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Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I, too, oppose the proposal for dealing with No. 6. This is a significant Bill which requires time for a full debate. I oppose the guillotining of the debate. This is the first occasion on which the so-called simplified revision procedure has been used to make changes to European treaties. In this case the changes are to Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on when he intends to examine the operation of the panel system for part-time and temporary teachers seeking permanent positions. [25785/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was refused disability allowance, being told that they could not receive it as they were not on jobseeker's allowance, and when they applied for jobseeker's allowance were told they were too ill and therefore not available for work; if the disability allowance file will be reviewed to...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (23 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to date to make the National Assets Management Agency more transparent. [25628/12]

Written Answers — Strategic Investment Fund: Strategic Investment Fund (23 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Strategic Investment Bank as proposed in the Programme for Government; if there has been expressions of interest in investing in the bank; and when it is due to be established. [25627/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (22 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time it takes to process an application for invalidity payments. [25464/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when they will expect a decision on their case. [25384/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when they will expect a decision on their case. [25385/12]

Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to highlight the humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan in Sudan; the action he will take to put pressure on Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir to enter negotiations and find a just solution for the people of the Nuba Mountains. [25355/12]

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is no fairytale.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health the current number of delayed discharges for hospitals in the Dublin South Hospitals' Group and the equivalent figure for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/12]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in full the terms of the indemnity agreement with a company (details supplied) regarding the Pandemrix vaccine; if the company can be called to account financially or in any other manner as a result of the finding that the vaccine is linked to narcolepsy in children vaccinated with it here; if he will investigate the granting of...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost to the State for the supply of services to all asylum seeker centres, private and State owned. [24367/12]

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of each State owned accommodation centre; the person who operates them on behalf of the State; the cost to the Exchequer of each centre; the tendering process involved in appointing the operator of the asylum reception centres; and if any incentives were given to localised suppliers to bid for the contracts...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procurement policy for supplies to each of the asylum seeker accommodation centres; if a single supplier for services, goods is used for several or all of the reception centres; if that supplier is based in Ireland and tax compliant; if the contractors or operators of centres are subsidiaries or connected in business to companies...

Child Care Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This matter relates to several crèche closures which are preventable but also illogical because the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, has it within her capacity to ensure proper funding is given to these community crèches which are run under the guise of the vocational education committees. These crèches provide child care places for young people who have returned to college or who are...

Child Care Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State is not living in the real world if he believes alternative child care services are available locally. In Ballyfermot, for instance, the area I know best, another crèche is under threat of closure for an unrelated reason. This will reduce further the number of spaces available in the area where there are already waiting lists in most cases. I do not know where...

Child Care Services (16 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is illogical and should be reversed immediately. Changes should take place over time rather than at the end of a college term. It should be noted that Ballyfermot College of Further Education has produced Oscar winners. The Government, by its actions, may deny future Oscar nominees an opportunity to complete their education because the closure of the college's crèche threatens to cause...

Written Answers — Missing Children's Hotline: Missing Children's Hotline (15 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to allocate funding to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the operation of the 116000 number if the ISPCA fails to secure funding from the European Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23958/12]

Written Answers — Child Poverty: Child Poverty (15 May 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with, or plans to meet, the Department of Finance to urge them to ensure that children's rights are protected in the forthcoming budget and the place ending child poverty as a goal in the budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23959/12]