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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Ó Laoghaire is running late. Members are required to participate in the meeting remotely from within the Leinster House complex only. I remind those in attendance to make sure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. I welcome the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, to the meeting. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. We will now go through the Estimates section by section and seek questions from members. The first section is on administration. Do colleagues have questions on administration? No. We will move on to pensions. Do members have questions on pensions? No. We will move to section 3, which is on the working-age payments and income supports....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: The Minister and her officials will recall engagement I had with them previously in respect of the working family payment. The payments received by larger families has not kept in train with the increases for smaller families over the past decade. It is an issue the Parliamentary Budget Office flagged with us. The committee would ask the Minister to look at that in the context of the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: The Deputy may ask a brief question on administration. We have moved on but I will take that question.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I call Deputy Ó Cuív on the working age income supports.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Briefly, as we have moved on.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister. If there are no other questions under income supports, we now move on to working age-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: We will be dealing with schemes next, now.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Bring it up under this heading and then we can move on to the schemes then.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: If no one else wishes to come in on the working-age employment supports, we will move on to the next section, which deals with blindness, disability and carers. Are there any questions on those schemes? No. The next section concerns children. Are there any questions?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Could we focus on children? We have already dealt with pensions.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: We are going through the Estimate.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: If there are no other questions on children, we will move on to supplementary payments, agencies and miscellaneous.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: There is a shortfall there. I know that from being on the receiving end of it. I will bring in Deputy Collins. If Deputy Ó Cuív has another question, he can come back in later.