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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason retained fire-fighters who are entitled to social welfare payments when they are not working in other employment are still having payments withheld from them. [19161/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is welcome news that progress has been made in this area and I hope we will see the detail of the arrangement soon. It was a very simple anomaly. On the one hand, the Department wanted to comply with its rules and regulations, but, on the other, this vital service was being undermined by social welfare inspectors and the social welfare appeals office. Is it the Minister intention to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope this decision will not impact negatively on the 800 firefighters who avail of the scheme in question. I hope they will be employed in the future rather than being dependent on this payment.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 14. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the introduction of a community employment programme for those who wish to become childcare providers; the number of places that will be available and their locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18824/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average payment made under the exceptional needs payment scheme during each of the first three months of 2013. [18825/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: International Agreements (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a mutual tax/social welfare agreement between Ireland and Canada which would allow a returning emigrant to have a disability payment being paid to them in Ontario, Canada, to be paid in Ireland where they have family who can help support them with their disablement or if he will be entitled to an Irish social welfare payment if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Freight Security (24 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify aviation rules that make the sending of sealed electronic equipment phones, games consoles and so on illegal to send for repair in Britain via An Post and thus through air freight; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these same items can be bought online and are shipped into the country via air freight...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Taoiseach might remember 6 November 2012 when he announced the site for the new national children's hospital. When will the legislation be published which will allow for a development board to be put in place to start the work? At the time, the Taoiseach promised works could start once the hospital decanted and that that would take six months but without a development board and a remit,...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----for a national maternity hospital? Will other legislation be required to give effect to a promise made by the previous Government and this one that a new maternity hospital would be built? Is a second Bill required?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: She was playing to the audience.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will finish on this point but I ask that I be allowed to come back in, as there are one or two other points I wish to raise. Disability was one of the key platforms during the election and also in the programme for Government, which states: "We will ensure that the quality of life of people with disabilities is enhanced and that resources allocated reach the people who need them." Yet on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Why would they not be if they are getting free employment?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I acknowledge the window-dressing in what the Taoiseach has just said. He did not address the real meat of the programme for Government - the wishful thinking that was contained and listed in the programme. There has been an indication, particularly on the part of the Minister for Social Protection, that the penny is beginning to drop with this Government at long last, after two years of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to address the property costs to small and medium enterprises. [18620/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that all job creation bodies, which seek to promote enterprises, do not pass on excessive cost to client companies. [18621/13]

Maternity Protection (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Bhille seo. Píosa amháin de phacáiste mór a ba chóir a chur os comhair na Dála chun déanamh cinnte go bhfuil an Dáil seo níos oscailte do gach duine sa tsochaí anseo, ní amháin na fir den chuid is mó atá anseo, ach na mná chomh maith, agus daoine óga ach go háirithe. Nílim i...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (18 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will introduce the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2012 in the Dáil. [17840/13]

Order of Business (16 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is not a debate. A commitment was given by the Government parties prior to the election.

Order of Business (16 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We do if they come under the programme for Government.

Order of Business (16 Apr 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was promised that this issue would be addressed and it has not been to date.