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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I genuinely thank all the Deputies for their contributions and acknowledgement of the importance of community employment. I will give some points of information in response to Deputy Moynihan's question. The 2008 Labour Court recommendation deals with the CE supervisor and assistant supervisor pension issue solely. It related to these two categories of employees and did not deal with job...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the details of easing of restrictions on partners attending appointments in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (30 Jun 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports more than 420 community organisations to provide local employment opportunities and social, economic and environmental services through a social enterprise model. CSP funding of €19,033 is provided for each Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position and €32,000 for each manager position, where warranted. The CSP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 457. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to easing restrictions on nursing home visits to permit fully vaccinated residents to leave their care homes for walks with visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29114/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing via legislation the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29115/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29116/21]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (5 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I thank Senator Currie for giving me the opportunity to address the Seanad today, on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, to talk about the important issue of investment in cycling infrastructure, which will ultimately make our cities, towns, and villages more accessible for everyone. As Senators will be aware, the programme for Government sets out an ambitious and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (5 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I will note the points made by the Senator and relay them to the Minister when I see him later this week. I will also mention some smaller scale initiatives being progressed by the Department of Transport to support and promote efforts to increase active travel. These include the recently launched safe routes to school programme, which will provide funding to accelerate the delivery of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Payments (5 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I thank Senator Byrne for raising this important issue. The Government acknowledges and I personally acknowledge the important role that family carers play. We are fully committed to supporting carers in that role. This commitment is recognised in both the programme for Government and the national carers strategy. My Department provides a range of income supports to financially assist...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Payments (5 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, met with organisations representing carers and listened to them outline the scenarios the Senator described. We have the pre-budget forum next week, which I will attend with the Minister. I expect we will hear more about the organisations' views on this area. It is worth noting that despite the substantial extra financial demands due to the pandemic, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (6 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025, which was published in January 2020, includes a commitment to develop a comprehensive programme of work to further explore the drivers of food poverty and to identify mitigating actions (Commitment #61). This commitment is to be delivered by a number of Government Departments working in collaboration. Following the Social Inclusion Roadmap...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to applying the vaccine bonus whereby a person is considered fully vaccinated four weeks after their first dose of a vaccine (details supplied) as part of the exemptions from mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29925/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (6 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: My officials are working to progress the commitment given in the Programme for Government to carry out a comprehensive review of the Public Participation Networks (PPNs) and the Local Economic and Community Plans (LECPs) to ensure that they are fit for purpose for climate action and community development. Late last year my officials went to tender for a root-and-branch review of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (6 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Financial services for my Department, including banking arrangements, are provided on a shared service basis by the Financial Shared Service Offices of the Department of Justice. As such, my Department does not hold a bank account in its own right and so has not incurred any negative interest charges for savings or funds on deposit. With regard to the Dormant Accounts Fund, while my...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 619 and 620 together. The Community Services Programme (CSP), which is administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department, currently supports more than 420 community organisations to provide local social, economic and environmental services through a social enterprise model. One of the objectives of the CSP is to alleviate disadvantage and address local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if citizens who have been fully vaccinated with one of the approved vaccines in a jurisdiction outside of the EU, for example, in the United States of America will be eligible to apply for the EU Digital COVID Certificate upon return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36749/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (7 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware, CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors have been seeking for several years, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme sponsors. This claim creates some...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (7 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Department of Social Protection delivers a range of employment and income support schemes including Community Employment (CE) and the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). These schemes are delivered by independent bodies funded by the Department. RSS is delivered by 37 local development companies and by Údarás na Gaeltachta, known collectively as Implementing Bodies. CE is delivered by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the potential of current and planned Covid-19 vaccines to vaccinate children under 15 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Government are aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and are committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. To that end, Government and my Department have introduced a wide range of supports to assist sectors in dealing with the impact of COVID-19 and social...