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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Department of Social Protection (9 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: Members are required to participate in the meeting remotely from within the precincts of the Leinster House complex only. I ask that members and witnesses please turn off all 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 Teams if they wish to contribute. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Department of Social Protection (9 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank Mr. McKeon for his presentation. I also thank Mr. McKeon and his officials for the way they facilitate the operation of this committee on a regular basis. The members of the committee would like to have sight of this regulation in draft form before it is given final consideration by the Minister. We have the mechanism to consider it after it is signed by the Minister but we would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Department of Social Protection (9 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Department of Social Protection (9 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank the witnesses for their responses to the issues. It is a very welcome development that it is being enshrined in regulations that an appellant can seek an oral hearing and can have a justification for any refusal as of right. I have two brief supplementary questions. Will an in-person oral hearing remain the default? I have absolutely no difficulty with appeals officers seeking a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office: Department of Social Protection (9 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank Mr. McKeon for that reassurance. The difficulty is that quite a lot of people who are within the social welfare system are not used to talking to a computer. Absolutely, all of us are very comfortable doing that. His reassurance is important.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: It is important that we have a debate in the House on COP27 but we must not focus only on the issue of mitigation, where the focus is at present, but also the issue of adaptation. In my constituency, families face being washed out of their homes due to the threat of flooding. I raised this with the Taoiseach recently and called for the establishment of a task force in which departmental...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: -----throughout this country. We need to have a thorough debate on this in the House.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to fast-track the National Broadband Plan; the impact that this will have on Ireland’s carbon emissions profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to address fuel poverty in homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps which he is taking to reduce the cost of insulating homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Ireland’s first clean-air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Job Creation (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions which he has had with stakeholders regarding the replacement of jobs in the midlands following the closure of West Offaly and Lough Ree power stations; the plans for the future use of both sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive their payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54968/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 927. To ask the Minister for Health when all non-HSE workers entitled to the Covid pandemic bonus will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54283/22]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I wish to raise an issue regarding this section with the Minister. I apologise that my Committee Stage amendments were late. It was meant to be next week and then it was brought forward to this week and I missed the deadline for submission. I will, however, be submitting amendments to sections 7 and 10 on Report Stage of this Bill. As the Minister knows, during the discussion we had on the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her response. The issue I have with the second aspect of the sentence concerning, for example, a safety order under domestic violence legislation, is that it is extremely unusual for a safety order to be put in place for the maximum of five years, where there is agreement.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I will not dwell on the point now. I accept the point the Minister has made. It is progress that a member of An Garda Síochána may seek that extension. However, the reality is that the individual is effectively on tenterhooks from the minute the order is put in place because they are required to continually collate evidence if harassment it is going on. It is bad enough that the...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Denis Naughten: I have one specific question to which I hope the Minister will respond. I want a categorical commitment from the Minister that electricity supply to homes around this country will not be cut if there is a tightening of supply this winter. We have a perverse situation because of the fear that has been instilled in people. Older people are forking out €1,800 to buy back-up diesel...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. I want to reference correspondence I have received from constituents regarding correspondence from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties on the legislation. It has raised the following three particular points. The scheme should be expanded to all survivors and the six month threshold needs to be looked at; the legal waiver,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Denis Naughten: I refer to motion No. 152 on the Order Paper. I seek the Taoiseach's direct intervention in the humanitarian crisis facing eight families in Ballagh and Lisfelim in the area of south Roscommon. Along with six of my colleagues from across the country, I have tabled a motion seeking the establishment of a cross-departmental and cross-agency task force to address emergency climate adaptation...