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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...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: From a Sinn Féin point of view, apprenticeships are something we have been pushing for a long time. I believe the Minister and the Minister of State get it, but there is a difference between getting it and delivering it. I think they understand the cultural shift that is needed, as well as the fact that significant policy shifts are needed. The Minister, Deputy Harris, touched on it...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the youth justice strategy. It is a vitally important area of work. Previous speakers have spoken of the role the community and voluntary sector plays in keeping young people active and busy, whether it is through sport, drama, music and different things like that. That is vitally important. We are very fortunate in this country to have a such a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Safe Deposits Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not have a whole lot to add. Most of the questions I had were asked in previous sessions. It is very welcome that Banking & Payments Federation Ireland is going to work with the legislation. I have asked this question before of other organisations and I probably know the answer to it, but can the witnesses offer a ballpark sense of the number of items in both categories, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Safe Deposits Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is that each?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Safe Deposits Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I get that. There is an awful lot of trawling needed to figure out the precise number. The only other thing I would say is that we probably need to give consideration to the point of a project. I do not understand the mechanics of how banks work on a daily basis but I am quite sure people are given a task of work for six months to two years and a team is set up and things like that. In...

Education Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I commend Deputy Clarke and Deputy Mairéad Farrell on bringing this motion forward. The summer months are meant to be a positive time for parents. They are meant to be a time to spend with their family and children and where good memories are made. Unfortunately, for a lot of parents the summer months are a very stressful and worrying time because they are looking to September and are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have previously raised the issue of the Beaumont Residential Care home in Cork, where there are 50-odd residents who are very worried. Their families are very worried. Care Choice deferred its decision to pull out of the fair deal in light of the fact that, as I had asked, the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, would meet with it. There have been meetings.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There will be another meeting next week. While the meetings have happened, there is not full satisfaction in relation to the engagement. It is not for us to negotiate rates etc. I ask the Ministers to urge the NTPF to approach that meeting with an open mind and a willingness to move to resolve this and ease the fears of those at the residence.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not come from Aghabog. I come from a place that is quite different from Aghabog. I am encouraged by the progress of the club.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: An Tóchar would have been the causeway through the bog once upon a time. I am encouraged by Aghabog's progress. As a next step, perhaps we can stick in hurling with any teacher with the hands for it and they can emulate their county heroes who did so well last weekend. In the community I come from in Togher on the south side of Cork city, we would have been a rural community until a...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing forward this Bill. We support the Bill and look forward to teasing through the issues on Committee Stage. This is a very important issue. The Government has a duty and responsibility to abolish sub-minimum rates of pay that are used to exploit young workers and have no place in our society. Equal pay for equal work is fundamentally what...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (14 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of additional increases of €10, €12, €15, €20 and €25 per week to payments of disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28772/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a question on a similar issue. Dereliction is a substantial problem in many villages and towns but also in some urban areas. While under different funding streams, sometimes we neglect how significant a role vacancy, even if not quite dereliction, can play. There could be three or four buildings next to each other on a street that might not be derelict or reportable under the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister. There is a lot of very welcome stuff in it. Many communities in my constituency, across Cork and across the State will benefit, which I welcome. Specifically, the question related to the target that exists of €30 million this year and €20 million next year. I would be grateful if the Minister could give me an answer on that and as to when the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is interesting and novel to hear a Minister urging this side of the House to make sure to spend the money. She is right, absolutely. The local authorities and organisation need to make sure they spend it. The timescale of it, necessarily, was tight enough and some organisations were not aware of it and might like to put in more comprehensive applications. They might like to come back...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am not sure the bus has been acquired.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the community recognition fund; if she will advise if the fund is on track to allocate the target of 60% of funding in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28383/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The community recognition fund is a significant initiative to support communities hosting people from Ukraine and other countries. Will it be possible to get an update on whether the fund is on track to allocate the target of 60% funding in 2023?