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- Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she intends to deliver the deeper and more regular engagement with NEES promised in Pathways to Work with fewer staff and less resources. [11950/12]
- Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I listened to the Minister's reply. I welcomed the idea of the NEES that was outlined in the presentation, in addition to Pathways to Work on previous occasions. Yesterday, the Minister lost 246 staff from the Department as a result of the early retirement scheme and she is not replacing the majority of them. The numbers applying for social welfare payments has been increasing across every...
- Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It all comes back to the fact that there are 50 jobseekers for every vacancy, which is well above the EU average. The Minister mentioned the large number of staff who have been taken on by her Department, but it has also taken on a large amount of extra work.
- Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The staff require a great deal of training. When can we expect the full roll-out of profiling, the group management or group hug-type idea and access to jobs and training, which are required if the plan is to work?
- State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Standing Orders allow for "a Deputy" and a teller representing over 20 Deputies.
- State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They allow for a teller and "a Deputy" representing over 20 Deputies.
- State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: However, as teller, I call for a vote by other than electronic means.
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to promote clustering of related industries to address regional disparities in job creation. [11322/12]
- Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (29 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports he will put in place to support businesses in crisis. [11323/12]
- State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It will throw away the other â¬2 billion.
- Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full effects of his recent statement partially rowing back on his post-budget 2012 statement, in respect of each of the schools with and without a DEIS designation in the Dublin region. [11153/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if tracking is carried out on social welfare appeals and reviews which are upheld to see whether there is a pattern; if certain deciding officers are negligent or uninformed of qualifying criteria, or if the public are failing at an early stage to submit all documents and information required. [11426/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to open, close or privatise social welfare offices around the State; and if she will indicate the locations where changes are planned. [11427/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 408: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time of each contract to provide social welfare services; the tendering process that has been engaged in; and the number of years each of the private contracted social welfare sub-offices has been in operation. [11428/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare offices that are run by private service providers on behalf of her Department; the annual rent paid for each of the offices in question; the value of each of the contract with a private services provider; the duration of each; and the number of staff in each office. [11430/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review has ever been carried out of the accuracy of assessments and decisions made by private contractors providing social welfare office services in comparison with public offices. [11431/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all staff in privately operated social welfare offices are required to adhere to the same requirements in terms of customer relations, data protection, co-operation with statutory bodies and advocates as the civil servants in public offices. [11432/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if staff in privately operated social welfare offices are under the same terms and conditions as their counterparts in the public sector. [11433/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rent paid for each public social welfare office in the State; and the landlord's name and the expiry date of each current lease or tenancy agreement. [11429/12]
- Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (28 Feb 2012)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a protocol in place which allows applications from participants on the Department of Social Protection's TÃS programme to receive Garda vetting in a short period, say three weeks, while other applications for Garda vetting are currently taking 16 weeks, much to the frustration of community child care facilities which are...