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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I could keep members here for an hour speaking about the disability sector. There is one issue that should be dealt with right now. Specialised people in speech and language services have been deployed for the purposes of contact tracing. As colleagues said earlier, there are not even ten minutes available for kids in occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. It is absolutely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for an engaging discussion. We could go on for another two or three hours if we opened up properly. We intend to and we will be back on this day week, 11 November, with a pre-meeting discussion at 3.45 p.m. and the public meeting at 4.30 p.m. I thank everyone for their participation and insight. I thank the Minister and Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting times for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 1434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists that are offering a full schedule of care in a public HSE setting; the number that have been redeployed on a full-time basis for contract tracing and swabbing in relation to Covid-19; the number that have been redeployed on a par- time basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33771/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 1435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that are offering a full schedule of care in a public HSE setting; the number that have been redeployed on a full-time basis for contract tracing and swabbing in relation to Covid-19; the number that have been redeployed on a part-time basis for same; if any of these speech and language therapists employed by...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I am sharing time. I come from a rural community in Kiskeam, County Cork, where we are privileged to have John Murphy as the postmaster. He refused the package that was offered a number of years ago to keep the post office within our community. That is a testament to him and his commitment to his community, to which he has given his...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: He did mention Glash which is about 1 mile from me and about 2 miles west of Newmarket, which the Minister would know well, and about 9 miles north of Knocknagree, with both of which the Minister has ancestral links.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: Speaking of Kiskeam, some of the areas that were on the area national broadband plan and have been dropped off it are the areas I want to zone in on. The private operators, wireless etc. have moved in to fill a vacuum that is there because people want to get connectivity immediately. They are talking to their bosses and to their schools during this pandemic and asking how they are going to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: Absolutely. Kiskeam is the centre of civilisation as mankind knows it. I am glad the Ceann Comhairle clarified at the very start that we can speak at length on the issue.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: Over the past number of months as the pandemic wreaked havoc in our society and the world, we have seen a societal change in terms of how people have conducted themselves since the first week of March. A significant number of people are now working from home and have adapted enormously in that regard. Students, from primary school children to university students, have worked from home....

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the budget debate and I welcome the measures of the budget. There is a number of issues I would like to raise. On the agricultural side, the long-promised food ombudsman was a commitment going back many years but we particularly zoned in on this over recent years to try and resolve issues in relation to food, especially what the food processor and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services Provision (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Tánaiste for that offer and I will certainly do that. It is of great importance as we go forward to realise that there are various strategies within all Government Departments on inclusion. This has to be developed to its full extent. It is also very important that those who have been struggling to get beyond the red tape, for want of a better word, and those who are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services Provision (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 9. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the role his Department plays in promoting disability inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30595/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services Provision (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I ask the Minister to outline the role his Department is playing in promoting disability inclusion and if he would make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services Provision (15 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister for his reply. He mentioned his Department's ongoing engagement with Enterprise Ireland and entrepreneurs who have disabilities and hope to set up businesses or who have an idea they can develop into a business and career for themselves. What is the status of that in the Department? What work has been done in the Department and Enterprise Ireland to bring forward a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Jennifer Murnane O'Connor and John Paul Phelan. It is a singular honour to be elected Chairman of the committee. I welcome the new Members of the Dáil and the Seanad, and Members of the previous Dáil and Seanad. I hope the committee will make a difference to people who live with disabilities, and their families. I intend to try to push...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Election of Vice Chairman (14 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I propose that we commence with the election of Vice Chairman of this committee. Under Standing Orders, the committee may elect a Vice Chairman. I ask for nominations for the position. Senator Erin McGreehan and Deputy Pauline Tully are nominated and seconded for the position of Vice Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Election of Vice Chairman (14 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Senator Higgins and I appreciate that. I do not have any difficulty with that. I would like to have as much unity as is humanly possible for the purposes of dealing with the challenges ahead. I do not want to divide the committee in its first meeting. If it is agreeable to members that we have a Vice Chairman from the Seanad and a Vice Chairman from the Dáil, then I have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Election of Vice Chairman (14 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.