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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on how her Department intends to assist community groups with growing regulatory burden; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28428/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very often for good reason, the regulations in a whole variety of areas mean it can be very challenging for community organisations to ensure their affairs are run correctly. It is not necessarily that we are rolling back any regulations but it is about how we can assist organisations to ensure they are compliant with a whole variety of issues on which I will expand in a minute.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We are lucky in this country that the community and voluntary sector is truly a community and voluntary sector. In many other countries, there is not the same proportion of genuine community and voluntary people who are not paid. The participation of people who are not paid is much more significant than it might be in other places. I am and have been a member of a number of boards in my...

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will start with something that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, will not disagree with. The men and women here in the Gallery and across the State are heroes. There is no question about that. I know the Minister will agree with that. They put their lives on the line. They risk life and limb. They are the people who I, the Minister or our loved ones could call upon in our hour of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the engagement her Department have had with the Department for Transport on securing joint funding for the local improvement scheme considering the consistent demand for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 110. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on how her Department are implementing the published guidelines on rural-proofing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 111. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply to new funding for the town and village renewal scheme; if there will be a minimum submission requirement for each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest position regarding the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); when children can expect to be in place within this school; and if temporary accommodation is in place and secure for the intervening period. [27068/23]

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State will be familiar with clinics. I am sure he knows they can be difficult. There can be all sorts of difficult cases, whether it is social welfare or issues of health and housing. One of the most frustrating and difficult clinic appointments we have is with people who are not able to qualify for social housing. There is nothing for them. We have a conversation with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will be very brief because I do not have the same expertise as the other two Deputies. I said last week that, in my constituency, commonage would not be a particular issue. It is not uncommon in very old parts of city centres, such as my city, Cork, to have large numbers of unregistered properties. It is quite common to have them right in the core of a city. I am sure the guests will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I suppose that work is not common. Is the bulk of Finders International Ireland's work outside the area of safe deposit boxes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Let me return to the issue of safe deposit boxes and the question of whether those that have been opened are representative. What proportion of the ones opened by the bank did it ask Finders International Ireland to examine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: How many boxes did it ask the organisation to examine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I suppose they give an insight into the mechanisms and the role that Finders International Ireland can play, but they do not really suggest what is likely to be in the many hundreds of other safe deposit boxes, or whatever the number is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is good going, all right. Murphy and McCarthy are common names. There are six sets of McCarthys in my GAA club and none of them is related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I was going to ask what was found in the boxes in the hope that they comprised a representative sample, however small. I do not know whether anyone can draw many conclusions from three boxes.

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: A mother contacted my office this month who was at breaking point. She is a single mum with two sons aged 17 and 14, both of whom have profound intellectual disabilities. She had not had respite since before the pandemic. She thinks December 2019 was the last time she got a break, which was three and a half years ago. It is scandalous that someone has not had a break for this length of...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am glad the Minister of State agrees with this point, but it is a scandalous situation. In the same response, we were told that HSE Cork Kerry Community Healthcare disability services had received their letter of allocation of new funding under the service plan for 2023. This funding for CHO 4 is less than 50% of the usual annual development funding for this area for respite. There is no...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann an Bille seo le rud a bhfuil tionchar aige ar go leor gnéithe den saol agus de ghnó daoine, ó thaobh ábhair teaghlaigh, ábhair coiriúla, ábhair tráchtála, agus fiú amháin ábhair tithíochta agus ábhair bóithre ó thaobh pleanála de. Is é tionchar na moille air seo ná go gcuireann sé...