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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: The questions and evidence we have heard this morning have been powerful. It is the lived experience to which we refer at all times. As with our meetings, we are under time constraints but it is really powerful to hear from the witnesses. Sometimes the evidence that is put before the committee does not get picked up by mainstream media, but a large number of people tune in looking for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: The point is well made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I must leave the meeting for ten minutes because I have a question in the Dáil. I have looked at the question of carers. It comes up nearly every week in respect of secondary benefits and people not being able to move on to the next level. I believe the only solution is that where many people who go on to carer's benefit, they come from stamps-paid employment, after two years of which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I believe Deputy Tully's point was about getting to the base of what the child needs and not tying it up in red tape. Am I correct in that, Deputy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: From my experience down the years, this process is tied up in red tape. I apologise, as I was not present for the presentations in full, but there seem to be two issues. In every other area, people go to the private sector first and then want to go to the public sector for permanency of employment and so forth. For example, someone starting off as an agricultural adviser joins a private...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary medical certificate appeals currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review the current tax allowances for young farmers investing in farm facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: We have received apologies from Senators Mary Seery Kearney and Erin McGreehan. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, and the optional protocol. We have the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, Mr. Colm Ó Conaill, assistant secretary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister and call Senator Clonan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputy Hourigan. I call Deputy Murnane O'Connor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I thank committee members, the Minister and the officials for their engagement this morning. We look forward to 1 March with great excitement. It has taken the long time of almost two and a half years to get this far. It is an important milestone for people with disabilities. The word "equality" appears in the title of the Department and it is very important that it is included. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 1231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 65 years who are inappropriately living in nursing homes that have been successfully moved out of nursing homes and onto a rehabilitation pathway towards independent living during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63492/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 1232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new admissions of persons under 65 years to nursing homes in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of applications for rural regeneration projects will be announced. [62469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the money that has been allocated by her Department to the local authorities to date has been used and or if there is a blockage in the system. [62470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that the projected global population growth outlined in the UN’s recent report, and Ireland’s need to increase food production by 70% can be reconciled with efforts to tackle climate change. [62462/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the roll-out of high-speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan will reach Kiskeam, County Cork. [62461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an overview of the main law reforms initiated by her Department since 27 June 2020. [62780/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture will next meet. [59343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the remote working strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62061/22]