Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Fostaíocht Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

39 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na spriocanna atá ag an Aire maidir leis an méid post a chruthófar sa Ghaeltacht sa dara leath den bhliain. [35029/12]

Social Insurance

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

166 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of employees with respect to whom employers are paying PRSI at the rate of 10.75% and the total this raised in 2009, 2010, 2011 and in March 2012 respectively.
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Social Insurance

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

167 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of employees with respect to whom employers are paying PRSI at the rate of 4.25% and the total this raised in 2009, 2010, 2011 and in March 2012 respectively.
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Asylum Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

282 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the identity and addresses of the successful contractors supplying services to the State in the seven State owned asylum seeker centres following the recent competition; the length, cost and duration of each contract; the date on which the contracts are up for renewal; the number of small to medium sized companies and if they are Irish or European who were successful in obtaining a contract for the supply of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Asylum Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

283 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 16 May 2012, if he will clarify the issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Asylum Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

284 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new permanent jobs that have been created through the awarding of contracts following the recent competition in the State-owned Reception Integration Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Asylum Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

285 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the incentives that are given to small indigenous businesses to tender for contracts to provide management and services in State-owned Reception Integration Agency centres; if he will direct, encourage and advise his officials in the procurement area of RIA to facilitate and assist small indigenous Irish or European companies, in competing against large non-EU American corporate subsidiaries, which have recourse to unlimited expertise and financial backing from the parent company; if he will give an assurance that taxpayer moneys earned from Government contracts, remain in the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Rent Supplement Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional persons to whom the new lower rent supplement ceiling was applied in the past month; the number who have been forced to move as a consequence of the new ceiling to date in 2012; her views on whether it may be too late for parents who are forced to leave their locality to enrol their children in new schools; and if she will seek to make savings on rent supplement by negotiating directly with landlord representatives instead of placing exclusive responsibility for achieving her Departments savings on individual vulnerable tenants. [35043/12]

Homeless Persons

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

27 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that young persons who have experienced homelessness are in need of emergency accommodation (details supplied); and the steps she will take to respond to this situation. [34947/12]

Sick Pay Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

54 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether her proposal to simultaneously cut the illness benefit scheme and introduce statutory sick pay will precipitate business closures, job losses and pay cuts and make Ireland less competitive.
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Sick Pay Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

242 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether her proposal to simultaneously cut the illness benefit scheme and introduce statutory sick pay will precipitate business closures, job losses and pay cuts and make Ireland less competitive.
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Good Friday Agreement

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

76 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the he is taking to compel the British Government to adhere to the wording of Strand 3, Prisoners, paragraph 1 of the Belfast Agreement 1998 (details supplied).
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Good Friday Agreement

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

77 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Irish Government is taking to compel the British Government to legislate for and implement in full, the Weston Park Accord as it was originally agreed by the Irish and British Governments in 2001, prior to the withdrawal of the proposed draft legislation on 11 January 2006 by then Secretary of State Peter Hain (details supplied).
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Tax Reliefs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

99 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the value of the revenue forgone to the State as a result of the tax relief on income protection insurance premiums each year for the past five years.
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Tax Reliefs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

100 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the value of the revenue forgone to the State as a result of the tax relief on contributions to private pensions each year for the past five years.
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Pension Provisions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

283 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes she intends to make to State pensions; and the timeframe for same.
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

622 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the number of doxycycline tablets issued to members of the Defence Forces annually since 2000.
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Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

719 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for outpatient appointments in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin and the reason for same.
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Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

720 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for various inpatient procedures in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin and the reason for same.
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Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

721 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if all theatre and wards in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin are open and in full use, and if closed, the reason for same.
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Nursing Home Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

750 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the cost to the Health Service Executive due to patients whose transfer to nursing homes is delayed due to lack of beds and who catch MRSA or similar infections in the acute or general hospitals around the country; and the steps he has taken in the past six months to alleviate the backlog and to free up beds for patients recovering from surgery.
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Pilot Training Colleges

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

897 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to address the situation Irish students undergoing pilot training find themselves in with the collapse of Pilot Training College considering that the State, through the Irish Aviation Authority, licensed Pilot Training College as a fit and proper organisation to provide the education and ensure continuity of training rather than dashing hopes of any young people caught up in the fallout.
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Research and Development

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

26 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises will avail of all supports for research and development.
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Research and Development

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

38 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to streamline the application process and support in respect of research and development across Departments.
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Child Care Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

41 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who received out of hours emergency care services through the Crisis Intervention Service each month since its establishment; the county in which they normally reside; the type and location of care placement that was found for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Inter-Country Adoptions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

61 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date in September 2012 on which she will sign a new inter-country adoption agreement with Vietnam; and the position regarding any ongoing negotiations with other states regarding inter-country adoption agreements.
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Human Rights Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

82 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating situation of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons; and if he has raised this matter with the Israeli authorities; and if he will intervene with them in the case of a person (details supplied).
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Prisoner Releases

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

79 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to demand that the British authorities release a person (details supplied) forthwith in line with the commitments in view of his and other participants in the talks at the time of the signing of the Weston Park Agreement in relation to on-the-runs.
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Prisoner Releases

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

80 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the condition of a prisoner (details supplied) and the need for the British Government to release them forthwith in line with the royal pardon they had been issued, or the fact that they would also qualify under the terms and conditions of the Good Friday Agreement for the release of prisoners and further that on humanitarian grounds they should not be incarcerated any longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Treatment of Prisoners

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

81 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the protests by prisoners in Maghaberry Jail, County Antrim and the effect it would have on the ongoing peace process if the situation further deteriorates due to the lack of action and the need for him to intervene with the authorities to ensure that their grievances are resolved and prisoners are held in decent, safe and humane conditions.
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Ambulance Service

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

516 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason Skibbereen in west Cork and the area in general has recently had no ambulance cover due to lack of overtime pay; and if he will give a commitment that a full ambulance service cover will be restored and in place for the future.
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European Banking Sector

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

39 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the detail of the single supervisory mechanism for banks as agreed by the European Council on 29 June 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Mortgage Arrears

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

33 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Keane report on the mortgage crisis; the recommendations from the report that have been implemented and the numbers of households that have been assisted as a result of the implementation of these measures.
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Pension Provisions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

34 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has completed his examination of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government’s new pension terms proposals for city and county managers.
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Sports Facilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

101 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any agencies operating under his aegis have carried out a study into the provision of sporting facilities for disabled children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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School Meals Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

385 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a comparison of the funding each gaelscoil receives per child in respect of school lunches and snacks, with other schools in the Dublin north west area; and if they receive equal funding per child.
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General Medical Services Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

587 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the items covered under the medical card to include vitamins or complexes such as antox prescribed by doctors for recovery from serious illness and operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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