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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will use the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 as an opportunity to explore using new legislation to address the obligations of health services to provide access to comprehensive community based mental health services and if he will ensure that the terms of reference of the review incorporates this accordingly. [10541/11]

Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister accept that greater use should be made of the review process as opposed to the excessively arduous appeals process? Many of those who apply for carer's allowance do not understand the documentation or the requirement to include details on the level of care they provide. Does the Minister agree that waiting times, especially for appeals, are unacceptably long across all...

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the Minister aware that circumstances may arise in which Tús participants will find themselves working alongside community employment scheme participants while enjoying fewer entitlements? Does she agree that this is unfair? Does the Minister agree that random selection may be a flawed approach in that, for example, persons without a background in sport could be sent to the GAA or the...

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will the Minister review the random selection element to put in place some sort of system that would enable participants or those who wish to participate to put their names forward in a manner that would avoid, for example, those who have no interest in sport being forced to engage in sport? How many staff supervisors are being employed to cover this initiative?

Employment Support Services (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that Tús serves as an effective activation measure and to ensure the most suitable people are selected for participation in Tús. [10537/11]

Employment Support Services (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister is aware that the scheme is not voluntary and, in its current guise, people will be forced to participate for fear of losing their jobs. A wide range of community employers are set to participate. However, is it really acceptable to force people to work in this way especially when there are scores of people who would be very keen to apply or avail of the opportunity? For...

Employment Support Services (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What is the top-up? I thought it was €20 per week, which would not even cover travel. Is there any intention to introduce a travel allowance for participants?

Social Welfare Code (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the means test rules for disability allowance and secondary payments to extend eligibility for these to wards of the courts whose funds were depleted at an exceptional rate during the period of 2007 to 2009 while under the care of the State as to do so will go some way towards compensating the wards for the loss of...

Social Welfare Code (10 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Wards of court are, by definition, vulnerable and the State owes them an enhanced duty of care. The State, through the Courts Service, is responsible for the administration and investment of funds which many wards of court depend on for their living expenses. The fund is not a realisable asset in the sense of a means test. At the beginning of the economic downturn these funds lost...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the role he is playing in the audit of the transposition of EU directives; the directives that are under scrutiny by him; if this audit will incorporate an analysis of the transposition of EU directives on an all-Ireland basis in order that there is cross-border harmonisation thus reducing barriers to enterprise; and if he...

Suicide Prevention: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cosúil le daoine eile, gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Kathleen Lynch, as ucht an post nua atá faighte aici. Ní bhfuair mé seans é sin a rá go dtí seo. Tá a fhios agam, ón obair a dhein sí roimhe seo, gur duine maith í. Tá súil agam go mbeidh sí in ann obair de réir a mbriathar nuair a bhí sí ar an taobh seo den Teach. Baineann an díospóireacht seo...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Measaim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach go bhfuilimid ag labhairt ar an gceist ríthábhachtach seo agus go bhfuil deis againn páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht seo. Gan aird ar an méid atá daoine ag iarraidh a chur trasna, níl mé míréasúnta. I am reasonable in my approach. Sinn Féin has put forward reasonable and costed alternatives in the past. This Government and the previous...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They were costed. A stimulus package was put forward, which used the Department of Finance's model at the time. I and my party accept that things have moved on since then. However, at the time it was put forward based on figures presented by the previous Government. This Government has continued the policy of Fianna Fáil and has committed to the black hole of the banks some of the money...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ----- over a period of three years using the Department of Finance's stimulus projections would have returned a profit. One invests to return a profit.

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I can argue that point.

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not disputing that there is a huge amount of waste and that we need savings. However, the savings in terms of the money that will be raised will be a pittance in comparison to the €60 billion or the €120 billion or whatever figure one takes. Yes, savings will be made, but savings alone will not dig us out of a hole which was created by the previous administration, and I accept...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They are by virtue of the fact that they are working. However-----

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----they are not benefiting from increased profits. These profits are not being translated into increased wages.

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not making an argument. I am stating that companies in Ireland are increasing their export levels which means their profits are increasing but no new jobs have been created in these fields. I am not giving out about these companies; I welcome that fact. What I am stating is that the workers in these companies are not benefiting additionally. They are benefiting by the fact that they...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This has always been a problem and I am surprised at the Labour Party. The whole idea is that workers have-----