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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Deputy's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: I ask Mr. Courtney about the commission's report on the living wage that was given to the Government, which outlines how the Government can progress the living wage. Where is that at? Will there be a response?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does the Low Pay Commission anticipate being asked for further information or reports, or is its job done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Everyone who indicated a wish to speak has now spoken. I thank all of the representatives for assisting the committee in its consideration of these important matters. The committee will further consider these matters as soon as possible. That concludes our business in public session. I propose that the committee goes into private session to consider business. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: In May 2019, the people of Limerick voted in a plebiscite on the issue of a democratically-elected mayor. Three years have passed since then. We were supposed to have had that election. I just want to know where the legislation is. I understand it is in the autumn legislative programme, but is the Minister confident that it will be published soon and that we will see what is in there? Is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: You never know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the witnesses from UHL. It is good to see such a good crowd here. I know most of them and have tried to deal constructively with them over the past number of years. I put on record my thanks to the staff who work in the hospital from hospital porters to cleaners, those in the kitchens, doctors, non-consultant doctors, management and those who work in administration - everybody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Sorry. Will Professor Cowan clarify what she is talking about when she talks about other work directed to other areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: That would be very welcome in the mid-west region, obviously, but, again, it will not solve the problem tomorrow and for the three critical months we are facing into. I want to know what we are going to do. We need exceptional measures for the next three months because the figures we have seen this year already are simply not acceptable. In June, 1,800 people were waiting on trolleys. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: What are we going to do in the here and now? I know there are other things we are looking at like the escalation team around mental health and a pathfinder service being brought in and trialled in UHL, which would be very important. I would do that as fast as possible. That should be an emergency. The Government needs to treat it as an emergency because it is simply not acceptable that...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: We are in the midst of a cost of living crisis and there is no doubt about it. I hope to see thousands of people on the streets of Dublin on Saturday. The cost of food has increased, as have the costs of energy, renting and home ownership. With a view to energy saving and reducing our energy consumption, retrofitting homes to make them more energy efficient is a positive idea but it must...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Buy the houses.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: I do talk to them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: It has been going on for a year.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: Will the Cabinet committee on housing discuss home income thresholds for social housing supports, which have not changed since 2011? There is a scarcity of available properties for renters and those that are available have rents that many simply cannot afford. Homeownership is unattainable for many people, especially throughout Limerick. The safety net is meant to be the social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to update rule 4(1)(b) of the Pension Declaration Rules 1966 regarding an eligible witness to include additional persons such as elected members of both the Houses of the Oireachtas and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made regarding Limerick City and County Council’s application for additional resources for a dedicated affordable homes team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement and working family payment in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [45943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: 394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount spent on the family income supplement and working family payment in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [45944/22]