Parliamentary questions

Community Employment Schemes Cessation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

73. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 27 May 2014 the reason FÁS is not paying the enhanced redundancy in accordance with the agreement signed up to by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Trade Unions SIPTU and IMPACT in 2002 and amended in 2005. [33324/14]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1014. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate Edecrin on the list of drugs covered under the medical card. [33925/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1313. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no phase 2 apprenticeship course in electrical, available in the Ballyfermot Training Centre, despite 500 apprentice electricians with year 1 completed on a waiting list and a fully equipped electrical training room sitting vacant. [33674/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1314. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the future for the newly equipped apprenticeship plumbing training rooms in the Ballyfermot Training Centre now that the course is transferred to Finglas. [33675/14]

Gaelscoil Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1450. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cad é an staid maidir le Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge faoi láthair. [34156/14]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

128. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the expected total spend on jobseeker's allowance and social welfare allowance to recipients under the age of 26 in 2015. [31969/14]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

129. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 9 July 2014, if the figure of €163 million is based on paying the maximum weekly rate of €188 to all those in question under 26 years or on applying a maximum weekly rate of €188 to all those in question under 26 years; and in the event that the figure is based on the former, the estimated cost of the latter. [31970/14]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

64. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the decision to withhold the names of 68% of the companies benefitting from a significant public subsidy via the JobBridge scheme; her views that this creates a secret competitive advantage for those companies funded by the State; her further views that her Department was correct to give companies the option of not having their name shown on the JobBridge website and then to equate this with a commitment of secrecy; and the steps she will take to protect the public interest in the proper and accountable use of public moneys channelled through the JobBridge scheme. [31163/14]

One-Parent Family Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

80. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will cancel the latest change to the one-parent family payment and freeze any further reductions of the scheme in view of the Government's failure to deliver the promised child care. [30869/14]

Free Travel Scheme Review

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

86. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the travel pass scheme is fully protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30867/14]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

89. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the NESC finding that 23% of households are underemployed, which is more than twice the EU average, if she is concerned that the JobBridge scheme may be exacerbating the underemployment crisis; if her Department has researched the link between the availability of free labour via the JobBridge scheme and the poverty of hours crisis in certain sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30870/14]

JobPath Implementation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

91. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobPath tender process; the number and names of companies that submitted a bid; and if any of the companies that bid have had involvement in the delivery of the work programme in Britain. [30868/14]

Household Benefits Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

93. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research or engaged with others to establish the impact of the loss of the telephone allowance component of the household benefits package on older persons and those with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30866/14]

Housing Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

366. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of the 2,756 persons accommodated by the new communities unit who had a letter of housing need from a local authority; and the number of the 2,756 that were on a waiting list for social housing with a local authority. [30846/14]

After-School Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

403. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the size of the after-school child care scheme is demand-led or if there is a cap on places; if the announcement on the 8 July 2014 of changes to the eligibility rules governing the scheme also involved an increase in the capacity of the scheme and, if so, the amount. [31549/14]

Child Care Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

404. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the size of the community employment child care programme is demand-led or if there is a cap on places; if the announcement on the 8 July 2014 of changes to the eligibility rules governing the scheme also involved an increase in the capacity of the scheme and, if so, the amount. [31550/14]

Multi-annual Budget Plans

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

478. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of migrant-led organisations that applied for the SSNO funding programme; the number of migrant-led organisations here successful in receiving this funding in the recent allocation of SSNO funding to successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31034/14]

Stability Programme Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

135. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the breakdown of the €261 million identified by his Department in the Ireland's Stability Programme April 2014 Update, as the amount by which net voted expenditure at the end of March was below the estimated profile; and if he will clarify any moneys that have been returned to the Exchequer from the Department of Social Protection to date this year. [30240/14]

JobsPlus Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

238. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the JobsPlus subsidy during its first year of operation; the cost of same; the number that it is estimated will benefit from it in 2014; and the estimated total spend for 2014. [30221/14]

Fuel Allowance Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

239. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending fuel allowance to recipients of family income supplement. [30222/14]