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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average and longest waiting times for a decision on applications for domiciliary care allowance and the average and longest waiting times for the conclusion of appeals against the refusal of domiciliary care allowance. [2204/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of applications for domiciliary care allowance that were refused at the initial stage each year for the past five years. [2205/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for domiciliary care allowance each year for the past five years. [2206/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of refusals of domiciliary care allowance that were appealed each year for the past five years. [2207/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of the outcome of appeals against the refusal of domiciliary care allowance including the percentage of appeals that were successful each year for the past five years. [2208/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines governing decision making on domiciliary care allowance and when were these amended. [2209/11]

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Not by this Government.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The truth hurts.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: One would expect to discuss banking with bankers.

Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (18 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun deileáil leis an ghnó ríthabhachtach seo faoi Bhuan Ordú 32, namely, the urgent need for the Government to address the crisis in our mental health services. It is a myth that the mental health sector was protected by budget 2011. The cut of almost 2% comes on top of chronic under-funding year on year and the true extent of the cuts is masked...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá spéis ar leith agam sa Bhille seo toisc gur bean phoist í mo bhean chéile agus má tá aon athrú le tarlú sa chóras is ise agus a comhlghleacaithe a bheidh thíos leis. De bharr sin agus an t-eolas breise atá agam maidir le córas scaipthe agus dáileadh litreacha agus pacáistí timpeall na tíre, measaim gur droch Bille atá os ár gcomhair. Courtesy normally ordains that a...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We will see what happens afterwards.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I tweet as well but I am not a twit. Having said that, this is serious legislation. I am opposed to it because I am ideologically opposed to its thrust. It is one of the hangover Bills from the Progressive Democrats, the agenda of which was fully endorsed by Fianna Fáil in various coalitions. It has now been embraced totally by the Green Party. I am opposed to it. I was recently at the...

Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (13 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the Report on Primary Medical Care in the Community published on 10 February 2010 by the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1773/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (13 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken on the finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General that although an implicit objective of the consultants contract 2008 was to remove any financial incentive on the part of consultants to engage in private practice above an agreed level, no financial adjustment has yet been effected; and if she will make a...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (12 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand the logic of the Bill, although I did not get the opportunity to attend the debate on Committee Stage. I have been aware for many years of organised begging; it is not a new phenomenon. Having said that, there are many other laws that could deal with this sort of organised begging. Given the scale of the problems we face economically, the urgency of this Bill is hard to...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (12 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope this Bill will not be used in a fashion which was not intended and I hope it targets those engaged in an odious trade. There is nothing shameful in trying to provide for a family when the world collapses around one. There are not enough safety nets for those who are down on their luck whereas the people at which this Bill is directed are those who are making a living out of this...

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the total debt guaranteed under the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme; the amount of this debt that is subordinated and the amount that is senior; the total amount unguaranteed senior bond debt in each of the covered institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1413/11]

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of senior and subordinated bonds outstanding in Anglo Irish Bank as at 29 September 2008; the amount of senior and subordinated bonds outstanding in Anglo Irish Bank as at 30 September 2008 which were covered by the bank guarantee scheme; the amount of senior and subordinated bonds in Anglo Irish Bank which matured between 30 September...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jan 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason appointments at the ophthalmic clinic in Crumlin children's hospital scheduled for March 2011 have been put back until September 2011 and the steps she will take to ensure that children with both common and complex eye conditions are seen more quickly. [1286/11]