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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (10 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on purchasing school property (details supplied) in Dublin 12 when it goes up for sale shortly. [10003/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (10 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on changing the status of a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 from an all-girls school to a co-educational school. [10158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland classes an applicant's parents as the applicant's legal guardians for assessing eligibility for grants and so on until the applicant is 21 years of age, regardless of whether the applicant is living at home or living independently when, on the other hand, the State recognises someone as an adult at...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé ríthábhachtach go bhfuilimid ag déileáil leis an mBille seo inniu. Is trua nár glacadh le Bille eile dá leithéid a chuir muid chun tosaigh sa bhliain 2003, nuair ba léir do phobal na hÉireann - measaim go bhfuil sé soiléir fós - go raibh sé riachtanach go mbeadh neodrachas míleata istigh sa Bhunreacht i...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will try to wrap up má thugann tú deis gasta dom. Ba mhaith liom an méid a dúirt mé ag cruinniú coiste le déanaí mar gheall ar an bhfianaise atá ag Amnesty International maidir leis na gialla a bhí i Guantánamo a cheartú. Níl fianaise acu ó na gialla sin. Is léir, áfach, ó na ríomhphoist ó...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When we adjourned the debate, I was making the point that the issues arising for inter-sex people were not adequately addressed in the Bill as it stood. I hope we will be able to introduce amendments on Committee Stage to improve the legislation in this regard. Discussions about psychiatrists aside, it is clear that some inter-sex people believe the designation of "male" or "female" on...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé i gceist agam m'am a roinnt leis an Teachta Sandra McLellan. Fáiltím roimh an mBille seo agus fáiltíonn mo pháirtí roimhe freisin in ainneoin go bhfuil fadhbanna móra leis agus go bhfuil gnéithe ann ar chóir athrú. Luaigh an Teachta Ó Deaghaidh a lán de na háiteanna atá fadbhanna agamsa leo. Luaigh...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The figures in the Indecon report commissioned by the Department are outdated, but even they showed that many of those who progressed on to work were on lower pay than their colleagues after one year. Any new study would bear out this experience. Does the Minister of State accept that interns making complaints during their periods of internship or afterwards endanger their chances of having...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commission a further, and comprehensive, evaluation of the JobBridge Scheme, in view of the changing economic context in which it operates. [9312/15]

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will the Minister take an honest look at the JobBridge scheme and its wider interaction with the labour market to ensure that further paying jobs are not displaced, given that the original Indecon report dealt with year 1? It is now four years in place. Does the Minister consider it appropriate at this stage to have a further evaluation?

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State quoted 3% as the percentage of employers that admitted using JobBridge to replace existing employment. He did not quote the other figure, that a whopping 29% of employers said that in the absence of JobBridge they would have taken on a person in paid employment instead. We are poles apart on JobBridge. I will not persuade him here. However, even if he looks at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind her decision to make mandatory the proposed new First Steps programme for disadvantaged young persons. [9401/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As presented, the new youth development internship, First Steps, is basically a reincarnation of the JobBridge scheme which is targeted specifically at disadvantaged young people. Why is First Steps a mandatory scheme unlike the much promoted and voluntary JobBridge scheme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I know many young people who have been assisted in various ways over the years by good employers and teachers, whether on the Youthreach programme or in schools, colleges and small companies. My main problem with the First Steps scheme is that it is not voluntary in contrast to JobBridge, a scheme the Government repeatedly assures us is a voluntary scheme and which is also open to young...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the Minister of State believes the argument he had made, the logical step would be to remove from the First Steps scheme the punishment element that will apply to those who, for whatever reason, must leave the programme. This type of stick should not be available in any youth project.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the consequences of her plans to lower the cut-off age for the one-parent family payment is that lone parents in full-time education will lose the maintenance portion of their Student Universal Support Ireland grant once their youngest child turns seven years old; if she has discussed this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the lone parents who will be affected by the changes on 2 July. They will no longer be able to receive the maintenance portion of the SUSI grant. Has the Tánaiste held discussions on the matter and, if so, will she enlighten the Dáil about them?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am unsure when the Tánaiste asked the officials to meet. It has been acknowledged for several months that this is potentially one of the effects of the Tánaiste's plan to change the one-parent family payments in July. Obviously, the qualification criteria for SUSI were drawn up with the current one-parent family payments in view. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the changes...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Everyone acknowledges that those who are parenting alone would love to return to work or education, if at all possible. In this case, however, there is urgency. The decision was taken in budget 2013. Why has it taken so long for the officials of the Tánaiste's Department to respond? The Department is the reason these parents are now unable to access a maintenance grant on which they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to prevent lone parents, who are also carers, from losing €86 per week subsequent to her plans to lower the cut-off age for the one-parent payment scheme to seven years. [9313/15]