Parliamentary questions

National Internship Scheme Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

45. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that every JobBridge participant is covered at all times by their host organisation's employers liability and public liability insurance. [42297/14]

One-Parent Family Payment Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

95. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the cuts that had been scheduled to be made to the one parent family payment scheme next year, including the lowering of the cut-off age to seven years and the reduction to the income disregard, will now proceed in view of her statement in the context of the latest budget that there would be no reductions to social welfare payments in 2015. [41714/14]

Water Charges Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit who will not receive either a Christmas bonus or a water support payment next year. [41715/14]

Respite Care Grant Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will propose an amendment to the Social Welfare Bill 2014 to provide for an increase of €325 in the respite care grant. [41663/14]

Work Placement Programmes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

107. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the rules governing the Tús scheme to remove the element of compulsion in view of the inappropriateness of having a reluctant participant work with vulnerable persons including older persons and persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41665/14]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

110. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will extend greater supports to former carers in the period following the conclusion of their caring role. [41661/14]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

111. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce further legislation to afford greater protection to deferred members during the restructuring or wind-up of defined benefit pensions schemes. [41664/14]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

114. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment participants who will be impacted by the final cessation of concurrent payments in 2015 broken down by CE scheme type, category of payment and the range and average by which persons will see their income drop. [41662/14]

Public Sector Pensions Legislation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

359. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the moneys raised to date from the pensions related deductions since it was introduced in 2009; the percentage rate at which it was recovered; the number of public servants affected; and the way that money was utilised. [41973/14]

Public Sector Pensions Legislation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

360. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an end date for the emergency financial measure introduced in 2009 on members of public service pension schemes, the pensions related deductions tax; and if the percentage charged on under €60,000 will be lowered and the exempted income be increased to reduce the burden on the lower paid public servants. [41974/14]

Hospital Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

636. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the alternative arrangements which are being made for the patients and staff of the St. James's Hospital dental clinic which was suddenly closed recently; and his plans to build or purchase an alternative location. [41236/14]

Dental Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

637. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason for closing the St James's Hospital dental clinic when an alternative location for the much used services had not been sourced. [41237/14]

Scéim Deontais do Mhionoibreacha

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

864. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cathain a íocfar deontais faoi Scéim na Mionoibreacha, 2014 leis na scoileanna atá ag súil leo chun deisiúchán riachtanach a dhéanamh ar a bhfoirgnimh agus a gclósanna. [41271/14]

Cáilitheacht faoin Scéim Deontais do Mhionoibreacha

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

866. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil Gaelscoil Inse Chóir, Baile Átha Cliath 8 i dteideal deontas faoi Scéim na Mion-Oibreacha, 2014 agus cathain a dháilfear an deontais úd ar an scoil. [41284/14]

Scéim Deontais do Mhionoibreacha

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

867. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gcuirfidh sí liosta ar fáil de na scoileanna i mBaile Átha Cliath 2, 4, 6, 6W, 8, 10, 12 agus 20 atá i dteideal deontas faoi Scéim na Mion-Oibreacha, 2014 agus cathain a dháilfear an deontas úd orthu. [41285/14]

Scéim Deontais do Mhionoibreacha

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

868. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cad é an leagan amach a bhéas ar Scéím na Mion-Oibreacha, 2015 agus cad é an spriocdháta a bhéas ann don scéim sin i 2015. [41286/14]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1030. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the delay in producing the regulations required to give effect to the provision of the Housing Miscellanous Act 2014 which would allow local authorities to take action against anti-social tenants. [41589/14]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

42. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if consideration was given to extending the disability allowance for eligible community employment participants beyond 31 December and the number of community employment participants affected by the change. [40744/14]

Child Benefit Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

41. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of children who were refused or discontinued child benefit this year and last year for not being in full-time education broken down by age 16 and 17 years respectively. [40564/14]

Tax Code

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

47. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if water is now considered a utility and has a tax exemption; the reason there is no tax exemption for other utilities such as electricity, gas and so on. [40490/14]