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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for not being here earlier, but I was attending a Whips' meeting. Members of the committee might already have covered some of my questions. The Minister mentioned that exemptions were not given for 19 flights. Does he have any idea what the specific reasons were why those 19 were refused? What were the cargoes? The Minister also referred to non-military planes which were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will come back to the assurances in a second. The Minister got advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 19 flights, but what was that advice in each individual case? Is the Minister open to disclose it? Did it pertain to illegal weaponry and, if so, what was that weaponry? Or were there some other suspicions because obviously the advice was based on something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: (Resumed) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand that and hopefully the Minister will also be able to share with us the advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In some ways, there is a gentleman's agreement involving assurances from America, Russia or elsewhere. However, the fact that the Minister ended up having to refuse 19 flights means that they were chancing their arm somewhat. If a gentleman's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We have had a number of thrash-outs of the various job activation schemes over the last couple of years. I have explained my opposition to some and my support for others. I have a few specific questions. One is about the staff allocation to JobPlus and JobPlus Youth and also to JobBridge. One change since the last time the witnesses were here has been the announcement of JobPlus Youth and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The delegates never got to answer my first question about the staff allocated to the JobBridge and JobPlus programmes. Although I am not knocking JobBridge, JobPlus is specifically a job creation mechanism; it is a State subsidy for job creation. If it is skewed within the Department such that more staff are allocated to dealing with subsidised work placements under JobBridge than to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They are new questions to do with a brand new programme that was announced two weeks ago and did not appear in Pathways to Work which was launched last year. We did not have sight of it. Advance training is mentioned, but we have no idea what exactly it means, how long it will last, or whether it will be mandatory. Why was the decision taken to set this up scheme, rather than continue with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is it a mandatory programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is quite an amount to consider and it is a pity such a short time has been provided. Mention was made of the 2006 report. That report was not implemented, even by the previous Government, with all its faults, because it set a different timescale. The fact that a Minister in this Government pursued it with gusto, in particular in 2012, highlights the ill-thought out strategy around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They should bring the children along and let them see what is happening.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a date for surgery in the Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when that person will receive a date for the surgery [7379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Organisations (18 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take in order that arbitration is triggered, as per December 2014 correspondence, regarding a situation (details supplied). [7261/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (17 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister did not address the key concern and instead washed his hands of the issue by claiming it was not his responsibility. If funding for local partnerships in the Dublin area is cut by €742,000, it will affect service delivery, irrespective of the outcome of the tendering process. It is incorrect to claim, therefore, that it is not possible to predict the impact of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (17 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as bheith anseo chun déileáil leis an gceist rí-thábhachtach seo. The whole process around the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, or the public procurement process of community or social inclusion programmes is mired in confusion. As far as I know, the letters that were to be signed off on and sent out this week...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (17 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 246. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the serious delay in issuing by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of individual vehicle approvals for chassis cabs that is leading to a situation where truck bodybuilding companies here will have to lay off staff and potentially close up shop because they cannot afford to have completed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Recognition (12 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Further Education and Training Awards Council level equivalent to the National Vocational Qualification award in England. [6483/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go raibh maith agat. I hope I do not repeat the questions I asked previously when the witness appeared before one of the committees - I think it was the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection. This issue comes before us because somebody has appealed to us, as a petitions committee, that the public service and public policy is doing them a disservice. That is the reason the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The practice is that someone in receipt of jobseeker's benefit is not hassled to get work but the criteria and the rules are specifically that the person is capable of work and is available and genuinely seeking work. In the current climate, that is ridiculous. It is also an insult to the people who have that kind of service record. The State transition pension also disappeared. It was to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It might be quicker.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (11 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the introduction of virtual gambling; and if it is covered under the Betting Act 1931. [6163/15]