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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1013. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any essential expenditure from an inheritance, such as the purchase of a car to travel to college, can be included in a SUSI means assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an inheritance is only taken into account for a higher education grant in the year in which it is received; if not, if it is assessed as income throughout the individual's period of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39633/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the witnesses and remind those in attendance to make sure that their mobile phones are switched off or in silent mode. Any members of the committee who wish to attend this meeting remotely must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional requirement that in order to participate in public meetings, members must be physically present within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Could Ms Ní Shearcaigh pause for a minute? There seems to be a problem with the audio at this end. Apologies for that. I do not know if it can be heard on the broadcast but we have a difficulty here in the room with the audio. We have the technical people looking at it at the moment. Could Ms Ní Shearcaigh turn the microphone on her laptop on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Now we have you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank Ms Ní Shearcaigh for her presentation and engagement with the committee. I will now open the meeting up to members for questions. I call the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: There are a couple of questions I want to put to Ms Ní Shearcaigh. She pointed out in her opening statement that the retrofitting of homes has had an impact in terms of improving the living conditions of older people and that it has improved their health and well-being. As we know, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications commissioned the London School of Hygiene...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: You have an awful lot to offer and I thank Ms Ní Shearchaigh for her presentation to the committee this morning. It is a matter we will be taking up again. We now move to the second topic on our agenda, which is housing and sustaining communities on our offshore islands. I welcome to the meeting today one of the authors of the new report on this topic, Dr. Conor Cashman, from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Are there any other comments on Croí Cónaithe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: That is a very simple suggestion. It is one the committee could take up with the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Does Dr. Cashman want to start off and the other witnesses might want to come in then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: While I wish you the best of luck in getting the local authorities to act on CPOs, Dr. Cashman might want to comment first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Ms Uí Mhaoldomhnaigh might wish to come in first on Deputy Ó Cuív's last question in particular, about these properties where there are complexities relating to title. It is definitely an issue I find in my own constituency. If we had an idea of the scale of the problem on any of the islands it might help us to progress it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Taking on from that, does Dr. Cashman think it would be possible for University College Cork to take one of the islands with a large dereliction rate where there has not been an uptake of the Croí Cónaithe scheme to see how big an issue title is, or what the issues are? If we can crack this nut on our islands, we can also crack this nut in other rural communities. It would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: Would Dr. Cashman like to comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: The research that has been presented today is really useful from the point of view of trying to develop policy, not just for the island communities. It is a deep dive into it and we are looking forward to looking further into this research. It also has implications for addressing housing needs on the mainland. It is clear from the hearing we have had this morning that there is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: We now move on to the final topic on our agenda, ehealth and living longer on islands. We have with us Dr. Ian McCabe, project manager with the health innovation via engineering lab, HIVE, at the University of Galway. He is also manager of the home health project, the healthy islands project and the virtual hospital project. We have Dr. Noreen Lineen-Curtis, the GP serving Clare Island and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank Dr. Doran. I now invite Dr. McCabe to make his contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank Dr. Lineen-Curtis. The first speaker is Deputy Ó Casathasaigh.