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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: These are the Minister's figures, not mine.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister dreamt it up.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I refer to 21 January.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister remember the democratic programme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Disgraceful.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the Central Statistics Office SILC finding that the number of lone parent households suffering enforced deprivation has risen to 63%; if in consideration of the SILC findings and in the absence of affordable after-school care, she will abandon her plans to lower the cut-off age for the one-parent family payment to seven years to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My question highlights the rocketing rates of deprivation among lone-parent households, as indicated in the recently published CSO survey of income and living conditions, SILC. The report highlights the fact that 63% of such households are now living without basic necessities. Considering the absence of affordable after-school care facilities, will the Minister abandon her plans from 2 July...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If this cut goes ahead, it will result in a further significant loss of income for thousands of lone parents and an increase in deprivation. Will the Minister to confirm that almost 12,000 lone parents will suffer a financial loss of up €86 per week if she proceeds with the cut? Her response to a parliamentary question I tabled in January stated 6,400 lone parents would suffer a loss...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste's logic is that if one drives lone parents further into poverty, they might come out at the other end. However, what the SILC statistics show is that is one is driving them further into deprivation, making it even more difficult for them to get out of poverty. There is no Scandinavian model of child care available here and the Tánaiste has not addressed that issue....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the SYNDICAT Confederation of European Trade Unions' report, the Youth Guarantee in Europe, and the contents of the country-specific section examining this State, in particular; the changes she will make to the Youth Guarantee to ensure that it does not perpetuate the growing crisis of precarious work; her views on SIPTU's assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her view on the report commissioned by a coalition of non-governmental organisations, including FLAC, Doras Luimní, Nasc and Crosscare, which highlighted serious customer service issues including racism and rudeness to immigrants on the part of some social welfare officers. [4910/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of her previous assertion that raising the rent supplement caps would lead to further rises and artificial inflation of rents the steps she has taken to guard against this happening on foot of the supplementary welfare allowance note for information 2014/18 circulated to staff of her Department on 9 December 2014 which effectively raises...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the appropriateness of jobs clubs contracted by her Department to provide courses to jobseekers using JobBridge interns to deliver these classes on their own; her views that this discovery highlights the inadequacy of the safeguards and monitoring mechanisms built into the JobBridge scheme; and if she will take any action in response...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Central Statistics Office's survey on income and living conditions finding that the percentage of the population experiencing enforced deprivation has risen to 30.5%; and if she will introduce emergency social welfare provisions targeting those groups experiencing deprivation. [4907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when EU Directive 2014/24/EU, which is to replace Directive 2004/18/EC regarding public procurements, will be transposed into law, in view of the fact that the transposition date is supposed to be before the end of April 2015. [5214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (5 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the regulations to provide full effect to the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 regarding evictions from local authority homes will be published. [5220/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a reassessment of a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when a decision on their case will issue. [4419/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when a decision on their case will issue. [4420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 for dyslexia; and when they will receive a date for their assessment [4553/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 to allow them to carry out a dyslexia assessment on one of their students [4554/15]