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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans that are in place to develop the port infrastructure to enable the deployment of offshore wind farms, particularly along Ireland's west coast (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on establishing Shannon Foynes port as an international floating offshore wind energy hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the establishment, recruitment and implementation of the new body, the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will establish a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers who wish to relocate to enable them to keep their permanent and contract of indefinite duration status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims submitted and the number of persons who have received enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; the number of persons who were in payment for ten weeks; the number of persons who transferred to illness benefit after the ten-week payment period had expired; the number of these claims that were in payment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the €2.2 million allocated for the development of long-Covid services in 2022 that was spent exclusively on long-Covid services; the allocation drawn down by each clinic to date in 2022; the respective period of operation of each clinic; the number of new patients and recurring patients treated to date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 316. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 15 September 2022, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics by clinic and speciality; if the position has been filled; if an offer has been made, if a recruitment competition is ongoing and or if the HSE recruitment process has commenced in light of emerging evidence on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 330. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 15 September 2022, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics, by clinic and speciality; if the position has been filled; if an offer has been made; if a recruitment competition is ongoing; if the HSE recruitment process has commenced in view of the emerging evidence on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 331. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 18 October 2022, if he will outline the metrics at each clinic in 2022 including the number of new patients seen and the number waiting at the end of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 322. To ask the Minister for Health further to the response of An Taoiseach to questions on promised legislation on 30 November 2022 regarding the long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital, the current status of the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62911/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: 412. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to assist private sector employers to support employees working from home and digital co-working hubs in local towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58140/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: We have not received any apologies. Members participating in the meeting remotely are required to do so from within the precincts of the Leinster House complex only. I ask that members and witnesses turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. I ask members of the committee who are participating remotely to please use the raise hand icon on Microsoft...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: What of the fee aspect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: Rather than Irish ones, even though their yields were better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: Has that engagement taken place with the Department of Finance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: The point is if people own their own houses, the level of income they will need when they reach retirement will be far less than for those who rent. The percentage of working income that people have on retirement will need to be higher if they are renting. Has that assessment been taken into account in the Department's calculations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: No. However, based on studies done by the ESRI, by the time many people go into automatic enrolment at the age of 23, 24 or 25, the probability of them owning their own property and not having to pay either rent or a mortgage once they retire is far less than for those who will retire in the next 20 years, for argument's sake. If we are looking at a long-term retirement plan, that needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Denis Naughten: Does Deputy Donnelly want to come in on that aspect? We are running tight on time.