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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: We will have the Minister of State at the Department with responsibility for special education in on 25 June, so we could have it done on that day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I congratulate you, Ms Moran and Dr. O'Leary, on the paper you have done and thank you for the very challenging remarks and the contribution you have made to the questions and comments of members. It has been a very engaging meeting, and you certainly have a depth of knowledge on the subject matter. Each and every one of the meetings we have further challenges our committee as regards the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (21 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: 665. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024 under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine recently approved by the United States Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20583/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (9 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent comments by President of France that Europe faces an existential threat from Russian aggression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20582/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17782/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: We have apologies from Senators Clonan and McGreehan. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the deprivation of liberty. I welcome on behalf of the committee representatives from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh, commissioner; and Adam Harris, commissioner. We also have Professor Gautam Gulati, consultant forensic psychiatrist and adjunct clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Professor Gulati. We will go to Deputy Feighan, who is in place of Senator Mary Seery Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Our next speaker is Deputy Tully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: That is quite okay. Thank you for your co-operation and attendance at this meeting and indeed your co-operation and attendance at other meetings as well. We really appreciate it. Keep in touch. I call Mr. Harris.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: A couple of issues came across. Our guests very forcibly referred to housing, housing, housing. It is a determining factor in the deprivation of liberty, whether in a prison setting or in the context of independent living for people. The housing issue is crucial. We have had many meetings at this committee about types of housing and its adaptation. It may not be a panacea, but if more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: For once we have a bit of time so there is no need to apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the representatives of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh for being here this evening and for a very challenging discussion. It is not simple. I refer to the evidence given by witnesses and particularly the comments from the members. We hear a lot of evidence week in, week out but today was very thought-provoking. There is a lot society...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: If we take a person in a household with a disability or mental health issues, the whole household is consumed by it. There are decisions made for possibly two generations of that particular family. We can see where they are going to. We have major debates on major subjects. There is a major debate on how we are going to be really inclusive because there is a role for everybody in society....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19791/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: What progress has there been to date under national strategic outcome 10 of the national development plan? I am especially interested in hearing an answer in the context of disability matters.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister. There are a number of issues with the strategic outcome, particularly relating to childcare. Huge sums have been rolled out in respect of the development of the capacities within childcare facilities, whether preschool, afterschool or full childcare. To make sure moneys are spent and capacity is developed, it is important that in every review of the outcomes and of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: On that point, when I meet families, as I am sure the Minister has done, whose child has completed primary education and has nowhere to go for post-primary education, the challenge has to be addressed in large part within the mainstream schools but also within special schools. The National Council for Special Education has been doing great work in looking at where in the country the special...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Very briefly-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: On the funding that was allocated on the capital programme last year, does much of that, if any, remain unspent?