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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Deputy McGrath referred to downsizing for the elderly. We have seen some communal living projects run by organisations like Sue Ryder Ireland. These projects allowed people to downsize or purchase a one- or two-bedroom apartment but we do not see enough of them. I do not think there are in the midlands. That would free up a lot of family homes in rural areas People would like to come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: We will briefly go to members for a second round. The first slot is for Fianna Fáil. I will let them fight it out there. We will get everybody in; members need not worry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Before we move on, I have been advised that if the Minister were to speak about a specific case, I would have to ask him to desist due to the judicial review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: That concludes our consideration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Deputy, please allow the Minister to answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Deputy and the Minister. I have the last speaking slot and I have a few questions. I come from Longford and a number of members have raised the issue of package treatment plants being used ahead of Irish Water being able to upgrade sewerage systems. In Ballymahon and Edgeworthstown, which are the second- and third-biggest towns in Longford, we cannot build anything because of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister, the Ministers of State, Deputies O'Sullivan and Cummins, and their officials from the Department for coming before the committee to discuss such important business. It is a bit disappointing. I imagine questions will be asked about the fact information was not available at the start of the meeting. That concludes our business in public session. I now propose we go...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received under the humanitarian assistance scheme for stages 1, 2 and 3 following Storm Éowyn; the total number of applications received by his Department; the number of applications processed to date; the number of applications approved and rejected, by county; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister and the Minister of State are very welcome. I was listening in online and I welcome comments by the Minister pertaining to theatre and drama groups and looking at providing funding for community centres that host so many events throughout the country. We have seen groups out fund-raising to put on shows. A huge amount of time has been put in by the people who are working in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister. With regard to the Arts Council I support the views that the Minister has taken. I do not believe we could have reappointed the director, notwithstanding the fantastic work that Ms Kennelly did. In the circumstances we had to have thorough review before we could reappoint somebody for five years. I just wanted to say that I fully support the view the Minister took on...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for being late but I logged in for the opening statement. I welcome the Minister of State. I have a few specific points. The Minister of State mentioned in her opening statement that we will have the national disability strategy in the near future. Could she be more definitive on when it will be published? The Minister of State and I met only recently on the autism...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I would like to see a commitment to implementing the strategy. The timeline for the national disability strategy legislation the Minister of State is talking about could stretch beyond February but the autism innovation strategy and its recommendations for various Departments will fall at the end of February, so we need to have legislation in place prior to that. Several members of the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: So fully committed funding is in place for those two one-stop shops. Is there a commitment going into the HSE budget for 2026 for the other regional one-stop shops that we have committed to in the programme for Government?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Once there is a commitment in place to fund them-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I have a couple of points. I know there were a lot of mentions of the former director not being reappointed. I think the Minister was right not to agree to a five-year term subject to all this happening and before everything related to this fiasco was teased out. I think he was right with regard to that. All contracts for delivery of the system were entered into after the appointment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: My understanding is that it is a higher figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Did we, as a committee, receive any documents from the Arts Council to highlight this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I am sorry. Apologies. Moving back to the issue of people in roles, it was mentioned that two of the management people were in outside organisations and came in from there. Was the senior manager associated with it a Department official or an Arts Council official?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Where are they employed now?