is understandable, but the language in the past was positive rather than negative. I will not delay matters further. I read what FLAC had to say and it captured my view. I am a firm...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Like the other Deputies who have spoken, I find this change in the legislation odd because it is changing the presumption. As the Free Legal Advice Centres have indicated in their submission, this is negative legislation. I would like to remind people of exactly what is provided for in the relevant legislation at present. In respect of carer's allowance, section 179(4) of the Social Welfare...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, to delete lines 23 and 24.