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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: I think there are moves afoot to try to organise that. Ciarán Delaney was talking about that some time ago. We might come back to it later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: What was the result of the complaint? The witnesses might respond to Deputy Tully first and I will come back in at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: Does Mr. O'Leary wish to respond to Deputy Tully?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: Deputy, there is vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: Every week we come in here to this committee it is the same attitude, whether it is a pilot or whatever. Senator Clonan made the point about a changing room here. We will write again on it. Maybe we could have a private meeting on the Wednesday at 4 p.m. in person. If we cannot show it here, how can we expect other places to provide facilities? The witnesses might reply to Deputy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: The meeting is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: The meeting is adjourned until 8 November.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Carthy for that powerful contribution. Deputy Higgins is our first contributor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: We might wrap this up rather than coming back in on it. Unfortunately, the vote has just been called so we have a minute or two to wrap it up. Deputy Tully spotted the vote was coming.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: Will the Minister look at the figures for those who come off the carer's benefit?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: In the review that is taking place, could we establish how many people who come off the carer's benefit and continue with the carer's support grant do not get the carer’s allowance? Perhaps that information could feed into the interdepartmental discussion group.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of the recent Green Paper on reform to disability payments. [46384/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters last week, we got a briefing from the Minister's officials, for which we are very grateful, on the concept of the disability Green Paper. Like everything, there are anomalies in the system, some of which relate to household income being taken into account where a person with a disability lives in the house. There is a disregard, and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: 58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to extending the duration of carer’s benefit beyond the current 104 weeks. [46385/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: Does the Department have any plans to extend the payment of carer's benefit beyond 104 weeks? Many people go on the benefit to look after a parent, partner or child who has become chronically sick, and that care often must continue for longer than 104 weeks. These people may have years of stamp contributions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister and congratulate her on the disregard increases she has introduced and the amount of work she has done in facilitating the carer's means test. I am fully aware of the work that had to be done to get those figures together. Well done to her on that. She referred to an interdepartmental group. There are a number of issues it could look at. The Minister said the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (19 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of learners across the country will benefit from the removal of fees for PLC courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45579/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how further education learners have been prioritised in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45580/23]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will meet next. [42586/23]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)
Michael Moynihan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [42584/23]