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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (24 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stages involved in an application for Irish naturalisation. [26607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (24 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a fund that a householder can avail of to repair damage when they have been the victims of crime (details supplied). [26996/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 600. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment with a child psychologist in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [26995/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (19 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching qualifications gained in Moldova are recognised for teaching purposes in Irish secondary schools; and if not, the options available to convert such into a recognisable teaching degree in the State. [26440/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (19 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 183. To ask the Minister for Health if medical degrees achieved in Moldova are recognised to allow doctors to practice here; the steps needed to be taken to allow a Moldovan qualified doctor to practice in the State [26439/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (19 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 [26442/14]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I agree with Deputy O'Dea on this matter. Care must be shown when making attachment orders. It is well and good that overpayments made to those in receipt of State moneys should be captured from payments made to such persons. While this is probably right and proper in the vast majority of cases, specifically when an award is being made to a person, people should be able to request that...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am happy with the Minister's response. The legislation does not state that the scheme will lapse after a certain period of time. It is being run as a pilot scheme but the legislation allows for it to continue, I presume.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: However, it does not allow for a report to go to the committee for discussion. I understand this may be for operational reasons. I will withdraw the amendment and at a future date the committee can decide whether the provision was successful or whether it needs to be extended or changed in any way.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As for amendment No. 18, in some ways this is similar to the argument I made in respect of amendment No. 13. This is slightly more peculiar because it deals with the proposals regarding habitual residence conditions. A positive change is being proposed in this Bill and I have already stated that quite a number of its measures are positive. However, it requires the departmental officials to...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 19:In page 18, to delete lines 1 and 2.This pertains to the proposal by the Minister to second 20 gardaí to the Department of Social Protection to help in the detection of fraud by people who are claiming social welfare benefits. On Committee Stage, I argued that while I was not opposed to the measure, I found it strange that it was included in this legislation...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister stated when regulations are made they will be laid before the House, and if we manage to get the House to have a debate on it and we are in the majority we will have an opportunity to nullify it. I am trying to avoid this situation in the first place by trying to ensure, not only with regard to social welfare legislation, that where regulations are made they go before committees...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister for her commitment to address this further. The purpose of the amendment was to generate some debate on it given that we are recovering overpayments from social welfare recipients. The last time I proposed such an amendment, it was to last year's Social Welfare and Pensions Bill. Employers need to pay some money back to the Department rather than the worker who is...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 13:In page 12, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:"(3) Section 232 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):"(4) The Minister shall provide a copy of any regulation or variation to a regulation that she proposes to make under this section to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 11:In page 9, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“7. Any employer who has had a finding made against them of unfair dismissal under the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007, must reimburse to the State the cost of the unfairly dismissed former employee’s social welfare payments from the date of the dismissal up to the decision of the Employment...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have two minutes to recap some of what I have said and respond to the Minister. Some of the old sayings hold true in this modern society, and one is "if it is not broken, do not fix it." The system is not broken and An Post is working, although it may be able to do things better. Why should we interfere with the position of An Post, which is contained within primary legislation? I...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I clarified that point earlier today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Edmund Rice Schools Trust (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not have the same type of detail that Deputy O'Brien has with regard to other proposed amalgamations so my questions are broader. Is the approach being taken by the trust similar to that of other religious orders? Has the trust had discussions with the patron in this instance, namely the bishop in Cork? Is it standard practice that when a school is proposed for amalgamation with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Edmund Rice Schools Trust (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Deputy O'Brien can go ahead.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I clarified that matter earlier.