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Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Cé a phiocfadh na daoine sin? Nílim ag magadh. Táim ag iarraidh é sin a thuiscint. Tá meas mór agam ar na hoifigigh phleanála teanga. Tá siad ag déanamh an-jab agus tá an ceart ag an Teachta Connolly ó thaobh na gcoinníollacha de. Caithfimid obair a dhéanamh ar an méid sin. Beidh mé ag cur béime ar sin le...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá leasú amháin i measc an ghrúpa sin in ainm an Teachta Ó Snodaigh.

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tairgim leasú Uimh. 23: Ar leathanach 13, líne 19, “6 chomhalta” a scriosadh agus “7 gcomhalta” a chur ina ionad. Ba mhaith liom a lua ag an bpointe seo go bhfuilim ag breathnú ar cúpla leasú féideartha eile a thabhairt isteach ar Chéim na Tuarascála. Baineann an chéad cheann féideartha le sprioc...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Táim ag iarraidh go mbeidh.

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Ar an gcéad dul síos, tá mórán measa agam ar an triúr Teachta. B'fhéidir nach bhfuil mé ag glacadh leis na leasuithe ach, mar gheall ar an meas sin, ní bheimid ag teacht ar ais le haghaidh an chéad Chéim eile sula mbeidh cruinnithe againn faoi chúrsaí tithíochta leis na grúpaí agus leis an údarás. Mura...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí Dála as na leasuithe seo. Ón uair dheireanach a bhí mé anseo, bhí cruinniú agam le príomhfheidhmeannach Údarás na Gaeltachta agus cathaoirleach Údarás na Gaeltachta faoi chúrsaí tithíochta amháin agus faoi na pleananna a bhí acu agus an plean atá á...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Educational Sector Workers (ESWs) who wish to avail of income support while temporarily laid-off during the school breaks can apply for a jobseeker’s payment. They must satisfy all the qualifying conditions to receive a payment. This includes completing the relevant claim application forms and supporting documentation a in a timely manner while also being available for full-time work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department sources IT equipment through the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). OGP have established a range of centralised procurement arrangements for use by public bodies. These centralised procurement arrangements facilitate efficient procurement practice, optimise value-for-money, and support public bodies in meeting their obligations to consider more strategic outcomes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Under the law as currently enacted, entitlement to a Widows, Widowers or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory pension is only available to a surviving partner who was party to a marriage or civil partnership. On 22nd January 2024, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on the entitlement of an unmarried cohabitant to a Widower's Contributory Pension. The Supreme Court...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. My department provides the funding directly to the schools. All schools who wish to avail of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, my Department may make Additional Needs Payments to help meet essential expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from the customer’s own resources,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 128 together. This Government recognises the additional costs associated with having a disability and is committed to improving outcomes for disabled people. In the Programme for Government, we have committed toIntroduce a permanent Annual Cost of Disability Support Payment with a view to incrementally increasing this payment.Reform the Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: This Government recognises the additional costs associated with having a disability and is committed to improving outcomes for disabled people. That is why the Programme for Government has committed to introducing a permanent Annual Cost of Disability Support Payment with a view to incrementally increasing this payment. My Department is currently examining the best way of delivering an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: This Government recognises the additional costs associated with having a disability and is committed to improving outcomes for disabled people. In the Programme for Government, we have committed to introducing a permanent Annual Cost of Disability Support Payment and, to progressively increase weekly Disability Payments. This will build on progress made over the last number of years,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Ancillary benefits such as the Household Benefits Package, Fuel Allowance, and Free Travel, with a combined budget of over €800 million in 2025, provide significant support to people with disabilities to cover household and transport costs. The Household Benefits package and Fuel Allowance payment provides much needed assistance to qualifying household with their energy costs....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Government recognises the additional costs associated with having a disability and is committed to improving outcomes for disabled people. In the Programme for Government we have committed toIntroduce a permanent Annual Cost of Disability Support Payment with a view to incrementally increasing this payment.Reform the Disability Allowance Payment and remove anomalies in the current means...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Chief Appeals Officer has advised me that this appeal was assigned to an Appeals Officer for consideration on the 9th May...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Government does not support the Boycott, Divest and Sanction approach, while fully recognising that individuals and organisations have the right to make their own decisions in this regard. With regard to how my Department procures goods and services, it is my Department’s policy to follow the guidance of the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) and to utilise the procurement...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (14 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: Storm Éowyn was an unprecedented event which brought many challenges to communities. The importance of good community facilities and infrastructure was very clear in the aftermath of the storm, and the value of the investments made in recent years was fully evident. My Department has a comprehensive range of capital investment schemes in place which local authorities and communities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence,...