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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal scheme; if there will be a minimum submission requirement for each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41426/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise the recent engagement her Department had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on remote working to support rural workers and communities, in view of the recent passing of legislation that will provide the legal right to request remote working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much it would cost to increase the rate of jobseeker's benefit by €80 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41376/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much of an extra cost to the Exchequer would have been incurred if each claimant of jobseeker's benefit in 2022 and to date in 2023 received an increase of €80 per week for the duration of their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current total number of recipients of child benefit payments. [41378/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current total amount of jobseeker's allowance claimants; how many of those are on the reduced rate of €129.70 on account of being aged 18-24 and not living independently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41379/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current total number of recipients of fuel allowance payments. [41380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current total number of recipients of working family payments. [41381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current total number of recipients of carer's allowance and carer's benefit payments. [41382/23]

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The thing that strikes me about this debate is that the people who are most affected by this are among those the Government styles itself as being for. The Government styles itself as being for getting up early in the morning, aspiration and home ownership. This is how Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael style themselves. They seek to speak to the people who are affected by this, yet these are...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support this legislation and I am glad that the plebiscite was successful in Limerick because it provides the opportunity to progress with this. The idea of directly elected mayors is important. The points I will raise have been raised by a lot of others but I will make two points: one on detail; and the other on power. On detail, the margin in the plebiscite in Cork was narrow. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Cuirim fáilte roimh chinn an Bhille seo. Reachtaíocht luachmhar a bheidh ann, agus beidh an-tionchar aici i measc na teaghlaigh atá i gceist. I welcome the heads of the Bill. It is an important reform. It is something my predecessor, Deputy Claire Kerrane, did a lot of work on over a number of years trying to highlight it, and I am glad we are moving forward. This is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In that regard, I suppose the majority of lone parents will be existing claimants. Obviously, there is a healthy or regular stream of new claimants all the time, but the majority are existing claimants. Does the Department envision any sort of public awareness campaign to make people aware of their entitlements to apply for claims for which they previously did not qualify or in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask a related question. If somebody makes a new claim on foot of this legislation, would it be possible to backdate such a claim? I presume it is not possible to backdate it to now, but would it be possible to backdate it to the point of the enactment of the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes, if somebody who did not previously qualify now qualifies. Say the legislation is, for example, signed by the President on 1 January and they make a claim on 1 March. Would they be entitled to backpayment for January and February?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We are moving into a broader discussion about social welfare policy but in light of the Chair's comments, it would be remiss of me not to make the following point, in which I firmly believe. We are talking about assisting and supporting lone parents to work and to break cycles and all of that. There is a big problem in current policy. People can get the one-parent family payment until a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In layman's terms, that means we could have this finished by Christmas.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I would also like to express my thanks to the staff. This is a great place to work,. That is the case because we are served by so many excellent people. A couple of moments ago, the Tánaiste criticised the leader of the Social Democrats for opposing measures that would address the housing crisis. Leaving aside the fact that the genesis of this housing crisis lies in the failure of...