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Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Staff Recruitment (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: This Government is fully committed to job creation and ironing out the red tape that prevents employers from taking on staff, yet at the moment there are 300 vacancies in the private sector nursing homes across Ireland largely due to the delays experienced in registering nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. This issue has been raised with me on a number of occasions,...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Staff Recruitment (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Minister for his response. The issue raised with me by nursing home owners is that is taking a long time to inform nurses of problems with their registration applications. Applications are being placed at the bottom of the pile when problems are identified. A similar approach was taken some years ago in respect of student grant applications to Student Universal Support Ireland,...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion. From listening to some of the Technical Group contributions, one would almost get the impression we announced the closure of 400 credit unions today, which is simply not the case. The motion in front of us is about the last four years and the role of credit unions into the future. There is no doubt this Government put an emphasis on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: One of the issues that arose in the marriage equality referendum about which I received complaints related to the many young people who got involved who were voting for the first time. Some of them found out too late in the day that they were not even on the register. Did the Department receive many complaints in this regard? These were people in their 20s and early 30s who had a vote at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: There were just one or two cases where the person may have moved away for college but was still coming home at weekends. Those people swore black that they never received a letter from the local authority saying it would remove them from the register unless it was told otherwise. That leads to an awful lot of frustration when one is coming up to polling day.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reassessing the access that unemployed persons whose spouses are working have to training courses or upskilling options; if she will consider changing the current regime in order that persons precluded from receiving social welfare payments because their spouses are working could access back-to-work aids such as access to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: A number of weeks ago, we raised an issue with the Office of Government Procurement regarding a meeting we had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I know we asked it for an update as to what had happened since that meeting. Have we received any correspondence back? Some of those concerned who I met received no feedback whatsoever from the Department of Public Expenditure...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: It met the Small Firms Association. It is saying there was confusion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: As of last Thursday, it had not happened anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: On-farm Investment Schemes (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 40% grant for investment in the dairy sector will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26691/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect on an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: We could go there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the fact that he will meet them, but the commitment on the day was that the two groups would be met, whether separately or together, and that has not happened. Since that time, two other small business have closed. I am not saying it was because of this, but the necessity at the time was to meet quickly. At least they are getting around to it now, but it took an awful lot of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: In the same timeframe in which he met the SFA.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: And provide us with a time and date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: In addition, with regard to each of the cases that we heard about, the officials said they would provide us with the specifics.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Considering, on the day, he was able to say that they had worked on this case.