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- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A Cheann Comhairle, I want to point out to you. A specific charge was made-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----against an organisation, which is contrary to Standing Orders.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Ceann Comhairle was the very one who interrupted Deputy Adams on the exact same point.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will resume my seat if the Ceann Comhairle will address the specific point.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Suspend away if you want.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A Cheann Comhairle, you are allowing-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not resume my seat until you deal with a specific charge, which is contrary to Standing Orders, which is made against this organisation and the people sitting here. That is not allowed under Standing Orders as you well know.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Ceann Comhairle is being biased, he is supposed to be impartial-----but he is not being impartial.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: He is not being impartial.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I cannot if you are not willing to-----
- Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the debate. We also discussed the matter on Committee Stage. We are aware a legal case is pending on the matter. Could the Minister of State indicate, as he did previously, that the Government will examine the matter, when the cases are finalised? At that stage we could seek to ensure that the intention behind the amendment on which we have been lobbied, which is to ensure that...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I would support the amendment, if it was allowed, to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, and there is no cost to the Exchequer. On amendments Nos. 9 to 19-----
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wanted to indicate that I wish to speak on the amendments on pensions issues.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I take the opportunity to say that I will consider tabling an amendment to deal with an issue that has come across my desk about overpayments being sought which are more than 20 years old and the reason the physical files are not longer available. Northside Community Law Mediation Centre has highlighted a specific disproportionate and unfair approach where charges have been made against a...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, for Report Stage.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not wish to delay the proceedings. I raised this issue with the Minister on Second Stage. I had a long conversation when the pensions legislation was passed last year as I argued for a different priority order than the Minister. There is an urgency in terms of the lobbying we and others have received in recent weeks because the IASS scheme and the changes asked of its members seem to...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are practical changes that could possibly be helpful, for instance I have dealt with a number of cases where people applied for an invalidity pension, which has a higher threshold which they would not meet instead of applying for a payment with lower thresholds. They would have appealed the case before they contacted our office. If the officer reviewing the case notices that somebody...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I raised a number of issues when we discussed this previously and on Second Stage. The Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, said at the time that he would look at the form that is sent to people to ensure-----
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, it is on appeal rather than review. Also, when explaining to somebody who has been refused a payment the explanation should be quite clear. It might say that the medical documentation was not sufficient. What does that mean to a lay person who brought in a letter from their doctor? In most cases, it should be from a consultant. In the event that they get a cursory letter from the...