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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: That is fine, thanks.

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I also thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. I thank all the workers who are going into people's homes as we speak and providing incredible support to those who need that help. I know that from personal experience. I talked to such a worker in my mother's home yesterday morning. She was coming into the house to help my mother. The work they do is absolutely incredible...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department would handle personal data disclosed during the Green Paper on Disability Reform: A Public Consultation to Reform Disability Payments in Ireland (details supplied). [47844/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 36. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48894/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress of the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49723/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Could the Minister of State provide an update on the progress of the community recognition fund and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I acknowledge that the fund will go some way towards building community supports and community integration. It somewhat recognises the generosity of many of our communities throughout the State. The very fact that the fund was put in place acknowledges the pressure on facilities owing to the huge number of asylum seekers, refugees and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Again, I welcome the initiative. However, I wish to issue a note of caution and concern regarding the significant number of people coming into the country, particularly Ukrainians. Somewhere in the region of 500 to 800 are coming in per week. Those seeking international protection and asylum seekers are coming in as well. A very large number of people are coming in. There are areas...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: This question is on the need to provide capital funding for new library buildings. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Ó Laoghaire. He has a particular interest in one in his constituency, which I assume is getting one of the ten new library buildings of the 33 that applied. Libraries are an essential service in our communities. In my constituency of Dublin West, we are blessed to have a magnificent state-of-the-art library. We also have a mobile library...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: This question is on the same topic. Will the Minister advise on the recent engagement her Department has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on remote working to support rural workers and communities in view of the recent passing of legislation that would provide a legal right to promote working, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I am happy to hear of the Minister's fulsome support for remote working and people working from home. The committee was recently on Arranmore during a visit to the islands. It was incredible to hear that, at one stage, there were only two remote workers on the island. That has increased due to the hub and due to improved broadband, which is critical. Our committee is looking at rural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: We need to continuously review the use of remote hubs and whether usage is increasing, with more people signing up to them and using them regularly. That will give an indication of how strong the legislation is to protect workers and to enable them to work from the remote hubs or if they wish to work from home. I think there will be a mixture, as we go forward, of people working from home,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: This question, which I am taking on behalf of Deputy Ó Laoghaire, is to ask the Minister to provide an update on the roll-out of the town centre first policy, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: There is €115 million for regeneration projects across rural towns. How much of this has been spent? Additionally, I refer to the total of three buildings up to a total grant of €500,000. Local authorities have now been informed of the successful applications under this measure. Can we get details of these properties? Could we seek an update on the scheme designed to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: No, it is fine.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development about the progress of the charities regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49643/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I ask the Minister about the progress of the charities regulation Bill.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the fact that it is coming in the near future. I hope that is, as the Minister of State says, the very near future. This is one of those extremely important pieces of legislation. We spent a lot of time at the committee on pre-legislative scrutiny. It was really interesting. It was one of the more interesting committees I have been involved in because there was some brilliant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I commend anybody who is involved in boards. I have been involved in boards and I am sure many of us have been involved in charities and boards for many years. Governance is something we look at and there are more policies coming at us every year but it is important that governance is seen as a top priority for every charity. One wrong move can really damage the incredible work that goes...