Results 10,421-10,440 of 19,379 for speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have sympathy for the view that we must be careful not to place an onerous liability on a company whereby it ends up having negative consequences for the existing workers. That is why we chose the words "positive net revenues". The last line in my amendment deals with the parent company. Increasingly, parent companies set up an Irish subsidiary using loans from the parent company. When...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is there an equivalent for pensioners?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is that something that is being considered? It should be considered. It will probably take longer if it is not. DB schemes are closing in Ireland at a very fast rate and, in fact, according to the OECD, the number of DC schemes is also reducing, which is interesting. That might be due to the number of companies that have closed. It is a dangerous time for pensions and workers in Ireland...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes. A number of issues have emerged from what the Minister said. The idea here is to ensure healthy companies live up to their commitments. In defining healthy companies, we used in our amendment the wording from the OECD report, which pointed out that Ireland was out of sync with other countries. Our amendment uses the OECD term "has positive net revenues". We have to take into account...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “9. The Principal Act is amended by inserting a new section 48A as follows:“48A.(1) A healthy sponsor shall not be allowed to close a defined benefit pension scheme except where the scheme has reached a minimum 90 per cent funding standard. (2) For the purposes of this section a healthy sponsor...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Business of Select Sub-Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I nominate Deputy Jim Daly.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Business of Select Sub-Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is that this morning or today?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Business of Select Sub-Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not think there should be a guillotine as there is a range of issues, which are highly complex. The Bill was only circulated in recent weeks. I do not think we should delay and if we get the answers, we can finish it. We should set aside this afternoon as well, if required.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Business of Select Sub-Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Agreed.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Section 3 and the next section deal with deciding officers, appeals and so on. While I do not have a major problem with the content, when this Bill was published, it just dealt with pensions. This seems to have been an afterthought based on a court case and I have not had the time to get legal opinion as to whether this fully complies with the court case finding in terms of appeals and the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the fact the Department is quickly addressing the anomaly that emerged. I do not have a problem with it but I have a problem with the way this appeared and the rushed nature of this legislation. If the circumstances of somebody who is refused social welfare change next week, he or she will make a fresh claim but if the circumstances changed a number of months ago but he or she had...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 169. To ask the Minister for Defence the formal process for investigating deaths-suicides of members of the Defence Forces. [53568/13]

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish to share time with Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. Gabhaim buíochas do Derek Leinster, Patrick McCabe, Niall Meehan agus siúd eile a bhuail liom thar na blianta agus a thug eolas dom faoin scannal seo agus a chur na fíricí os ár gcomhair. Níl a fhios agam an raibh an deis ag an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Perry, nó an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Kathleen...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that Educate Together will be moving into the former Scoil San Shéamus in Basin Street, Dublin 1; and if it is intended to allow access to the facility to the community, as has been the case in the past. [52735/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way colleges of further education will fund major repairs to their buildings if they can no longer apply or qualify for the summer works programme. [52736/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants currently on Momentum. [52935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on JobBridge who are receiving the lower jobseeker's allowance rates of €100 and €144, respectively. [52936/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff assigned to administer and monitor the JobBridge scheme; if these same staff have responsibilities relating to other schemes also; if so, the extent of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52937/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will immediately publish or circulate the report of the Mercer review she commissioned and has had since the end of 2012 on the pension wind-up priority order contained in section 48 of the Pensions Act 1990, which the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 proposes to amend, in order to ensure a fully democratic and thorough debate...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 327. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of voids in Dublin City Council; the percentage of the €30 million announced to tackle the growing voids in local authorities that will be earmarked for Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52628/13]