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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on her Department's review of means testing for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33196/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (6 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the tender for EmployAbility which was due to be published in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33195/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In 2018, people voted for women to have access to services. Five years on, and these services are still not in place and the protections that they ought to have are still not in place. I support this legislation and I commend the work of my colleague, Senator Gavan, in particular, who worked hard to put this in place and brought forward the legislation in the Seanad. This legislation is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is sensible legislation. From the experience of Covid, many things that were done in person can now be done online. We have speeded many things up. There was a point about the 19th century. I recall speaking to somebody who was waiting anxiously for the letter and cheque from the President for their mother's 100th birthday, because that woman's father had not come down from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As a supplementary to that, subsequent to this being enacted, what would be the definition of a marriage of convenience?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is it literally the traditional case of whether they are blood relations, if people are married to somebody else, and those kinds of impediments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Department. It is fair to say the Department is not, by and large, one of the public bodies that has very significant problems with processing times, at least at present. There are some issues. I submitted a parliamentary question relatively recently on waiting times and it seems that of the centrally-processed schemes, the big outlier is probably disability allowance, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How it is categorised is grand but the issue still arises that there seem to be delays. Is there a plan to try to reduce that? Is some of that caused by the fact the workload of the HEOs is heavier than it used to be and executive officers now have to handle a bit more work than they used to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It has been processed. I was just giving it as an example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have one more question. Subsequent to a decision being arrived at, the claimant is entitled to seek a review. This is not widely enough known. I think more people should avail of it prior to going to the social welfare appeals office to pick up clerical errors and all that kind of stuff. Are there processing times for the reviews? I know there are probably not as many of them. Do we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have nothing to suggest the contrary; I am just curious.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I recently met a group of people affected by long Covid. It affects many people across the State, as does post-acute Covid syndrome, although they should not be treated as the same condition. The roll-out of units to support people with long Covid has been quite slow. There is a budget line for Cork but I understand that the unit is not yet open. It is also very much focused on the...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I apologise that I must leave as soon as I have made my contribution to rejoin a meeting with a group from my constituency so I will not hear the Minister’s response. The Minister will be very aware of the issues in relation to Beaumont Nursing Homes. The motion is about the sector generally. It is facing potentially an existential crisis. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler,...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I believe people have an inherent sense of fairness as we have seen with various issues. What is affecting this at the minute is conflict, war and multiple other things. That has undoubtedly been a significant factor in everything has happened with energy. When people see energy companies making very significant super profits that offends their sense of basic fairness. It is for that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that pensioners on the CIÉ pension scheme have not received an increase since 2008, which is causing significant hardship for many of these pensioners; the action he intends to take on foot of it; and whether he intends to provide for an increase in the pension in July 2023 when this is scheduled. [31279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that for pensioners on the CIÉ scheme who did not receive the full pension because they were retired for medical reasons, that the hardship caused by the lack of an increase in the pension is particularly severe. [31280/23]

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the sincere approach to this legislation. I hope that we can build on this and that the officials from the Minister of State's Department might be willing to meet me to discuss this. I am very familiar with the process of expansion of the city boundary and it certainly caused plenty of headaches and challenges, in my experience. It was something that needed to happen and it...

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his attendance. This legislation is somewhat peculiar. I am sure Deputies looking at the Dáil schedule will have wondered what it is and why we are discussing a local area. The reason is that this issue arose as a consequence of the way in which previous legislation was drafted....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mahon is a very proud, strong community. Incidentally, it is a community which has welcomed a number of people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. I take this opportunity to extend my apologies to Mahon Community Centre, the Mahon Family Resource Centre and everyone involved in the Mahon Welcomes event happening today. I am here because I have a piece of legislation later on. It is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (22 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate a substantial element of this comes back to the Garda Commissioner, but there is a feeling in Cork that as new gardaí have come out of Templemore over the course of the past few years, Cork has not had a fair shake compared with the other significant urban areas. There are a number of stations - I am sure the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach can think of examples too - that are...