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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role and function of childcare Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29744/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: Staff packing baby wipes on supermarket shelves can earn more than a staff member using those very same wipes who is responsible for the care of a baby and two other babies. That is fundamentally wrong. We need to ensure there are proper pay scales put in place for those providing vital childcare services across this country.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: On research, my colleague, the former Minister, Katherine Zappone, commissioned the consultancy, Crowe, to complete an independent review of the costs of providing childcare in the early years services in Ireland. The review was published by the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, this week. The former Minister commissioned that work because of staff turnover. As the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: In the Minister's comments following the publication of the report, he said the findings on unit cost provided some confidence in our current levels of subvention. He then offered the caveat that he was acutely aware that the unit cost is based on pay rates in the sector, which are unacceptably low. The difficulty is that if one focuses on that, as the Minister did in his press statement,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I have no difficulty with the Minister carrying out reviews. It is important that he does so. Another recommendation in the programme for Government is that the Government will progress a living wage over its term. We should use the childcare staff and sector as a pilot to roll out the living wage across the country. Regardless of what reports are produced, we all agree - the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: The Minister’s own research published earlier this week shows that 70% of childcare costs are directly associated with wages. If we can take the wages aspect out of childcare subvention, we can look at whatever else the funding is being spent on to see if it is being delivered properly. We all accept that the current rates of pay are unacceptably low and that childcare workers need...

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank Deputy Ó Broin and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. It brings into stark focus some of the issues relating to the housing sector. It is important that we try and deal with these issues individually and comprehensively. I will focus on two of them. The Government and the Opposition, public representatives across the country and community representatives are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he plans to take to improve the pay and conditions of childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 59. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking or plans to take to improve the pay and conditions of childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the engagement by his Department with children within the asylum system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Civil Service (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a science and technology policy fellowship within the Civil Service to provide opportunities to scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policy making and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in policy development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30686/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he plans to take to improve the interface between the broader research community and the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Carbon Tax Yield (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €70 million from the carbon tax allocated for the ten carbon tax investment programmes and the further €48 million allocated for targeted social protection interventions; the specific impact of the increase in carbon tax on each cohort concerned; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31468/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the working family payment threshold by €10 for all family sizes; the reason she did not increase the threshold for larger families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Waste Disposal (20 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to families for disposal of medical waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/20]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I note the Government's amendment. Its content and the speeches by the Ministers of State clearly acknowledge that nothing new has happened to support the post office network since I left office. I was one of the very few Deputies to make a submission to the Kerr report. I remind Members that I was presented with a situation in 2016 in which the collapse of An Post was about to happen...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I had hoped to move a reasoned amendment at this stage to delay the Second Reading of the Bill for 30 days because I believe it is being rushed. It is being rushed because we are being asked to consider legislation without all the relevant information being disclosed to us. Let us remember that the commission of inquiry was established by the Houses of the Oireachtas and not by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (21 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to take Committee Stage of the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 as agreed following the PMB motion of 29 July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31785/20]