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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 be happy if it was on e-mail. I do not know about the other Deputies. We understand that it needs to be updated and that it is not always right up to date. When the legislation changes we can take account of that. The one I am working off is two or three years old. Before the Minister came in we had a discussion on the range of amendments that are ruled out of order. I am aware...

Banking Inquiry: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an gcoiste fiosrúcháin seo agus na téarmaí tagartha atáimid ag plé chun déanamh cinnte go mbeidh seans acu déileáil le ceist mhór na mbanc agus an teip iomlán a tharla ar an gcóras airgeadais sa tír seo thar na blianta deireanacha. Guím gach rath ar an gcoiste sin mar tá obair mhór...

- Human Rights Budgeting: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Maureen O’Sullivan as ucht an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Tá sé tábhachtach go mbeadh díospóireacht againn arís ar an ábhar seo. Bhí díospóireacht againn níos luaithe sa Dáil faoi a leithéid de phróiséis i leith an bhuiséid....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (25 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there was a change made to the rules governing the duration a person can be on a community employment scheme and whether a person's placement on a Tús scheme results in that person only being allowed to do a CE scheme for a shorter period than would otherwise be the case. [45068/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the rules of the Tús scheme so that persons apply to participate; and if she will provide for accredited education and training of appropriate duration while on the scheme. [45131/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (25 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was refused an exceptional needs payment to assist in paying a deposit and the first month's rent for a new dwelling; and whether the person will now be granted the payment. [45222/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (25 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in County Offaly having prolapsed disk surgery performed in the Mater hospital, Dublin; and if they will be provided with a date for the surgery as soon as possible due to the high level of pain they are in [45377/14]

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As a teller, under Standing Order 69 I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgery appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [44587/14]

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are no water charges in the North of Ireland.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are just correcting the record.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There has been much talk about privatisation of Irish Water and we heard the former Minister of State speak about this earlier. The commitment that the Government is trying to put across in its supposed plebiscite is much like the triple lock, and people may remember the trickery involved with that. Rather than putting a commitment to Irish neutrality into the Constitution, the Government...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: You are talking shite.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (18 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide incrementally the number of persons in receipt of rent allowance in County Westmeath for the current year and previous two years living in the reconfigured LEAs of Mullingar/Kilbeggan, Mullingar/Coole and Athlone and the previous LEAs of Mullingar west, Mullingar east and Athlone. [44125/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Further Education and Training Strategy: Discussion (12 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a number of points to make. It is an ambitious programme and, with any ambitious programme, there is a need for not only for a shift in terms of people's attitudes, but for investment. One of the investments, for instance, deals with the requirements of business and the STEM subjects if we are to provide the best possible opportunity and education for those who are availing of...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is no problem at all.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste was not here for the first part of my contribution to this debate. I will carry on regardless, as they say. When I spoke last week, I urged the Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, who happened to be present in the absence of the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, to consider the introduction of an amendment to this short Bill. Even at this...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (11 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 583. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nach dtagann Uisce Éireann faoi scáth Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 agus faoi scáth an Choimisinéara Teanga dá réir agus cathain atá sí chun an dlí a athrú chun go mbeidh dualgas ar an gcomhlacht Stáit seo gnó a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge,...

Report of Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Motion (7 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the report of the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions entitled, Report on the Design and Layout of Ballot Papers used in the Seanad Referendum, October 2013, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 12 June 2014.I apologise on behalf of Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Chairman of the committee, for...

Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Nov 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I support the intention of the Bill, but the Minister of State is opposing the timeframe, which is too narrow. Nevertheless, the intention is to address a problem within the social welfare appeals section. It is not just a problem with social welfare appeals, as the issue is with the initial decision in many cases. For example, consider the number of appeals upheld, especially in medical...