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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Chair has not ruled.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not saying he does not, but he has not ruled on it.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is not the proposal.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They are written on the back of an envelope.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thought "hello" money was illegal.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (11 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount available for community employment projects annually per CE participant for training and courses; and the options available to the project in the event of course costing more than the individual training grant. [47551/14]

Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Today is a great day for Ireland but it is also a great day for Palestine because the motion will not be opposed. While some people have been spinning to say the motion is not binding, I do not see how a Government could not support the motion and its effects into the future. It is a challenge for us as Opposition Members but it is also a challenge for the Government in particular to live...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We had a discussion on priority orders last year when we were discussing double insolvencies and the change to how defined benefit should be viewed. We did not have a long enough debate on it in terms of the Mercer report which outlined at the time the various different strategies around how to create a priority order. The Mercer report, which the Minister had, was made available a week or...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reforms she will introduce to the rent supplement scheme in response to the recent High Court ruling that the Department was wrong to discount the accommodation needs of a separated father's children when assessing his housing need; her views that the scheme as operated served to deny children their right to the care of both their parents; and...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the recent High Court ruling that the Department of Social Protection was wrong to discount or ignore the accommodation needs of a separated father's children when assessing his housing need for the purpose of rent supplement. Does the Minister agree that the scheme as operated served to deny children their right to care from both of their parents and will she take...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: According to the most recent Central Statistics Office, CSO, census figures there are 88,918 separated men in this country. That is an increase of almost 16,000 on the figure for the census taken prior to that. Not all of these have part custody of children or are in need of rent supplement, although obviously a portion of them are. Has the Department estimated the number of separated...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Has a timeframe been set for the review to ensure that within a number of months or perhaps a year the implications of the outcomes of the High Court case and the Equality Tribunal case from October 2013 are fully worked out and also to implement whatever changes are required to bring the rent supplement scheme into line with those judgments?

Other Questions: European Court of Justice Rulings (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was setting out the position of someone who travelled to a location within the European Union on health grounds and I was making the point that such a person should be supported by his original country and that there is a problem with that. Obviously, not all the social welfare rates are the same. Someone might move to Ireland because we have a specialty in heart operations but the person...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the positive outcomes of the reviews discussed previously was the change to the form. I welcomed that change but some people were not consulted and have issues. The Tánaiste mentioned the medical specialist assessment form and we discussed the fact that problems can arise due to delay on the part of some consultants. The 60-day notice is welcome but consideration could be given...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will raise this with the committee because delays caused by waiting on documentation from specialists can be frustrating for families and the Department. Such delays have consequences because if an applicant fails to submit documentation on time it can have a detrimental effect, especially with regard to carer's allowance. Can the same approach be taken on other forms? I refer to the...

Other Questions: European Court of Justice Rulings (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of the European Court of Justice ruling that Member States may refuse non-contributory benefits to economically inactive EU migrants; her views that this effectively excludes persons with disabilities so severe that they cannot work from the right to freedom of movement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47083/14]

Other Questions: European Court of Justice Rulings (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste spoke on this matter earlier as my question relates to the Dano judgment of the European Court of Justice, ECJ. Member states can now refuse social assistance payments to certain "economically inactive" people, to use the words that I think the court used. Does the Tánaiste share my concern that this ruling could affect people with severe disabilities that mean they...

Other Questions: European Court of Justice Rulings (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I take it that this does not interfere with the right of an EU citizen to reside in Ireland if a social welfare payment, or its equivalent, is being paid by his or her member state of origin.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the findings of the domiciliary care allowance review reports; if she is committed to implementing all the recommendations; and the steps she has taken from April 2013 to date in 2014 to implement same. [47085/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (10 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am asking about the recommendation of the report on the domiciliary care allowance scheme and its reform. What are the recommendations and what is outstanding?