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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (3 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations around the country that are not wheelchair accessible; and the steps being taken to address this issue. [32311/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Refurbishment (3 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take the necessary steps to make Crumlin Garda Station, Dublin, accessible to members of the public who must use a wheelchair. [32312/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency is currently compiling a new portfolio of loans, similar to the grouping of loans behind the Project Aspen and Project Club initiatives, which will be sold on as a grouped asset; and if the sale of this portfolio will lead to a conflict of interest with the developer behind the loans able to advise any single third...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to seek access to the European Stability Mechanism to retroactively recapitalise Ireland’s banking sector; and if he believes there is any potential in achieving recapitalisation through the ESM of anything more than the current value of the banks. [31869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Down being held in Maghaberry Prison for over six months, whose disproportionately restrictive bail conditions if acceeded to would affectively ban them from living with their family in their home town and prevent them from even visiting...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for a delay in delivering new intreo offices for the Department of Social Protection; if she will list those completed to date; those on which work has started and the expected completion date; the expected start date and completion date for those not yet started; the work specifications involed and cost per office; if the office is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Statistics (2 Jul 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 466. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of males and females in the following age groups that are on the live register, 18-20, 21-24; 25-39, 40-54, 55-66. [32080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (27 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing local authorities whose applications for funding under the Sports Capital Programme 2012 were deemed incomplete due to the lack of an original signature and/or an inability to show evidence of title an opportunity to re-apply for funding, as was the case in the local authority swimming pool programme; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (27 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 175. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to have Irish cultural institutions such as the National Museum of Ireland, Kilmainham Gaol, the National Gallery of Art and National Museum of Modern Art, open longer hours for tourists during the summer months in particular, and the reason the Museum is closed on Mondays, the last tour at the Gaol is 5pm...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (27 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to prepare an Irish Team for the 2016 Olympics for the new sport of BMX cycling and has he considered grant-aiding existing facilities such as Dublin CIty BMX in Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate in Dublin 10 or the others at planning stage throughout the country, both North and South; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I recommend that we invite the Minister for Social Protection to come before the committee to explain what steps she has taken to ensure a sufficient time lag between the decision to make a substantial change to the eligibility criteria and the full effect thereof, especially in cases where people have no way to make up the credits or contributions. A discussion on this issue would be a...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a more general question for the Minister which nevertheless ties in with the issues we have been discussing. The Government is due to award several large public sector construction contracts in the near future, including, for example, the contract to rebuild Cork Prison. The contract for construction of a road under Newlands Cross in south County Dublin has already been granted to...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We can look forward to chaos on the Naas Road for two years.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I raise the issue of these major public contracts in the context of our discussion of the numbers on the live register. All such contracts should include an incentive that would encourage the successful companies to take construction workers and others off the live register. We have seen in recent years how European-based companies tend to arrive here lock, stock and barrel, with little or...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will be very brief. Under the heading dealing with supports for children, there is an indication that €123 million was saved as a result of the changes to the one-parent family payment. The amended provision for after-school child care, school meals and so on adds up to €18.5 million. Will we see an increase in the proportion of that €123 million going to some of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is there any indication at this stage of the cost implications of the new local authority housing assistance payment scheme?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Or hapless.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will it impact on next year's Estimate or is it more likely to be 2015 before we see a roll-out?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is a huge and expanding area, which is a good thing in some ways. It will help many people who have found themselves in dire straits because they must change jobs or update their skills mid-stream in their working lives. It also helps young people who emerge from school or college with an expectation of work that is not there by making training available to them. We had some...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is the hope. One of the problems is that even with the reduced social welfare payment to those young people some of them do not qualify for opportunities such as community employment immediately, while in some cases people on the Youthreach scheme, which starts before people leave school, can have a greater income than those who are on the live register and who are in search of...