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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Third Level Participation (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Progress had been made and now society, but in particular the Government, is undoing the good work that had been done. That will have dire consequences unless it is addressed. There are a number of reasons for the decline in the number of people from lower income socioeconomic groups going to college. One reason is less disposable income. The statistics bear that out. The Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Broadband Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I believe it should always be a national priority to have infrastructure in State hands. If the private sector is investing, it is for a good reason. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, referred to some figures. I will offer some further figures and perhaps the Minister of State can deny them or explain why there is a difference between them and the Forfás Cost of Doing Business in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Broadband Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The reality that broadband is not available in parts of rural areas to the extent required by small and medium-sized enterprises. Poor quality and expensive rural broadband is inhibiting Ireland's recovery. I ask the Minister of State to request the CSO to carry out a survey of whether access is via fibre or by other means. If we had that we could at least deal with the question properly...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As the Minister is probably aware, Cork City Council last month became the first council to support a motion seeking the establishment of an all-Ireland national suicide authority. The impact of suicide across the island is dreadful. In 2011 alone, more than 1,000 citizens died as a consequence of suicide. Every town, village and community and virtually every family has been affected by...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That the Minister agrees with me on the points I raised is welcome. I would also welcome any additional resources the Government were to invest, if that is the correct word, or spend in the field of suicide prevention. Last month, the 3Ts charity - Turn The Tide on Suicide - published a report entitled, Suicide in Ireland 2003-2008, which made for grim reading. Every Deputy should take the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel Official Visits (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 20. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent visit of the Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces to Lithuania. [29112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 40. To ask the Minister for Defence when the army will next recruit; and the approximate number that will be recruited. [29113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Support (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the End Child Poverty Coalition’s response to the proposed reform of child income supports as set out in the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Support (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the impact of the implementation of the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare on child and family income supports using the illustrative scenario contained in the report on each of the following family types, single earner, couple with three children, earning €100,000 per annum and receiving child...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (18 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the weekly loss of income that will be experienced by a lone parent family with one child in part time employment and in receipt of the one parent family payment and family income supplement when eligibility for the one parent family payment ceases due to the age of the child at the following net weekly earnings levels,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I suggest we write to the Taoiseach asking him to outline a strategy and a timetable for the Irish language Act and requesting that he indicate what steps he will take to achieve this objective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: While I am not a member of the joint committee - I am deputising at this meeting - I am aware that the reason it was established was to pursue the implementation of certain unfulfilled elements of the Good Friday Agreement. The St. Andrews Agreement, an international agreement that flowed from the Good Friday Agreement, included a commitment to introduce an Irish language Act.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The reason the joint committee was established was to try to make progress in implementing the Good Friday Agreement. We have been asked to write to the Taoiseach specifically requesting that he indicate how and when progress will be made on the implementation of an Irish language Act. The First Minister, Deputy First Minister and British Prime Minister, who also have a duty in this regard,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Irish Language Act: Discussion (13 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tacaím leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na rannpháirtithe éagsúla. Ní ball den choiste seo mé. Tá mé ag déanamh ionadaíochta ar son an Teachta Crowe. Bhí air an cruinniú seo a fhágaint. Tá stair ársa agus suimiúil ag an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (13 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Domestic Violence Act 1996 to further extend the eligibility for safety orders to all parties who are or have been in an intimate relationship, regardless of cohabitation. [28236/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish an Implementation Plan for the National Disability Strategy. [28235/13]

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was interesting tonight to be lectured by Blueshirts about not being socialists. It was very funny.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is bizarre to have the right wing in this Parliament lecturing us about bringing forward alternatives such as wealth taxes.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What is even funnier is that those in the Labour Party who believe they are socialists also lectured us for not coming up with alternatives when we brought forward a more fair and progressive tax, a wealth tax. It is also very funny that those who call themselves the United Ireland Party, that is, Fine Gael, just in case Members opposite have forgotten.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One of the component parts of the Fine Gael Party when it was set up was Southern Unionists. It was interesting to hear the honourable Member for Kildare North, Deputy Anthony Lawlor, speak about the North. It is great to see that Fine Gael and the LabourParty are beginning to take an interest in the Six Counties that have been occupied.