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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Youth Work Advisory Committee (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the establishment of the national youth work advisory committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Bodies Data (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board that are not qualified within the field in which the board or body has oversight. [43410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies Data (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 534. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the field in which the board or body has oversight. [43420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Bodies Data (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the field for which the board or body has oversight. [43414/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for those who are self employed regarding family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43956/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of Youth Guarantee funding spent to date; and the amount drawn down from 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017. [44018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Data (17 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of his Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the field in which the board or body has oversight. [43418/17]

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Tánaiste referred to 15% unemployment. As I said, that is still the rate for young people. She spoke of the reality I outlined. That is the reality for young workers. Any young workers to whom I speak are on a treadmill that is getting faster and faster as the cost of everything that matters to them in their lives, whether insurance, housing or anything else, increasingly...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----on the basis of the Government's policies of ever having a permanent home.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What price?

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The young have long been treated as an easy target for budget cuts. In the first few austerity budgets, young people were singled out for particularly vindictive treatment. Third level fees skyrocketed, there were cutbacks to unemployment benefits for those under 25 and youth services were cut to the bone. The message of successive Governments, first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Ms Farrell for explaining the situation to the committee and outlining the case. I am in regular contact with a family where a daughter has a severe brain injury. It is not due to poor investment, but the family is dealing with a situation where it looks as though the funds that were made available for her will not be sufficient as she lives beyond her life expectancy. I can see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The second part was about access to civil legal aid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My last question was a general one on wardship procedures rather than specifically relating to the investment issue. Aside from the investments that are managed by the Courts Service on behalf of wards, does Ms Farrell believe there are other things that the State should be doing for wards of court, in terms of providing for their social, economic or medical needs? Should the State be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the witnesses very much for appearing before us. I have one or two brief questions on the investment - a lot of it has been rehearsed already, so I will not cover all the ground - and one or two more general questions on the operation of the wards of court system. The first concerns the spectrum growth fund that has been referred to. Is that growth fund in use...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: At the time of the economic crash - obviously the downward trend was over a period of two years - was consideration given to reinvesting part of the fund in more secure items? Obviously equities took a bit of a hit during that period. Was the possibility of adjusting it ever discussed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is it possible that money might have been invested on behalf of a ward of court on a date shortly before the economic crash and the ward of court would have to rely on that fund for expenditure during that period? I do not know if any such cases have come before the Courts Service yet. Is it conceivable that such people could have realised a loss, perhaps their investment in the fund had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is difficult for us sitting here to reconcile very legitimate and articulately expressed concerns and views about losses that people experienced and implications for the care of their loved ones with what is being presented here. We will consider it and prepare our report having considered all the documentation. I urge Mr. Quigley to remain open to engagement with the Justice for Wards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I asked what else could be done to support wards. One of the points made is that settlements, compensation or funds should perhaps be disregarded for items such as medical cards, payments etc. Has the Department of Justice and Equality had any communication with the Department of Health or the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If it is brief.