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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the fuel allowance season by three weeks. [25516/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the €50 top-ups paid to JobBridge participants in 2014; and the expected cost for 2015. [25517/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are currently on a JobBridge placement and the average number who conclude or leave their JobBridge placement each month. [25518/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the average community employment place for one year, including income support and all other costs, such as training fees and materials, incurred by her Department and the Exchequer generally; and if she will specify same. [25520/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing 4,000 additional community employment scheme places in 2016. [25521/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the family income supplement by 10% in 2016. [25522/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of a family income supplement payment; the total number of children this involves; and the size of the average payment. [25523/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of raising the one-parent family payment income disregard to €120 in 2016. [25527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2016 of raising the child cut-off age for the one-parent family payment to 12 years old. [25528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost in 2016 of reopening her Department's diet supplement scheme to new applicants from 1 January 2016. [25530/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year additional cost under the farm assist scheme of reducing the assessment of means from self-employment, including farming, to 85% and reinstating the deductions from income in respect of children which were discontinued in April 2013. [25531/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the dermatology department in Temple Street hospital in Dublin 1 has closed; the reason it has closed; and the alternative that has been put in place for current patients (details supplied). [25479/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reinstating the SOLAS training allowance in 2016. [25529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (25 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of an additional 500 places on the Momentum programme. [25532/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for being late. I welcome the fact that there is a report back on this. It is good to hear that action is being taken along the lines we and many members of the public suggested. There is a big problem with the register. First, there is a cut-off date which is tied to the old days when everything was done with pen and paper. I accept that processing must take place and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is there a problem with use of the supplementary register that is related to the Department? We could argue with the Minister about the supplementary register, but it is a political discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The problem is not with gardaí. It relates to people not going to Garda stations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: People will not go the Garda. I might give them the forms, but they will not go to the Garda station. In the past it was a case of filling in the form and sending it. That was no bother, but now the system is different. In fairness to some gardaí, they arrange a clinic to deal with the issue. I think they did this prior to the previous referenda when they went to colleges.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The figure in the case of the recent referendum was 60,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I know from Dublin City Council that it put a huge burden on the franchise offices to deal with the issue in a very short space of time. They managed to do it, but if it is to be a regular feature of the system, it means that something is wrong. Councils might have to seek more money to do the work involved.