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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister. The next member is Deputy Kerrane.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: That is grand.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister for the changes she has made to the carer's allowance and, in particular, the reforms in the CE schemes. The committee has directly raised these issues with her. There are a significant number of vacancies, up to 2,000, on the schemes. It is important we try to get the participation rates up. A small bit of flexibility will make a big...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her time today. There is one final point I wish to make. Today, the EWSS is being reduced. All this week, Ministers and the health advisers to the Government have been publicly discouraging people from engaging with some of these businesses. There is a contradiction there that needs to be acknowledged. We need to look carefully at ensuring that we can try to keep...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: We will have this debate again, but I can tell the Minister that I know of quite a few hospitality businesses that spent substantial time last week dealing with phone calls and people ringing up and cancelling bookings. This week, the supports for those businesses are being reduced. That is the point I am making. We will debate the issue again. I thank the Minister for her time today....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Message to Dáil (1 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Social Protection Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2021: Vote 37 — Department of Social Protection. Under Standing Order 100(2),...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: I too wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the Murphy family on the senseless murder of Ashling Murphy. I support the cross-party and cross-group approach to the issue of violence against women. I will raise a separate issue with the Taoiseach. The Northern and Western Regional Assembly has just published a report on regional vacancy and dereliction, which shows that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: There are commitments to provide funding to local authorities to support the refurbishment of vacant properties in our towns and villages, as well as to compulsorily purchase vacant properties, but these provisions - in some guise - have been available up to now but have had limited impact. Despite the publication of the Housing for All pathway to maximise the efficient use of our existing...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: The whole country was stunned and shaken by the death of Ashling Murphy. I attended the vigil for Ashling at the gates of Leinster House with many members of the Oireachtas last Friday. I listened to the call by speakers for the attack on a young woman, just going for a jog on a bright winter afternoon in a rural town, to be a watershed moment in terms of all forms of violence against...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans he has to reopen the home relocation scheme for families impacted by flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1772/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: As the Minister of State knows, the home relocation scheme - it was the second such relocation scheme that I secured to take families out of homes where there was no solution to their particular flooding problems - was introduced in 2017. However, a number of families failed to avail of it at the time even though they were eligible and they should not be excluded.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for that information. I have been dealing with three families, two of whom live in the catchment area of Lough Ree. We are never going to be able to hold that back regardless of whatever remedial measures are put in place. The two families naively believed that the Government's announcements after the 2016 flood regarding water management measures would...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: I have brought the case to the attention of the chairman of the OPW and have engaged directly with him on the matter. I have also brought it to the attention of the local authority. However, I will take up the Minister of State's offer and provide him with the details. We successfully secured the home relocation scheme but there was also a scheme for farmyard relocations. This is not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: I welcome this legislation and the transposition of the audiovisual and media services directive. I was involved in the negotiation of that directive, which also contains measures to protect children. The Minister is to be commended on securing the commitment to appoint an online safety commissioner. It was clear to me, prior to any of the controversies, that this was urgently needed in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: The reality is if we do not get this right here, there will be a push at EU level to have an EU-wide regulatory regime, so it is in the interests of the technology industry in Ireland to ensure there is a robust, transparent and well-resourced system in place in this country. That sector should proactively work with the Minister in that regard. I put it to the Minister again that if the HSE...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the sports capital funding allocation will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1777/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: 131. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when funding will be allocated under the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1776/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: It is 416 days since the project was announced. We need some indication of the available funding and possible timeline through to allocation because there is considerable anxiety out there. On average, clubs across the country have sought approximately €67,000, some of them substantially more than that. In a High Court settlement in April of last year, €300,000 was paid in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: My understanding is that when questions are grouped the combined total is 18 minutes. Therefore, the Minister of State has three minutes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Denis Naughten: We need to provide a mechanism that protects community groups and individuals regarding defibrillators. I actively encourage their availability. However, individuals and community groups could be exposed if the defibrillators are not checked at least once a month, if the batteries and pads are not being replaced as specified by the manufacturer, if they are not housed in heated...