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Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: At the very least, the debate should be extended.

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This Bill could be effected in January.

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community; Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the community sector cannot absorb any further cuts because they are already stretched beyond their limits as a result of the disproportionate cuts already imposed and as a result of the increasing demands on them; if he will offer a commitment that there will be no further cuts to the sector...

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will be brief although there is much that could be said on this question. Does the Minister agree that the cuts made to the community and voluntary sector during the economic crisis have been grossly disproportionate? Moreover, the culmination of the combined cuts from last year and this year is that there will be quite a high number of job losses in the sector. Does the Minister agree...

Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (14 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló chun an cheist rí-thábhachtach seo a phlé, namely, the need for the Government to bring forward legislation to properly regulate shops offering cash for gold, which shops seek to take advantage of the economic circumstances of the least well off and are leading to an increase in burglaries as thieves target jewellery now more than ever. I am aware...

Handling of Criminal Matter in Longford: Statements (10 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Mar aon le Teachtaí eile, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón ó chroí a leathadh le Marie Keegan, a clann ar fad, a cáirde, a comharsana agus dóibh siúd uilig a raibh aithne acu ar Noel Keegan, fear céile, mac, athair agus cara nár cóir a bheith marbh. Fuair sé bás de thairbhe ionsaí marfach a rinne Martin McDonagh air, oíche an 31 Nollaig, am a bhíonn daoine ag ceiliúradh agus am a ba...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if a company can legally pay arrears of pay to a person whose work permit has expired without falling foul of work permit rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46857/10]

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is Committee Stage.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister has not even read our policies. If there is wealth in the country, he should tax it.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are not in control of the Exchequer, as the Minister knows well. We do not have the power to raise taxes.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the Minister reads the record, he would stop misleading the Dáil.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We asked for the devolution of all finance-raising powers, including social welfare. The Government did not bother with that when it was negotiating the Good Friday Agreement. It was content to sit back and wait.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an mBille seo. Is trua é go bhfuilimid ag déileáil leis in aon chor. Tá teip iomlán ar an Rialtas cosaint a thabhairt dóibh siúd atá ag brath ar íocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh sa Stát seo. Tá sé ait nach bhfuil aon Teachta ar thaobh an Rialtais sásta seasamh suas agus tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. Léiríonn sé sin...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: How much of that figure from fraud detection is from fraud detection? The Minister has never clarified that. Some of it is from overpayments.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I attend as many as I can.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister has never calculated that-----

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but the Minister should conclude because we did not get extra time to debate this issue. He should conclude at 2 o'clock like the rest of us.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a good countdown. It is past 2 o'clock.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I oppose this Bill in its entirety because it is consequential to a Budget Statement made on Tuesday last, one of the most unfair budgets that has ever been seen by this State. In particular, it is unfair on those who are dependent on welfare payments in the State and I oppose it on that on that basis. I also believe there was an alternative. This alternative should have been pursued by the...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Questions will arise but given the short time we have we will not reach them on Committee or Report Stages to elicit all of the information. The Government is rushing through this legislation. It is a pity it does not rush to the election, as I stated earlier. We should have dealt with this during an election campaign in which all of the platforms were put to the people prior to the...