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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the weekly payment rate for carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit to €325 per week, by payment in tabular form. [23963/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional €10 per week payment to all recipients of disability-related social welfare payments in total, and by payment type, in tabular form. [23965/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation facing residents (details supplied); the action he proposes to take to ensure that the residents are protected and can remain in place; and if he intends to ensure the HSE re engages to find a fair solution. [23769/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to review the payments to nursing homes, both private and public, both in regard to those payments and to wage levels in the sector. [23770/23]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: A mother contacted my office this month who was at breaking point. She is a single mum with two sons aged 17 and 14, both of whom have profound intellectual disabilities. She had not had respite since before the pandemic. She thinks December 2019 was the last time she got a break, which was three and a half years ago. It is scandalous that someone has not had a break for this length of...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am glad the Minister of State agrees with this point, but it is a scandalous situation. In the same response, we were told that HSE Cork Kerry Community Healthcare disability services had received their letter of allocation of new funding under the service plan for 2023. This funding for CHO 4 is less than 50% of the usual annual development funding for this area for respite. There is no...

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State will be familiar with clinics. I am sure he knows they can be difficult. There can be all sorts of difficult cases, whether it is social welfare or issues of health and housing. One of the most frustrating and difficult clinic appointments we have is with people who are not able to qualify for social housing. There is nothing for them. We have a conversation with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will be very brief because I do not have the same expertise as the other two Deputies. I said last week that, in my constituency, commonage would not be a particular issue. It is not uncommon in very old parts of city centres, such as my city, Cork, to have large numbers of unregistered properties. It is quite common to have them right in the core of a city. I am sure the guests will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I suppose that work is not common. Is the bulk of Finders International Ireland's work outside the area of safe deposit boxes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Let me return to the issue of safe deposit boxes and the question of whether those that have been opened are representative. What proportion of the ones opened by the bank did it ask Finders International Ireland to examine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How many boxes did it ask the organisation to examine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I suppose they give an insight into the mechanisms and the role that Finders International Ireland can play, but they do not really suggest what is likely to be in the many hundreds of other safe deposit boxes, or whatever the number is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is good going, all right. Murphy and McCarthy are common names. There are six sets of McCarthys in my GAA club and none of them is related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I was going to ask what was found in the boxes in the hope that they comprised a representative sample, however small. I do not know whether anyone can draw many conclusions from three boxes.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24663/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (23 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual budget for the JobsPlus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (23 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation process as part of her Department's work on addressing the cost of disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24664/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proposed legislation on child maintenance system changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24665/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on her Department's review of means testing for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24667/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will ensure that households that have accumulated significant debts, including arrears on bills and on pre-payment meters, have access to sufficient support to avoid a long-term legacy of indebtedness and reduced financial resilience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24666/23]