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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I remind members of the joint committee that in order for this meeting to be duly constituted, they are required to join the meeting remotely from within the defined precincts of the Leinster House campus. Apologies have been received from Senator Róisín Garvey. I ask members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the recording equipment. As members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank Ms Petrie. I now call Ms Cox from Family Carers Ireland to make her opening address.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank Ms Cox. I ask her to have a word with our technical people because there seems to be a problem with the audio on her headset. We have two sets of witnesses and a number of members who wish to contribute. We will have to keep to the five-minute time limit. I have no difficulty in letting people back in again later on in the meeting but I would appreciate it if members could keep to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: Do Ms Cox or Ms Duffy wish to add anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: The next member is Deputy Ó Cuív.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I call Deputy Ó Cuív. Can Deputy Ó Cuív hear me? We will move on to Deputy Kerrane and come back to Deputy Ó Cuív.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: Yes. There is no problem at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Kerrane, can you hear me? You have the floor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: You can say that again. Can either Deputy Kerrane or Deputy Ó Cuív hear me? They cannot hear me at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: Can Deputy Ó Cuív hear me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: We do not have Deputy Ó Cuív, so Deputy Kerrane followed by-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Ó Cuív followed by Deputy Kerrane then. I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: We might start with Family Carers Ireland on this occasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: The last comment is something close to my own heart, as Ms Duffy is aware, and I am sure she will address it in her response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank Ms Duffy for providing clarity on the incontinence issue, which is hugely frustrating. My understanding is that the €7 million remains within the environment fund for this specific purpose, with a credit per home of €75. The difficulty in issuing the payment to people relates to the GDPR and other data issues. The committee may revisit this issue as part of its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I call Senator Wall.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: We might start with the representatives from Family Carers Ireland and then move on to the witnesses from St. Vincent de Paul.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: We will bring in the St. Vincent de Paul followed by Family Carers Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: The representatives of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul might revert to the committee on the example from New Zealand on the embedding of poverty-proofing in the budgetary process. We will have the Minister before the committee in the next fortnight dealing with the Estimates and this will give us an opportunity to flag the issue. Ms Petrie highlighted the issue regarding the social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: That is a good point to wrap up on. I thank the witnesses from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland for their comprehensive contributions and insight into the submissions they have made, which will be very useful to the committee in developing its pre-budget submission and examining the delivery of some of the schemes across the various Departments. I thank them very...