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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average processing times for all social welfare payments; the number of applications received for each payment; the number of applications processed to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27334/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an additional need's payment application. [27335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for a social welfare appeal. [27336/24]

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As in the case of most miscellaneous provisions Bills, nearly all human life is here, and while there are an awful lot of different topics and agendas, a great deal of them are very important. I will pick up where Deputy Daly left off. The issue of fines for carriers is important. We have been flagging it for some time and are glad the Minister has moved on it. It is not acceptable that...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome the fact that the Minister of State is not opposing this legislation, albeit I would have to say the some of the speeches have been decidedly lukewarm. I sensed that much of what the Minister of State - he has said many things - has said is about striking the balance and I actually agree. The balance does need to be struck and I do not think that anyone on this side of the House...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If someone is on a medical card, it is close to impossible to be seen by a dentist, as things stand. I have seen some new figures for the Cork area. In 2019, there were 287 dentists on the dental treatment service scheme, DTSS. There are now just 188. In my area, south Lee, there has been a 44% reduction during the same period, from 108 dentists to just 60. This has caused problems, in...

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I join other colleagues who have acknowledged the great bravery and courage of Natasha O'Brien and Bláthnaid Raleigh. It takes a great deal of courage to come forward and it is important because it leads to discussions such as this and to a focus on the huge challenges that are there. The scale of this problem is frightening and what is worrying is that in many respects it seems to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2024: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not have any particular questions. I just want to apologise for arriving late. I was in another meeting. I thank the witnesses very much for the submission and opening statement. This meeting has highlighted very clearly the issues and will be very useful for our engagement with the Department. The complexities around backdating will require a lot of consideration. The points have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next steps, following the EU Migration Pact’s approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28973/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process for implementing the EU Migration Pact’s measures now that it has been approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. [28974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average number of gardaí recruited per year from 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [28977/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who resigned or retired in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the number expected to retire or resign from the force in 2024. [28978/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost of a member of An Garda Síochána in the years 2020 to 2023; and the average cost in 2024, in tabular form. [28979/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department expects to have assessed the submissions received under the expression of interest for acquisition or lease of international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by persons denied protection status post-decision for applications in which a final decision was made from January 2023. [28976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the implementation of the EU Migration Pact, particularly in respect of the Recast Reception Conditions Directive and Procedures Regulation, will affect the State's obligations as regards the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants. [28980/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the occupancy of IPAS accommodation at the end of each month from January 2023 to June 2024; and if these figures are inclusive of those with status currently being accommodated in IPAS. [28981/24]

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome Lucia, Jim and Shane's family to Public Gallery. Lucia is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met and certainly that I have ever met here, in this job. The painstaking detail she has provided and the passion and commitment she has shown to this campaign is such a tribute to a mother's love for her son but she should never have had to do that. Having listened to the...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The scoping inquiry, as I said at the time, was far too limited because it treated each thing as an individual failure rather than a litany of failures, a collective set of failures that all pointed in a particular direction. I hope that the logical conclusion is not actually the case but it is very hard to escape it. The Minister said that Judge Haughton was at liberty to come up with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (9 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average, median, maximum and minimum number of recipients for the carers support grant in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [29551/24]