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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Coming so late in to the debate, I note that many of the issues have been addressed. I will speak to Green Party members about that straw man proposal on the pay-related benefit this evening and I will steal Mr. Hession's IKEA metaphor as it is a good way of explaining what there is. I will begin with a comment on the figures Mr. Hession gave us regarding the 29,000-odd applications. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It has a bearing on how I frame the next part of the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. The employability scheme is a contracted service, and I have had some interface with this around other job and employment services, for example, JobPath. Senator Wall mentioned they may be asked to re-tender. What are the metrics in terms of when the employability services have to re-tender? How they are assessed and measured? I have a nagging concern about some employment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: They are currently a contracted service so what are they currently being asked to do? How are we measuring the success of those interventions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Hession has kind of pre-empted where the substance of my question is going. We have concentrated on and talked a lot about people who are on disability allowance but Mr. Hession is saying probably the majority of people who have autism are not on disability allowance. We need to reach out to employers and make sure the accommodations are in place. There is probably a role for employer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Hession reckons that the uptake level of those grant streams and funding streams is poor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There must be an information piece. If I may, I will ask just a final question, a broad one. I apologise if it is overly broad. There has been talk about the working-age payment. Now the technology as to how Revenue talks to the Department of Social Protection is probably at a point where we can begin to consider that. I think many autistic people would very much benefit from that kind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Mr. Hession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Perhaps that question came from left field so Ms Hurley may not have all of the information in front of her. I, and perhaps other members, would certainly appreciate getting a full briefing note on that. I am not sure how I feel about the State contracting out services of this type, and employment supports in general. I am not speaking specifically about employability. It is essential,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the NCSE policy advice on inclusive education was received by her; when she plans to publish the advice received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department intends to initiate a review of the Disability Act 2005, in view of the concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Ireland of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 643. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for his Department to complete and publish the Roadmap for Progressing Disability Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8492/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 644. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of assessment of needs applications overdue, broken down by CHO or other relevant geographical designation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessment of needs applications overdue, banded by length of time that the application is overdue, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8495/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I echo the Chair's comments. I do not think Mr. Duggan should be apologising at all for the length of the submission. The Department has been very good to come before the committee not once, but twice. Mr. Duggan has dealt comprehensively with what I would have come to the meeting to ask the witnesses about. It has been a really useful summary. The issue around the central processing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is what I was thinking. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, really put the cat among the pigeons last week. It is a pity we did not get that input earlier in the process to allow other people to respond to the assertion that it is evidence that the top-up is an unnecessary structure in terms of incentivising people. It has stated that the auto-enrolment, AE, is the thing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister will not be surprised to see me coming in on this. He rightly referenced that Waterford has built on-campus student accommodation. There has been welcome Government interventions on student accommodation, particularly in the case of technological universities, which will be allowed to borrow in order to fund student accommodation for the first time. However, it means we are a...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will make it a hat-trick of Tipperary Deputies.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children appeared before the Joint Committee on Autism this morning, as did representatives of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. Among the many issues that were raised around the provision of services for autistic people, a recurring theme was the need to revisit the Disability Act 2005. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, recently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank our guests for their submissions and for the discussion that has followed. My sole problem with this session is that I could spend my allotted time drilling down on each of the submissions rather than trying to cover all three. There was a huge volume of material in the submissions alone and much more has emerged in the discussions since the meeting began. Dr. Conaty spoke about...