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Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (12 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is an important matter. Parents in Ballyfermot were shocked last week when they learned by way of letter from the De La Salle national school that it proposes to amalgamate with three other national schools in the area, namely, St. Raphael's national school, St. Michael's national school and St. Gabriel's national school. The original De La Salle school was built in 1952, which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (12 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State encouraged me to do so.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (12 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: While I welcomed some of the recent changes to Dáil procedures they were not without some controversy. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State mentioned consultation. These changes are often a fait accompli, and by the time a decision reaches the Members the Government has already decided to go ahead with a particular proposal leaving us to row in behind it or suck it up. Does...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Increase (12 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been an increase in the public service obligation levy in the case of electricity bills and in general; and the way in which he will use this money generated from this increase [47769/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is a bad budget, which comes on top of many other bad budgets. The context is not a single day in October when two Ministers announced a regressive budget but the austerity budgets which preceded it. The effects of budgets are not always immediately clear and emerge only when the detail of the various measures is published. The Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Polasaí don Ghaeilge (7 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cén bunús taighde nó sochtheangeolaíoch atá leis an gcinneadh atá glactha ag an Rialtas maidir le cumas na Gaeilge ó thaobh earcaíocht sa Státseirbhís a athrú; cén chaoi a dtacaíonn sé seo leis an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn. [47434/13]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the debate on drugs, whether legal or illegal, because society has never fully got to grips with drug abuse and the availability of drugs. I understand the motivation of Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan in tabling the motion and the Bill, but I will not support the motion. I encourage an open and informed debate on drugs. I have encouraged my party to continuously have such a debate;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They will be read into the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Most of my questions will be directed at the Department, one of which has abeen addressed about the JobBridge scheme. There are huge concerns about employers, including the Government, abusing their position and availing of free labour under the guise of providing internships. I welcome the emphasis in Ms Whelan's presentation on career guidance and creating a career path. The Department...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá daoine nach dtuigeann é.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the research he has gathered in relation to multi-disciplinary practices as he proposes with the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011. [45971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct meetings he has held with representatives of the legal profession and other interested parties in relation to the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011. [45970/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2014 (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 435. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the research produced by or commissioned by her Department that informed the reduction in jobseeker's allowance to persons aged between 22 and 25. [45758/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2014 (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the advice or opinion given by the European Commission on the reduction in jobseeker's allowance payments to the 22 to 25 year olds in Budget 2014. [45759/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2014 (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants that her Department estimated will be affected by the changes to jobseeker's allowance for the 22 to 25 age group in Budget 2014 each year for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. [45760/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobBridge Internship Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 471. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown by county and in the case of Dublin by post-code of the number of persons who have participated in or are currently participating in the national JobBridge scheme per year since the scheme was introduced; the number of participants who participated or are currently participating on their JobBridge scheme with a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications of budget 2014 on the community employment schemes; the local training initiatives and the community training centres; and if he will detail any reductions in budget allocations for these schemes as a whole or for the individual projects currently funded under these schemes. [45754/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the €32 million projected savings arising from the changes to jobseeker's allowance for the under 26 year olds in budget 2014 will be spent to provide additional labour activation measures for the under 25s; if he will outline these additional measures; and the number of persons who will benefit from these measures. [45755/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 433. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to combine and ringfence the €14 million youth guarantee allocation announced in budget 2014 with the €32 million savings arising from the reduction in jobseeker's allowance payments to the 22 to 25 age group. [45756/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (5 Nov 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of extra labour activation places that will be provided by her Department in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 to the under 25 age group; and the total cost of these places. [45761/13]