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Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Before we begin, I will read the note on privilege and housekeeping matters. Witnesses and members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in speech that would be regarded as damaging to the good name of the person or...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Thanks very much. I now invite Ms Murphy from Social Justice Ireland to make her opening remarks.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank Ms Murphy and invite the representative from The Wheel to make her opening statement.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank Ms Power and all of our contributors. I thank them for sticking to the time as we are limited on time. We have a number of groups coming in afterwards. I open the meeting up to the floor.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Perfect. Ms Grogan and Ms Murphy may want to come back on that. We might go to the multi-annual funding question then.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Ms Murphy might address the €20 question. Ms Corey wanted to come in there.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank Ms Corey for that. My apologies, Ms Murphy.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: What about multi-annual funding?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank Ms Murphy very much. Simon Communities of Ireland made a request in its submission to the Department. Does it have any costings in that regard? In particular, it referred to the fact that there should be a €16 increase in core rates for all social welfare payments. Likewise, Ms Murphy mentioned a €25 core increase in rates. Are there any costings for that? What are...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: We did have officials from the Parliamentary Budget Office at our previous meeting. We might be availing of their expertise in order to go through what is involved.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Ms Murphy is saying that in order to facilitate a €25 increase for just the core payments will cost €1.6 billion overall.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: That is not withstanding the other requests that are there, which-----

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I ask Deputy Aird to be very brief because we have to finish up.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Ms Grogan might comment on that briefly. We will finish up at that point.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Does Mr. Gallagher wish to briefly comment?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Unfortunately, we could not get all the speakers in, but I thank them very much. I thank the witnesses from Simon Communities of Ireland, The Wheel and Social Justice Ireland for their contributions and for providing the various briefing materials in advance of our committee meeting. We will suspend briefly to allow the witnesses to leave and to bring in the other group.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I will a read the note on privilege and housekeeping matters before we begin. Witnesses and members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in speech that would be regarded as damaging to the good name of the person...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank Ms Hasson and all of our speakers this morning. We have had very good presentations from ALONE, Family Carers Ireland and the Irish Foster Care Association. A number of members have indicated and I will go first to those who did not speak previously. I call Deputy Guirke.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: We might hear a comment on the foster carers and the back to school-----

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: A number of members want to speak and I hope to get around to everyone. Since there are only 20 or 25 minutes left, I ask members to be brief in their questions, with perhaps four minutes for asking a question and getting a response from the witnesses. I would like to try to get to everyone before we have to finish at 12 o'clock.