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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he expects to publish the comprehensive review of means testing across the social welfare system as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32707/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: It is a key commitment in the programme for Government to review the means test across the entire social welfare system. A more consistent, transparent and targeted approach is needed. It needs to be a priority to ensure low-income families, carers, those with disabilities and part-time workers are not unfairly penalised. I ask the Minister to ensure this review addresses anomalies across...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister's comments on prioritising those most in need. That is what we need to do, particularly for low-income families, carers, those with disabilities and part-time workers. I welcome consistency in the future. As a public representative, I do not see consistency in how applications are treated. People who are ultimately entitled are turned down on one or two occasions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: No more questions. Once the Deputy has finished, I will move on to the next speaker. We have gone two and a half minutes over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I ask Mr. Whelan to be very brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: That is all of the speakers for the first round. I will go back around again but before doing so, I have a few questions. The first is for the Housing Agency. I invite its representatives to provide some background for the recommendation that was put forward for an RPZ system nationwide and then, basically, as is. It is my understanding that there were four different proposals on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Senator Maria McCormack is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I call Senator Mark Duffy, who is substituting for Senator P. J. Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I will remind Members the two minutes is for questions and answers, not just questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy was very well aware of it so there is one minute for answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I thank everybody. That concludes our consideration of matters today. I take the opportunity to thank the representatives of the Housing Agency and the LDA for giving their time and giving us an opportunity to consider their views, and to ask questions and get the pertinent answers. We look forward to working with them. We will no doubt meet again within a short period. As Chair, my view...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: The witnesses are very welcome, and I apologise for being in late. I chaired the Joint Committee on Autism in the previous Dáil-Seanad term. We produced a report with 109 recommendations across all areas, including education and health. I know we have made significant progress with the implementation of the autism innovation strategy, which was launched last August. There are...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: It is important to have one point of access.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Okay. What is the situation then in primary care?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I know I am going over my time but I have one more quick question. Iit was mentioned that psychologists were not coming under CORU registration. Is that due to happen? Is it going to happen?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: The reality is that it needs to happen, to be quite honest, because-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I have one more half-question.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Apologies for having to leave earlier; Midlands 103 called me for an interview on something. I am the father of a young autistic son so I have been in and out through the system, etc., but we are lucky. There are families in worse positions. With regard to the summer programme, which I know is under the Department of education, the local CDNT in my area will not provide any service or...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Mr. Gloster might come back to me on it.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Deputy Toole touched on the following issue. There were a number of courses in five ETBs with speech and language assistant positions. Do the witnesses see that being rolled out further? I know this is crossing into education but there would be a huge benefit if we could have speech and language assistants in schools. I know the school inclusion model is the aspiration, with the NCSE...