Results 5,121-5,140 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To be fair, there is a distinction between the policy as set out tomorrow morning for current claimants, new claimants and so on and the application of the policy. Its application could have implications for somebody who fails to engage. If there is to be an expectation of work, that has to be measured. For the first time, some element of stick is being introduced in respect of people on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mr. Hession is probably not in a position to address this today as it probably requires further discussion. However, the Department needs to make the position very clear. People are capable of bringing things to their logical conclusions. If there is an obligation, is there a sanction? If there is a sanction, what is that sanction? If there is none, is it the intention of the Department...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: More thought needs to be given to that because there is a long distance to travel between the philosophy and high-minded discussion that happens here and the thinking in six or seven years’ time of a Department employee with clear instructions or protocol to be followed regarding somebody in an Intreo office in Wexford or Letterkenny. I am trying to pick out what comes after steps...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Good. I am pleased to hear that. My next question follows on from the witnesses’ dialogue with Deputy Ó Cuív and people in tier 3. Actually, I had one further question on the medical assessment side of things. Would the decision of the medical assessor be binding on the deciding officer or would the deciding officer have some discretion? I ask this question because,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: A thought occurred to me that applies to the current regime but it would apply to the future regime as well. I have come across it twice recently. It involves somebody with a rare illness - the kind of illness where there might be 400 cases in the world. There are a variety of very rare illnesses. In both cases, I dealt with people who would probably struggle with the administration side...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes, it does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I did.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Government's political strategy with regard to the housing crisis consists of two things that I believe are not true, the first of which is that we have got this under control and things are getting better. By any metric, that is not true. House prices are increasing. They are beyond the reach of the vast majority of people who, as far as they are concerned, are doing everything they...
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Hear, hear.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: They deserve a lot more. An awful lot more.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On a point of order, I appreciate that the Ceann Comhairle is charged with ensuring the House is ordered in an orderly way.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: With respect, I am also of the view that it is not in order for the Minister to deliberately mislead the House-----
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----on several counts.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We need to clarify that. He has accused Deputies of objecting when that is not the case. He has accused Sinn Féin of having-----
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----policies that are not accurate.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is it not in order-----
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I believe-----
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I can supply the Ceann Comhairle very quickly with-----
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I can supply-----