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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is Deputy Kerrane okay with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Are you happy with that, Senator Wall?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Senator Burke. I have a number of my own questions, which I will ask piecemeal rather than asking ICTU 20 questions to try to wade through. I will begin at the concrete end of the questions and will work through to the more philosophical - let us generously call them - questions at the far end. First, on the age limit, I understand ICTU is critical of the 23 years of age. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is interesting. I can absolutely understand 16 years. It is when one begins paying PRSI. Twenty-three seems somewhat arbitrary but maybe that is a question for the Department. The ICTU submission is critical of the 0.5% management fees. I understand that for the people who would be in receipt of these pension pots, it is business that will come to them. They do not have to work for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: As Mr. Berney says, ICTU is first in. I will play devil's advocate in terms of his suggestion to adjust the ratio from 6:6:2 to 5:7:2. There will almost certainly be groups who will appear before us who will argue that, at 6:6:2, it is already placing a substantial burden on employers. They will talk about people in small retail, for example, and state that asking them to contribute the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I was posing it from a devil's advocate position, as Dr. Bambrick well understands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That point is well made. The funds should be mandated to produce certain outcomes, and if we do not define those outcomes, then the only motive will be profit. It is critical that such things as divestment from fossil fuels, where money is sent and the ethics of the investment are designed into the default model. I know people will be subsequently able to choose from three different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I do not think I will ask the witnesses to comment on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Would the witnesses like to offer a concluding statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That concludes our consideration of the matter today. I thank Mr. Berney and Dr. Bambrick. They may have been first up and best dressed, but it meant we had a wide-ranging discussion on issues that may have fallen outside the matters raised in the comprehensive submission to the committee. I thank them both for this submission and for appearing before us today. That concludes the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has made strong points around bogus self-employment and how that should be brought into the scheme. As I said, we are moving towards the more woolly end of the questioning spectrum here. Platform working, for instance, which is difficult to define, might be most easily understood in terms of the likes of Deliveroo workers. Of course, there are different...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Next is the Regional Group, with Deputies Fitzpatrick and Verona Murphy sharing time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of county registrars serving to date; the number of vacancies that exist to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a resource issue within her Department in relation to the processing of a disability allowance and invalidity allowance, given the delay in processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the status of the appeals process for cases (details supplied) with regard to disability allowance and invalidity allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60726/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Reform (1 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an announcement of the funding allocations being made available under PATH 4, phase 1; the institutions that have applied for this funding; if the quantum of funding will be sufficient to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59617/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Reform (1 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We discussed this issue at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism recently. I am seeking further detail on the announcement of the funding allocations to be made under PATH 4, phase 1. I wish to know the institutions that have applied for funding and whether the quantum of funding will be sufficient to meet the demand. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Reform (1 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister for the answer. I want to try to dig down and understand how the funding allocation model works. The Minister stated that there is base funding, with a proportion allocated on the basis of student numbers. In regard to applying a cost-benefit analysis, €3 million in the first year is a significant amount. I want to rest assured that we are giving plenty of...