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Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for Garda vetting in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and when a decision will issue. [28163/12]

Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I acknowledge the numbers of appeals that are being processed annually but given the number of appeals lodged, the problem has not yet been addressed. There are obscene delays in some payments for people who are in very stressful situations. Delays in applications for payments such as the carer's allowance, domiciliary care payments and disability allowance are only adding to the stress....

Jobseeker's Benefit (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The committee published its report and the rapporteur was Deputy Anthony Lawlor. It made a number of important conclusions and recommendations. I thank the Minister for considering some of the findings in the report. Does the Minister agree with the finding of the committee that the current social welfare system is decidedly unequal in that one person can work ten hours per week...

Jobseeker's Benefit (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I accept what the Minister is saying and the matter is complex. There are ways in which the complexity will be addressed to ensure people are not benefiting where they are in part-time work and earning a substantial wage. That can be addressed through a means test. Does the Minister intend reporting in the next few months or is it an ongoing process? There is an urgency in respect of...

Community Employment Schemes (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I note the Minister stated the report is not finalised but some work has been done by the Department with regard to meeting some of those who will be affected. Therefore at the very least the Minister has a draft in front of her. The Minister stated the review was a valuable exercise but for some schemes it was not because the outcomes and changes being implemented do not seem to have been...

Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of rent supplement claimants; the number to whom the new limits now apply and within that the number who were existing claimants prior to 1 January; her views on the increasing number of claimants who are struggling to convince their landlords to accept the lower payment and or who cannot find alternative appropriate...

Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am opposed to State subsidisation of landlords. This is a reality, however, and is due to the lack of investment in social housing over decades since the State was founded. The Minister stated she is required to make savings and we accept that. However, the main problem, which I hope she will accept as such, is that she has passed the onus to negotiate with landlords to tenants, who are...

Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are many empty properties in Leopardstown and right across Dublin.

Social Welfare Benefits (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree with one of the points made in that report, which was also made by an official, that this is the wrong time to make all categories of social welfare recipients of working age actively seek work, considering there are already 50 jobseekers for every job vacancy according to the European Commission's figures? The programme for Government committed the Minister to...

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not know why the figure for child benefit was mentioned at all because the same amount is applied to both one-parent families and families of other configurations. A couple of months ago we dealt with the Government's Social Welfare and Pensions Bill, which provided for a reduction in the cut-off age of children for one-parent family payments to seven years. At the eleventh hour and...

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not say that.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is no problem. The Minister mentioned child benefit, but that is provided across the board.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but the Minister singled out one-parent families.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They would be getting that anyway. It is separate.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We already know what exists. The Minister and everybody in the House have accepted that what exists is not adequate. The question is this: what will be the increased provision at the end of this year, given that the Minister said in the House that there would be a bankable commitment because of these changes? What is the increased provision for this year, next year and the following year?...

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is greater provision. The problem is not the age - it is the provision of child care.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a matter of provision, North and South.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I know, but the Minister is not answering the question.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The provision of child care in the North is better than here.

Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister still has not answered the question.