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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: Yes. I know that a tiered arrangement applies. As politicians, we pick up perceptions. My perception of this scheme is that it does not do what was intended and that the spirit of the scheme is not being delivered to the people most in need who were affected by the recent flooding, as also happened in the aftermath of the flooding in 2012. The reason so little of the money has been spent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: It is roughly €500.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: It is humanitarian assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: Yes, but if one is a millionaire, one is not going to go down to the local social welfare office. We have to trust people-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: My point is that people who are very wealthy are not likely to abuse the system and make applications to their community welfare officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: Sorry, Chairman, I wish to make an additional point. People earning €200,000 are paying 50% of their income to the Revenue Commissioners every year. Such people are paying €100,000 in tax every year. If they had insurance, they would make a claim and that would not be means-tested. We are talking here about people who do not have insurance. They were denied insurance which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: The issue of affordability is not as relevant. An insured millionaire can make a claim and replace or repair damaged goods. It is point worth making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: That still does not change radically the point we are making. I heard the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, make the same point on "Morning Ireland".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: Ms Faughnan mentioned it in her presentation. It is not there in print but it was mentioned in the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: I acknowledge that a lot can be perception and reality and that somewhere in between we can get to the actual facts. It is accepted that in 2012 there was a minimal amount of money out of this scheme - if I remember correctly and it was noted afterwards - for the amount of damage that was done in the floods that year. Second, I would query the position with regard to there being no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: I understand. However, if someone advises them that they are ineligible, that is the equivalent of a refusal. I mentioned the issues relating to bed and breakfast accommodation. I appreciate that people may have been misinformed because they may have read something in a newspaper and took it into their heads that they would be ineligible. There is no accounting for what people do. Would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: Let us call a spade a spade.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Deaths (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to the enactment of the Civil Registration Act, if all provisions and systems are in place to register the death of an Irish citizen who died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1475/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: 275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provisions incorporated in the overall proposed flood relief scheme for the Bandon River to ensure the village of Innishannon, County Cork is also given adequate protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1294/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 24 November 2015, why a basic payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: 902. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the roll-out of rural Broadband (details supplied) in West County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1472/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Genealogical Services (13 Jan 2016)

Jim Daly: 960. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what records are available to historians in relation to births, deaths and marriages over the last century in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1179/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Data (17 Dec 2015)

Jim Daly: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of households eligible for the water conservation grant in 2015; the number that received the grant in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46323/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Jim Daly: Our health service is good enough for everybody else.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (15 Dec 2015)

Jim Daly: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the stamp duty on farm transfers from 1% to 2% from January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/15]