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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the average per-night cost of accommodating an IP applicant in privately owned accommodation, providing a breakdown of the average per-night cost in private accommodation contracted in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22996/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average per-night cost of accommodating an IP applicant in State-owned accommodation, providing a breakdown of the average per-night cost in State-owned accommodation delivered in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22997/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who will be responsible for the review into payments for migrants both from Ukraine and elsewhere; the Departments or State bodies that will be represented at the meetings; the format it will take; the number of meetings that will be held; if the conclusions will be published; if it will consider international comparators...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for justice the current Government policy regarding the status of those who have fled war in Ukraine following the lapse of the temporary protection directive in March 2023. [23036/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 8 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of the capital and current budget allocations for each programme under subhead E4 of the revised estimates for 2023 and 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [23065/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 8 May 2024, to provide a detailed breakdown of subhead E4 by programme categories, as was provided for the E5 subhead programme breakdown in Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 8 May 2024 [23067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 8 May 2024, to provide a breakdown of the capital and current budget allocations for each programme under subhead E5 of the revised estimates for 2023 and 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [23066/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 8 May 2024, to detail the outputs in 2023 under subhead E4 based on the revised estimates allocation and the final allocation for subhead E4 in 2023, including the number of IPAS beds funded and a breakdown of the same across State-owned accommodation and commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 8 May 2024, to detail the outputs in 2023 under subhead E5 based on the financial allocation under the revised estimates and the final allocation for subhead E5 in 2023, including the number of temporary protection accommodation beds funded and the breakdown of the...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I cannot tell the Minister of State how many times I have been in the following situation: I knock on a door and say, "How are you? We are canvassing for Sinn Féin. What issues are important to you?" The person says, "Come in here 'til I show you." They bring me into the house, upstairs and into the kitchen and they show me black all along the walls. I can feel the cold. I touch...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the Minister being here. I think this is an area where a bit of innovation could get us a long way. I saw the Minister was in Noonan's Road recently. I was glad to see that. I hope Government funding for that project will remain strong. The Minister is familiar with Cork and he may be familiar with the greater Douglas area. It is an area that has seen enormous growth in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The key sentence in the Minister's response is: To be clear, in line with public transport remit, the NTA has no plans to operate a dedicated school service in the area. It is the Department of Education which has responsibility for the school transport scheme. That is the problem which prevents something like this happening. No one really has the flexibility, the interest or the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing maternity benefit to cover the first 12 months of a child’s life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the change to the availability of post-partum services in CUH was reduced from parents of a child aged up to ten months down to four months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents of children aged between four to ten months were on the list when the change to the availability of post-partum services in CUH was introduced; and if these parents received an appointment. [23657/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parents who availed of post-partum services in CUH in 2022 and 2023 who had a child aged between four to ten months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the waiting list for post-partum services in the CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23659/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a good place to puck off. The Barnardo's report published this morning highlights the risks of poverty that exist for many families. People with disabilities and single-parent households remain most at risk. I have a number of questions. Before posing them, I take this opportunity to thank Ms Skelly for her contribution, which reflected the fact that we have a number of matters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will Mr. Musgrave elaborate on that? Does he have a sense of the systematic implications that the Department, rightly or wrongly, is conscious of? What kind of issues is it considering?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I must leave but I will return for the end of the second session. I would like to ask HCCI about that point, which has been really well made. I have talked to somebody from the Citizens Information Board who highlighted how the policy is arbitrary and illogical. Can our guests state whether there is a sense of what additional capacity would be created by a shift in the policy?