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Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I understand the legislation relating to benefit in kind was brought in in 2019. It has affected companies, particularly companies in the Duhallow region that I represent. We recently visited a number of small indigenous companies who have people travelling and have bases in Dublin and everywhere else. They spoke of how the benefit in kind impacted on key people they have, particularly on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I look forward to the report. Many people will be trying to put forward views on the report when it is published. The Minister stated it will be published in May. Will there be a period thereafter when Members will have an opportunity, either at committee level or in the House, to discuss the report and put our views forward? Many Members will have views about how we should go forward and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers that applied for the disability awareness support scheme in 2022; the number of employers who were successful and received this funding; if there are plans to promote the scheme among the business community in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14923/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: How many employers applied for the disability awareness support scheme in 2022, how many were successful and received this funding, are there plans to promote the scheme among the business community, and will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister for her reply. Employers are looking to this scheme to see how they can support people with disabilities. Has the Department considered people with disabilities who are returning to the workforce? I welcome the Minister's recent initiative on increasing the money that people can earn from work. Each week, our committee examines the available supports that encourage...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The issue here is how we build upon the successes in the engineering hub in Charleville that grew out of decades of Golden Vale. How do we make sure Charleville is available and able to have the critical infrastructure and land available if there is further industrial development? It is quite obvious there are people looking for land for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I wish all women a happy International Women's Day and thank them for everything they do for us and for society in general. The question I have this morning relates to land for industrial development in Charleville, County Cork. Over the past 20 or so years, the Railway Road industrial park in Charleville, which was designated as an industrial site, saw a number of initiatives such as the...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: Is there not three minutes?

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I will take about six minutes and then defer to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, on her new role and wish her the best in it. I should state that I have a vested interest in this. I am a member of Newmarket Credit Union in County Cork. I pay tribute to Dorothy and her team for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: On public service reform, has the Taoiseach's attention been drawn to the retention of people in the public service, particularly in care? Those working as occupational therapists through to speech and language therapists, for example, are different from those working in other sectors of the public service. They work in the public service first and then go into private practice. There is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department [6900/23]

Report on the Summer Programme 2023: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I am not a member of the committee. I am due to attend the National Diversity and Inclusion Awards in Croke Park later this evening. It is due to start at 6.30 p.m. My one ask is that undergraduates completing third or fourth year of their qualification in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy or physiotherapy be included in the summer programme, which has replaced July...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (2 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State. There are a number of issues. There are 109 people waiting for services. Is there a policy to reduce the amount of home help hours to existing people, referred to in the document as clients, so as to spread the service more thinly because of the shortage of home care assistants? Strategically, in the Minister of State's own Department of Further and Higher...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (2 Feb 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue. The home care package is a service that has been a lifeline to many families throughout the length and breadth of the country. My family benefited enormously from it in times past. The work done by the care assistants who dedicate their lives to the care of others in their own home is invaluable, as is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an overview on the shared island civic society fund he announced on 12 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4216/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the review of the sports grant will be complete; and when the next round of applications will be opened for same. [3550/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary medical certificate appeals currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture will next meet. [59343/22]