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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It was in my speech.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister would not be right.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not think you would.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Read back over my speech. I was very clear.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There are two primary elements to the legislation. One relates to the pay-related job seeker's benefit, which we welcome, and the other relates to the PRSI increase, which we are not in favour of, and consequently we will be voting in favour of the legislation. I will deal with them separately. They are connected but I will deal with them one after the other. We have long called for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The key sentence in the Minister's response is: To be clear, in line with public transport remit, the NTA has no plans to operate a dedicated school service in the area. It is the Department of Education which has responsibility for the school transport scheme. That is the problem which prevents something like this happening. No one really has the flexibility, the interest or the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the Minister being here. I think this is an area where a bit of innovation could get us a long way. I saw the Minister was in Noonan's Road recently. I was glad to see that. I hope Government funding for that project will remain strong. The Minister is familiar with Cork and he may be familiar with the greater Douglas area. It is an area that has seen enormous growth in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a good place to puck off. The Barnardo's report published this morning highlights the risks of poverty that exist for many families. People with disabilities and single-parent households remain most at risk. I have a number of questions. Before posing them, I take this opportunity to thank Ms Skelly for her contribution, which reflected the fact that we have a number of matters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will Mr. Musgrave elaborate on that? Does he have a sense of the systematic implications that the Department, rightly or wrongly, is conscious of? What kind of issues is it considering?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I must leave but I will return for the end of the second session. I would like to ask HCCI about that point, which has been really well made. I have talked to somebody from the Citizens Information Board who highlighted how the policy is arbitrary and illogical. Can our guests state whether there is a sense of what additional capacity would be created by a shift in the policy?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: International Protection (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment method of the daily expenses allowance to applicants of international protection in Ireland; whether the recipient has discretion in this regard; the choices that are available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24191/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Schemes (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 30 April 2024, the number of children currently based in designated accommodation centres, the number of those children who were provided a school place education after two, four, six, eight, ten and after 12 weeks, in tabular form. [24330/24]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I cannot tell the Minister of State how many times I have been in the following situation: I knock on a door and say, "How are you? We are canvassing for Sinn Féin. What issues are important to you?" The person says, "Come in here 'til I show you." They bring me into the house, upstairs and into the kitchen and they show me black all along the walls. I can feel the cold. I touch...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing maternity benefit to cover the first 12 months of a child’s life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the change to the availability of post-partum services in CUH was reduced from parents of a child aged up to ten months down to four months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents of children aged between four to ten months were on the list when the change to the availability of post-partum services in CUH was introduced; and if these parents received an appointment. [23657/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents who availed of post-partum services in CUH in 2022 and 2023 who had a child aged between four to ten months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the waiting list for post-partum services in the CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23659/24]

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have said my piece on the legislation in general. I commend the work that has gone into it. The whole area of auto-enrolment is vitally important. We have significant reservations about the management of the funds. That will be discussed further in the Seanad, but I recognise the work that has gone into the Bill. In principle, auto-enrolment is certainly a big piece of the jigsaw. As...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support all that Deputy Sherlock said. It is vitally important we ensure no room for manoeuvre exists for people who will look to exploit the system, or will look to not give some categories of workers their full entitlements, and that we work to avoid that. The points were well made. I welcome Deputy Ó Cathasaigh's amendments and commend him on them. I also commend the Minister on...