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- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Then we would be totally submerged. Second, and I hope I have made myself clear, councillors should be paid full time. It is a full-time job. This idea of doing it voluntarily in a world where people are trying to pay mortgages precludes younger working people from taking up this position. The advice issue is similar. I fully support that. Regarding regional assemblies, they are the...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: They did not deliver on them.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It is there now.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: If I were a councillor as well as a TD, I would have found that out very quickly.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The one thing that seems to be missed in what we were looking at is that the third tier would not only have the councillors on it but it would have extra membership. There has been talk about a council with 20 members but there would have been another 20 members selected beneath that. For example, in Galway it takes 1,500 votes to get elected to the county council but people would get...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: If I understood Ms Power correctly, she referred to providing a package to people who are medically certified as having two years or less to live. I understand what she is saying. There is a human problem, as I try to figure it out in my own mind. This issue comes before us as constituency politicians when a person comes in to query carer's allowance to do with a cancer diagnosis. In most...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I have a supplementary question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The HAOP scheme. It stands for “housing aid for older people”.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Has the Irish Cancer Society a breakdown in respect of terminal cancer? Sometimes, a suite of approaches can be developed to deal with an issue. Do we have any breakdown of the frequency of incidence of terminal cancer in people aged 60 to 70, 70 to 80, nought to ten and ten to 20 in the context of this discussion? As defined by the witnesses, "terminal cancer" means a person has two years...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Could the witnesses-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: If we had that information, it would not be to exclude any group but to include it in a different way. There is a suite of measures for over-70s anyway. They get the electricity allowance and so on. Having that information would be helpful. Over the past week, I have examined the single measures that people can opt for instead of having deep retrofits. They are quite attractive. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: May I say just one thing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: My point concerns universal payments versus so-called targeted payments. Regarding the means test, we have a mixture of both in the system. With a means-tested payment, there are significant administrative costs and significant delays. The other issue is that if someone is well over the limit, there is no bureaucracy involved - he or she just does not apply - but we need to means test...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I will start with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I was fascinated to hear its representatives say there was 20% building inflation. I do not dispute that, but they might tell me how long ago it was that the €8,000 limit – that is certainly the limit in Galway – on the HAOP was set. Is the Department providing a 20% increase in funding for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Under 70. For people between 66 and 70 years of age, there is no means test.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a means test for the fuel allowance, but not for the household benefits package. Has something been introduced in the past week that we did not hear about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not finished. I will go through them fast but I have many questions. It was mentioned that the gas and electricity element was paid at a rate of €35 per month for 12 months. I wonder about that. When was the €35 per month last changed? The witnesses will probably not be able to give me the figures off the top of their heads – I am sure they will have a good...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not talking about adaptation. I am talking about housing aid for older people, which is the reconstruction grant for windows and doors.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: How long was the limit of 8,000 there?