Results 21-40 of 115 for going forward speaker:Michael Moynihan

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...legal expertise and advice for families to navigate through that, when they look for to draw down funding for the needs of a person. I have seen families get completely frustrated by having to go back to the courts to make a case and so on. We have to be very mindful that we are talking about very vulnerable people at a very vulnerable time for families and everybody else. The least we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...for their detailed contributions this morning. Some of the evidence we have heard recently, particularly on employment, shows the fear among people who have a disability and who are on benefits of going into employment and losing those benefits. It was mentioned that the medical card is crucial and gold. We hear that week in, week out. We really need to zone in on it. We have looked...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...I welcome the changes to the carer's allowance, in particular the change in regard to the income disregard. Every year at budget time I make the point, and I will continue to make it for as long as the good people of Cork North-West elect me to speak here on their behalf, that the carer's allowance needs to be care tested as opposed to means tested. There are many families wherein one or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: From Accessibility to Universal Design: Discussion (14 Oct 2021)

Michael Moynihan: .... On a day-to-day basis, many public representatives deal with people and families in the context of trying to get grants and adaptations. This morning's evidence, in the way it has been put forward, is very powerful regarding the real challenges out there. We can talk about the Disability Act that was introduced almost a generation ago, the various changes that have been made and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Business of Joint Committee (30 Sep 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...Éireann, together with the disability community, I want to work to build a consensus between all so we can deliver for people with disabilities, their families, their communities and their carers as they go forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...the witnesses to us and the engagement that is happening. It is driving the committee on to try to do better and to make sure we are doing the best we can to advance their causes. There is an ongoing review by the HSE on the development of personal assistant services. We should take the evidence that has been given today, compile it and send it onto the HSE. We will consider that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...is an urgency with it. The committee is examining funding streams of what needs to be done and considered in the budget for people with disabilities. This forms part of it. We will put that forward for discussion at our committee. The Department of Health and the HSE have to be clear, as well, in their asks. I know that there are many challenges with budgets, but this is a fundamental...

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this much promised debate. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on steering this through the Department and the Government. I know the tenacious way she applied herself to the job, to ensure the Bill was brought to the Dáil and, hopefully, through the Seanad and onto the Statute Book as soon as possible. I wish to ensure that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...that each child has universal access, no matter what their challenges or the part of the country in which he or she lives. The traditional methods of delivering services are not fit for purpose going forward. It is vital that access is universal rather than anything else. There is no doubt that, for children with additional needs who do not have family resources behind them, the...

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...to speak on this timely debate on autism. It is refreshing that the Minister of State has agreed to accept tonight's motion, accepting that we are in a very difficult position from the get-go. The mooted withdrawal of the speech and language and occupational therapy from special schools has been paused. I welcome that initiative by the Minister of State and the HSE. While it is now...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...the fantastic work that has been done by generations of farmers, by people who planted hedgerows, worked in their communities and enhanced our environment. We should take our hats off to those people and should protect agriculture going forward. I wish to raise the issues of energy efficiency, the retrofitting of homes and the cost of the energy required to heat homes. The green...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...work that is in place. A number of points came across this morning. One is the importance of a whole-of-government approach or a direction from the centre of government in terms of how we are going to implement change and ensure disability is kept to the forefront. I thank the witnesses for the invitation they issued to us. We would dearly love to meet with them in their places of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Nothing About Us Without Us - Achieving Equal Rights and Equity for Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...reply to the questions but time is against us. If there are questions that are outstanding, they might liaise directly with the committee or with individual members because it will inform us as we go forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Nothing About Us Without Us - Achieving Equal Rights and Equity for Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...concerned. The witnesses are a powerful inspiration to us. We will continue to listen to what they are doing and will reflect on what they have advised us to do to get these things made part of Government policy because a massive change is needed. As Chair of this committee, I firmly believe that societal attitudes really need to change, thus enabling everyone to have the best...

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Michael Moynihan: ...at. I want to raise a number of issues. Under the programme for Government, disability services are being moved to the Minister's Department from the Department of Health. How is this planning going? When is the move likely to take place? When will the memorandums be done? We are now seven, if not eight, months into the Government and we want to ensure this body of work promised in...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...attached to GAA clubs. They have developed in small communities over the years. They offer activities every year to raise funds for insurance, to keep the lights on and to keep the community going. They cannot run them this year. It is vitally important that a scheme is designed to assist organisations that are trying to keep community halls going. The Government must make funding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...with us. We will revert to him on a number of occasions looking for clarification on points and so forth. I congratulate Professor Quinn and wish him every success in his new role. We look forward to working with him. I thank everyone for their engagement today. Let us keep it going. Our committee stands adjourned until our next meeting on Wednesday, 25 November. We will have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...There is scope there and it is something we should look at. The witnesses have given us food for thought and we thank them sincerely. We are very sorry we have the two-hour slot because we could go on for hours but we must make the most of it. I thank the members of the committee for being so engaging and we look forward to working with them.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...I know he will make a major impact on that area and I wish him well on that. There are many issues and challenges in that area. The credit unions are also under his remit. How the credit unions go forward, how they will trade and the many issues facing the credit union movement will have to be monitored. The credit union movement has been a bedrock for people in society, including the...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...to the budget debate and I welcome the measures of the budget. There is a number of issues I would like to raise. On the agricultural side, the long-promised food ombudsman was a commitment going back many years but we particularly zoned in on this over recent years to try and resolve issues in relation to food, especially what the food processor and producer get for their product and...