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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Which workers?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: About 123,750 staff in the HSE have received the recognition payment. I am disappointed that many of those entitled to the payment have still not received it. We have discussed this at Government level, particularly in terms of private nursing homes, hospices and section 39 organisations. We want to work out a much faster methodology. The HSE has been dealing with this and is anxious from...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is the Deputy talking about where there are multiple flats?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is not that simple to get a totally universal system for the energy credit. That is why we have brought in other measures, in addition to that credit, to provide supports to others. There is, for example, the extension of the free fuel eligibility threshold which helps many people over 70 who would not have heretofore been entitled to it. We will talk to the Ministers concerned to see...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: LEADER is a great scheme-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----and the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, was successful in getting additional funding for it this year.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is not. I will ask the Minister to engage with the Deputy on the additional funding under this CAP strategic framework which he achieved for LEADER, as compared to the previous CAP. There is increased funding for it-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ----and for investment in rural Ireland more generally. This budget has an allocation of €376 million.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is an increase of €35 million on the Department of Rural and Community Development 2021 budget.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I know, but it is doing an awful lot of work for the rural towns the Deputy spoke about.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will let the Minister talk to the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I understand it is not as simple as Ireland not applying. Some of that funding was already under the recovery and resilience plans that each member state submitted. In our recovery and resilience plan we made submissions in respect of energy, particularly in terms of public buildings. We had specific projects under the recovery and resilience plan that we submitted and that we will be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The debt warehousing scheme was very effective during Covid-19. About €2.9 billion of debt was warehoused during that period, as of the end of April 2022. Over 90,000 businesses availed of debt warehousing. However, it has not been considered yet in the context of the current energy crisis. There is a State aid temporary crisis framework put forward by the European Union that we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It will be a very challenging winter. Experience across the world is showing that with a combination of influenza and Covid-19, or new waves and potential variants of Covid-19, it could be a very difficult winter. Covid numbers are increasing, which places real strains on our hospitals and nursing homes, results in delayed discharges from hospitals increasing, affects flows through...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: My understanding is that those availing of the rent-a-room scheme will be entitled to the renter's credit. In terms of wider standard licensing, if the Deputy could give me instances of or context relating to those, I will take them to the Ministers for Finance and Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I would appreciate it if the Deputy could, in confidence, forward details of those three cases to me because I am interested in the context and background as to why he received those calls today. There are protections in place such that it would take a number of months before anybody could be evicted. People cannot be evicted today, tomorrow or overnight.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I would like to get the background.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is a separate issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have given the answer regarding evictions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I gave it earlier.