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- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 1916 did not.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The 1920s struggle was unsuccessful as well; it partitioned Ireland.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: No, rape is not covered by the Good Friday Agreement. Nobody convicted of rape came under the Good Friday Agreement.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Drug smuggling is not covered by the Agreement.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is the Minister's definition.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: All he has to do is look at his own side of the House.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They were printing money and they are in government.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Quite a number of people were killed during that conflict on all sides.
- Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It should not be left in the gift of the Minister whether to grant this exemption when somebody has made the Minister aware of a previous conviction. Not all Ministers would have the same attitude as the current one in terms of saying that something is in the past, because there are no criteria and one could have a vindictive Minister in office. There have been many in the past who would...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The individual in question was given an opportunity to defend himself in committee.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They rejected him.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: So much for being positive.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will issue additional directions for JobBridge, or introduce legislation if necessary, akin to those issued by the US Department of Labour in 2010 which provide that internships with for-profit employers must involve training similar to the training given in a vocational school or academic institution and that the employer must...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken since mid-October to prevent exploitation, displacement and abuse under the JobBridge internship scheme. [36245/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the importance of the role played by the half-rate carers allowance; her views that were this to be cut many family carers would have no choice but to relinquish their caring duties to the State resulting in a potential cost to the Exchequer four times the size of any social protection savings made. [36441/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree, and from her answer it appears she does, that half-rate carer's allowance exists for a good reason, namely, it plays an important role in tackling poverty among households affected by disability in particular? Does she agree the payment of â¬102 per week for full-time care is not a bonus, far from it? Is she aware the payment is generally subsumed into the...
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree that if there was a substantial change in the half carer's allowance it would give many family carers no option but to relinquish their role and place their loved ones in the care of the State? Does she also agree it would be terrible if that were to happen and that it would also involve a huge cost for the State? Does she agree that since the beginning of 2009 the...
- Humanitarian Assistance (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Has a request been made for additional moneys to top up the amount the Government has announced? Is it possible for community welfare officers to have a degree of flexibility and discretion when engaging in means tests? I am aware of a family which was â¬50 above the threshold, but it had bills and debts which were not taken into account. If flexibility was allowed, they could have some...
- Social Welfare Fraud (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree with the Comptroller and Auditor General when he stated that the current practice of including all overpayments arising from control activity as bankable savings is questionable? He was referring to the sum of â¬25 million in fraud but that equates to only 0.1% of the total budget. Overpayments from bureaucratic administration or applicants' errors account for â¬83...
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We heard comments before the last election and recently in the media about the issue. Does the Minister still agree that child benefit is the sole universal benefit, should be protected as such and should not be reduced? Does she agree that the fairest and simplest method is to give child benefit for every child at the same rate and use the tax system to recoup from wealthy parents? For...