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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have asked this question previously but it might be no harm to have it on the record. In the models being piloted in Finland and Austria, it is more of a salary-based or payment-based approach. While this may be particular to the context in Ireland, why is it better to do it through the social protection system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My final question is slightly off topic but I am sure that our guests will want to comment. In September 2022, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, announced the move towards a carer's pension and I think at that stage the Department was looking at this coming January. I did not see a lot about this matter in yesterday's budget but perhaps things are happening in the background. Can our guests...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is good news. I congratulate our delegations on their success in the budget yesterday and that caring years will now be recognised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While this is not a reason to fail to proceed with it, it could be an issue if it was introduced further down the road. While I suppose it is their job, there is always pressure from the bean counters in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. If the means test was abolished, there could be demands for tighter tests on medical requirements and so...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an applicant to get a decision on a partial capacity benefit application. [43315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (5 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 334. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to ensure that people on lower incomes who are not entitled to a medical card are in a position to purchase emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/23]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I apologise for missing my original speaking slot and thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me. We regularly discuss the challenges that exist to ensure that people who perpetrate sexual violence and sexual offences are brought to justice. Notwithstanding the fact that legislation has improved and that there have been improvements in reporting to some extent, it is still the case that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister of State. There are two specific points I ask him to bring to the attention of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, after this debate. First, a school in Enniscorthy is being provided grants to source the therapies that are needed locally through the private sector. Can such an approach be considered for Carrigaline Community Special School? It has been on the go...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How can we ensure the HSE delivers what the Minister of State is asking it to do? How can we ensure it is accountable?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I mean no disrespect to the Ministers who are present - I am not sure which of them is taking this matter - but I hoped the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, if not the senior Minister, would be here to take this. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, has been directly involved in this matter and is aware of the issues involved. I regret that neither she nor the senior Minister is here....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: First, apologies for being late. I was participating in a Topical Issue debate. I do not have many questions. I do think the availability of bridging loans is crucial. Making more companies aware of it is something that could be done. I will plug my own community association, of which I am a member. It got a lot of support from Clann Credo - the Presentation Sisters set that up - for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Our witnesses might not be able to answer this because it is not their job but I am conscious that they have developed this expertise. Is there a similar body or someone else with that expertise who can assist areas outside that covered by the Western Development Commission? I am not looking for an eastern development commission; the Western Development Commission exists for a good reason...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Perhaps the local authorities could fill that gap.

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My wife recently received a call from a childcare provider. We had put our son's name down on a waiting list for a childcare place around the time he was born. The problem is he is four tomorrow. That is the situation people are looking at. They could be waiting three or four years to get a call. Obviously it is not the same in every instance but the fact is that if people move to Cork...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The delay in publishing the review is not acceptable. The school transport system has been deeply problematic for a long time. Now that I am no longer the Sinn Féin spokesperson for education, I will speak from my experience in my constituency. The issue most often raised with me relates to special education, primarily the city services in my constituency. One of the big issues I see...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average rate of payment towards funeral costs received through the additional needs payment to date in 2023. [42778/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the Amendment of Section 22 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, specifically in relation to the section dealing with the 'father's name on the birth certificate", as the Act was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2014, however part 2 of the Act: Amendment of section 22 of principal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 663. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological services, such as educational assessments, by persons unqualified for same. [42657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 664. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological services, such as educational assessments, by persons unqualified for same. [42657/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding drawn down from the rural regeneration and development fund in each month since she took office. [41414/23]