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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I go to Dr. Keilthy, I get the sense that a conversation has happened a little on this, but it is not very far advanced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay. The idea of a one-stop shop is good, although the SEAI might say there are already parts or iterations of that. Should the SEAI be running it? What is the best avenue for establishing one-stop shops of the kind Dr. Keilthy has in mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a good point. I have noticed in the past couple of years the information on the SEAI website is easier to comprehend than it was three or four years ago but there is still a bit of road to go to make it simple and easy to understand. Some of the schemes are straightforward but they do not always look straightforward; others are more complex. On quality assurance, I encountered a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a random selection of inspections, but does the SEAI do inspections in response to complaints?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There may be an issue there. I have correspondence from the SEAI about contractors being registered with the SEAI to ensure tax and insurance compliance. Dr. Byrne mentioned they are compliant with the relevant trade requirements but that is not mentioned in the correspondence I received. I will give a general sense of a case I have come across. The person in question is an engineer. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I could do that afterwards but a few questions arise off the back of this. It had only been delivering a COP of 2.0. Subsequently, the person was in contact with the installer and the manufacturer but found, after five months of attempting, there was no way to compel the installer to bring it up to an adequate performance standard. They are not considered binding standards. It seems from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not expect Dr. Byrne to do so. I am asking about general practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay. One part of solution to this problem is that in addition to random inspections, the SEAI should be able to pick up the ball where there is an individual complaint that is plausible and not vexatious or frivolous. The following is an issue that comes up and is probably not at the hardest edge of fuel poverty. It relates to general fuel efficiency in State housing and all housing in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This question is for anyone, but Mr. O'Mahony mentioned the different types of buildings, including terraced, semi-detached and all the rest of it. Is there any scope, or is it something that happens already, regarding measures for locations where there are terraces or apartments that are a mix of local authority and privately owned? In the first place, that means Mount Sion Road in Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 998. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide ten additional Garda youth diversion programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56412/23]

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have always believed that the very least that people could expect from their government is a roof over their head. To say that the Government is failing in that regard is a profound understatement. At least 13,000 people, including 4,000 children, are without a home. That figure is probably 20,000 when we include all of the shelters in our calculations. The Minister is failing them....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he supports the provision of electric trains to Cork in early 2024 for the purposes of expansion of the Cork area commuter rail; and if he has had discussion with Iarnród Éireann in relation to this. [3018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for the Cork city and Cork County Council area from 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [3312/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the proposed auto enrolment scheme. [3306/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actual number and the percentage of working family payment claimants, respectively who are also claiming the one parent family payment. [3307/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of claimants over each of the past five years of claimants who lose the working family payment due to the claimant moving from the one parent family payment to the jobseeker’s transitional payment when their youngest child reaches seven years of age. [3308/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the average wait time for a decision on an appeal, for each social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3309/24]

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom cuidiú leis an mBille seo. Tá sé tábhachtach agus tógann sé ar reachtaíocht a bhí réasúnta maith cheana féin ach air a bhfuil sé ag cur feabhas. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach go mbeadh trédhearcacht agus rialacháin réasúnta ann do charthanachtaí agus d'eagraíochtaí...