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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: I will give the Minister the specifics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: I have received apologies from Deputies Charles Flanagan and Claire Kerrane, and Senator Róisín Garvey. I remind members participating remotely that they must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. I ask members and witnesses to please turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with broadcasting equipment. For members participating remotely, use the raise hand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive and well-laid-out opening statement. The first Member who has indicated is the committee Leas-Chathaoirleach, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: Mr. Cooper made a point about significant events and the culture that provision will create at board level in regard to suspicion and worry. Will he elaborate on how that would impact on the day-to-day operation of the board, coming back to the comment Deputy Ó Cathasaigh made about people being afraid to express a concern at board level because they will feel that all of a sudden,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: I want to turn to a broader issue. I have had plenty of personal experience of dealing with regulators. In general, among regulators in this country there has very much been an ethos of a top-down and directional approach rather than engaging in an advisory approach. This is across the board with regard to regulators in the country. The culture has been very much about compliance with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: We will move on to Mr. Cooper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: Thank you very much, Mr. Cooper. You are correct that it is important that we get a balance here. There has been a handful of bad eggs and a handful of very high profile cases. However, as Ms Myler, pointed out, this legislation has only been implemented for the last eight years. In particular in the charities sector, much of the financial side of it has been in abeyance for the last...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: More than 9,600 people in fuel poverty have been waiting some two and a half years to access the retrofitting programme under the warmer homes scheme. While this scheme is great for those who are lucky enough to avail of it, it is of little use to address the cost of electricity today. There are 2,900 participants on the rural social scheme, many of whom are involved in outdoor maintenance...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: With regard to the prevalence of long Covid, based on my analysis of the social welfare payments for Covid-related illnesses lasting 12 weeks or more following the initial infection, 21,000 people are unable to go to work due to long Covid. This figure does not take into account the tens of thousands who are suffering with less severe forms of long Covid who are going to work but not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: Last week, I spoke with the mother of a long Covid suffer who until she contracted the virus was a young and fit woman working as a doctor in a busy hospital. She has not stood on a hospital ward in more than 11 months because she is still recovering from the illness. Based on research conducted in Ireland and the Netherlands, 336,451 adults are experiencing or have experienced a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to reduce the cost of insulating homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he is taking to promote the insulation of homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45547/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 122. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; and the number of such persons who have been in receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new school buildings that have been constructed since 2020; the type of heating system provided in each school constructed in tabular form; if a solar panel was installed in each instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include women with gestational diabetes in the long-term illness scheme; the reason there is no provision to cover the costs associated with gestational diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such persons...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such persons who have been in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (15 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons within her Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such...