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- Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)
Denis Naughten: Neither do I, but it is the only way I can table these amendments.
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)
Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 32: In page 30, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(13) The Minister shall within 180 days of the passing of this Act lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on provision for a reduction in the levy in recognition of the public information service provided by independent radio stations.". I thank the Minister for facilitating engagement...
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)
Denis Naughten: The Minister should know we are concerned about country music as well as soul music.
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2022)
Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her response and for her movement on this since Committee Stage. The difficulty is that we cannot draft an amendment that creates a charge on the Exchequer; we have to go through this rigmarole of putting down these nonsensical amendments. In fairness the Minister is acknowledging the issue and putting a mechanism in place. I ask the Minister for an assurance that...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (30 Nov 2022)
Denis Naughten: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the private wire consultation paper; the reason for the delay in its publication; the impact this delay is having with regard to compliance with EU legislation and the timelines involved; the impact this will have on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59632/22]
- Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)
Denis Naughten: Tá fíorfháilte roimh Uachtarán an Choimisiúin Eorpaigh go dtí Teach Laighean inniu. I thank the President of the Commission, Dr. von der Leyen, most sincerely for addressing the Oireachtas today marking our 50th year as a member of the European Union. Over those years, Ireland has developed both socially and economically with the assistance of the European...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: I remind members, officials and those in the Gallery to please ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 37 of €755 million for the Department of Social Protection, which was referred to this committee by Dáil...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister. At the outset, I echo the Minister's last comments in relation to the work of the Department of Social Protection. It has been a challenging two-and-half-to-three years for staff within the Department. We will all raise issues and we will all be frustrated with various elements of the operation of some of these schemes but, all-in-all, across all of the Departments...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: Before Deputy Donnelly comes back in, I will put on record that the Minister has been prepared to listen, actively engage and respond to issues that members of this committee, in particular, have raised with her. Deputy Ó Cuív, one of the Minister's predecessors, used the same strategy when he was in her seat. That does not happen too often and it is very positive.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: The feedback I have been getting on the school meals programme is that the funding available is inadequate to meet the cost of producing the food because we have seen costs increase. As a result, a number of providers have pulled out of it because it does not make financial sense for them. That could be part of the reason for the drop-off in the school meals programme, which we all agree is...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: I think the Minister has committed to looking at this in the context of the cost of disability, so we look forward to a report back on that.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: It might entertain us if Deputy Ó Cuív were to play music.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: The Minister of State might come back on that issue.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: The Deputy should let the Minister of State respond.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: I have a few questions. The first relates to the Vote itself and administration. The cost of administration has increased by €21 million, which is a 4% increase. I presume the Minister will say the reason for that is the additional administration that has been involved this year and the additional demands. I understand that. Can you explain the justification for a 7% increase in...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: I accept that there is a retrofitting skills deficit that has to be met, but I am referring to low-skilled work, for example, rolling out insulation in an attic and putting a lagging jacket on a copper cylinder. These are basic measures, but they could have a dramatic impact on energy consumption in homes this winter. We have the staff. Those participants are willing to do this work and...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: Just to clarify, the bulk of the €16.8 million additional cost on the social insurance fund is made up by medical certificates for Covid-19.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Denis Naughten: It is a lot of money.