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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The minimum statutory employment target is set at 3%, as the Minister of State said, with a view to doubling that to 6% in 2025. That was enacted recently as part of the assisted decision making Act. As the Minister of State outlined, the NDA has a role in reporting and monitoring. She referred to its most recent report from 2021 showing the percentage at 3.6% across all sectors....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: Enable Ireland provides services to 13,000 children and adults in 40 locations across the country. As the Minister said, Enable Ireland is part funded by the HSE and it must raise an additional €2 million from its own services to deliver vital services to clients. Last year, 70 people in Cork were out on strike demanding pay at the same rate as those in the other sectors doing the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: About 150 students graduate in speech and language therapy from five colleges each year, along with a further 150 graduates in occupational therapy. The figure for psychologist posts vary, given people have to go on and get a PhD. It is a longer, more difficult and more expensive route of qualification and that, too, needs to be examined in order that people can reach it. Likewise, about...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: ...found themselves without increases in their pensions. Those staff include retired nurses, porters, social workers and many others. Pension increases have been approved since 2017 but problems updating payroll systems within the HSE have meant people are not getting their moneys. This is at a time when the cost of living is becoming more and more difficult for people. Individuals had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the roll-out of a nationwide partnership with tech companies to enable students at primary education level to develop their technological skills including coding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31665/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2022 (28 Jun 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The Department has been up and running over a good number of years with the current report. Departments will be more familiar with what they are presenting. The well-being framework is a newer yardstick being rolled out. Is it up and running in all Departments? Are they all participating at this point or is that still being rolled out? Are they all reporting at this stage or are only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State and acknowledge the huge efforts and the work she has been delivering for dementia services across the country. Through that support, we have been able to get the Wednesday service up and running in Macroom. It could be so much more if it had that opportunity available to it. It is about being able to support families and clients right across that large area...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The census confirmed our ageing population, as we expected. That is no surprise. There is a great need for people who are growing older to be able to remain independent for as long as possible and to live in their own homes with dignity. Day centres are a fundamental part and a key support in providing social interaction, advice and support to both the clients and also to their carers....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inflation Rate (22 Jun 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: First, I wish to acknowledge the measures that the Government took in dealing with the cost of living issue. Measures such as those to help with energy costs and the school bus ticket, among many others, were very welcome. They helped with the more intense pressure. Inflation has eased, as the Minister said. It still remains high and the pressure is on people. Food prices, for example,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The recent EPA report on water quality outlined how ground waters continued to be under pressure from human activities. The EPA states there was no significant change in the biological quality of rivers and lakes in 2022, with some deterioration being offset by improvements in others. The role of those bodies has been long established. Take Irish Water’s role in water pollution....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (30 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach. Has he discussed with the various Departments the proposed nature restoration laws and plans currently being drawn up at EU level? As they currently stand, they are of major concern for many farmers who fear their lands might be flooded and not available for food production. The recent demand for environmental schemes clearly demonstrates the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The UCD survey identified 55% farmers with moderate to severe mental health issues and 40% with moderate to extreme anxiety and stress. It also drilled in to look at the sources of those different stresses. Some of the top three included not just the farm and ordinary farming activity but the perception that farmers are the bad guys in climate change and the enemy of so many people. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: I very much agree with the Minister of State about the perception and the fact that there were no major surprises in that survey. Farmers feel very much under siege from climate activists, unfortunately. It is not about a blame game. We need to know that everybody is in it together and farmers are very much to the forefront on that. After the marts closed down due to Covid and a lot of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the results of a recent survey of more than 250 farmers by researchers at University College Dublin, which suggested that over half had experienced moderate to extremely severe depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (18 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: ...;ireann ag féachaint ar phlean chun tacaíocht a thabhairt ansin. An bhfuil béim ar thacaíocht do na comhlachtaí sin nó an bhfuiltear fós ag féachaint ar shlí chun lóistín a scaoileadh? Is there an emphasis on a support package or is it on freeing up further accommodation, even at this late stage? Is there an indication of a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (18 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The 2023 tourism season is well under way at this stage. There are beds that are not available for tourism due to State contracts. The absence of those tourists has a direct knock-on effect on so many other support businesses, such as restaurants and bike hire companies, which are a central part of the tourism offering. Does the Minister have a plan for supporting them in the absence of...

Other Questions (Resumed): State Examinations (16 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: Getting results out in a timely manner is important for students. Despite the recruitment campaign, though, it is not clear that there are additional correctors. What numbers have been recruited? Are there particular subjects at issue? Regarding the new art exam, teachers have told me of their concerns about getting marking schemes and even sample questions that they can sit down and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: Numerous sports fans have raised with me, and I am sure have raised it with other Members, the issue of the digital lockout they are experiencing with GAAGO, where they are unable to watch key games due to not being able to set it up and due to poor broadband and so many other issues. RTÉ and the GAA have provided great coverage of our national sports over many years but they do not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: ...point made about property and land. While we have seen the property tax rolled out and more recently the zoned ground maps being finalised, I am pretty sure the farming community would be alarmed at the idea of further land being included and reasonably so. It is possible to have the side of a mountain worth very little but with a large acreage. I would like to tease out a little...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: ...the idea of farmland being drawn in through this proposal, I would expect there would be stiff resistance to it. Much of the talk is around the model of the local property tax, and one of the features of this measure was that it was raised through Revenue. The local authorities in each county got most of their funding back. Regarding places like Dublin, Cork and other locations, has...