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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths in custody investigations which have been commenced by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons following the deaths of prisoners in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4681/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths in custody investigations by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons which are ongoing; and the number finalised and submitted to him awaiting publication, by year of death, in tabular form. [4682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason different rates of funding are being paid in respect of wigs and hair pieces to medical card holders residing in different areas in the country; if a breakdown of funding based on each local authority could be provided; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3794/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have a few random thoughts. The State contribution is proposed at one third of the employer contribution. My understanding is there will be no tax relief on that. At present, if one is paying 40% tax, one gets 40% off. Does Mr. O'Brien think it is an anomaly in the scheme that the State contribution is, and will continue to be, bigger for those who are wealthy, not only because they pay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How can they be better? Theoretically, people on a 20% or 0% income tax rate could be paying into a pension but in reality we do not find that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, but they still will not get anything like the big boys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As somebody who deals mainly with people on low incomes, I see this is another case of giving a little bit extra but not parity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I absolutely agree on the pension levy. If there are long-term schemes and people are making investment decisions or life decisions based on a policy, then changing it willy-nilly without warning would be bad. The pension levy is an example. Changing the rules on the State pension with regard to people without full contributions and reducing the rates was another. People had made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is this because we make it unnecessarily complex and put all sorts of little things in them, as opposed to the system fundamentally charging a certain percent and fixed percentages being plumbed into the computer to get the answers? I agree with Mr. O'Brien. I look at the number of PRSI rates and I believe the whole thing should be rationalised down. There are myriad complications. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Politicians at the coalface deal with people who come in with payslips that they cannot make head nor tail of. We do not get a huge amount of training but normally we figure it out. Some of the systems are unnecessarily complicated. This is the problem. In other words, it is not that we cannot have a more simple or coherent system it is that we seem to love and enjoy creating all sorts of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Could Mr. O'Brien get a short paper from his colleagues in the UK as to where the administrative burden is and what elements of the scheme there create an avoidable administrative burden? Reducing the administrative burden is always better.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an overpayment assessment of a State pension in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2960/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was closed; if it will be reopened in view of the fact the documents requested were submitted and an administrative error appears to have taken place in this application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3335/23]

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I listened to Deputy Cairns's contribution. She has put a lot of detailed work into the Bill, which I commend. Like any Bill, I have no doubt it can be improved. I hope that as the Bill goes through the House, the Minister will be open to suggestions for building on the basis of the Bill to see how it can be improved. On the other hand, it is time we moved ahead and brought in the Bill....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have raised this issue previously. In fact, I raised it three times in the Dáil before Christmas and I am going to keep pursuing it until I get a resolution. It relates to Travellers who are living in very old caravans that are totally beyond their replacement date. One can imagine what it is like to sleep in one of these caravans on nights like those we have had in recent times....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I remember when carryovers were introduced. I had serious reservations because I felt they would become endemic in the system. In the public sector system, once a thing like that is opened up, they think that is part of what you do. You only spend a certain amount and carry over up to 20% or whatever you are allowed to carry over. One of my colleagues is smiling because the older heads...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total underspend of capital across all Departments, including capital allocations deferred to 2023; the steps that he intends on taking to ensure that the total capital allocation in this year’s Revised Estimates Volume is expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This question relates to the underspend of capital across all Departments. I want included in the figure capital allocations deferred to 2023. It is important once money is provided that it is spent. If it is not spent, it means that houses, transport infrastructure and roads, hospitals and whatever are not built. The Minister might give me the details of it and tell me which Departments...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Jan 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I understand correctly, between deferred capital at the end of the year, when the Minister allocated the money in 2021 for 2022 and 2023, he knew about the carryovers in each case. He is telling me, in fact, if I understand correctly, that the total is approximately €1.2 billion between carryovers and underspend at the Department. I keep thinking of all the services urgently...