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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: Please desist. Deputy Ó Cuív, without interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: Ms Lennon can tell the Deputy that is not just happening in rural areas, but in the town of Athlone, which has been designated to grow as a city and which has different hubs for different connections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: We have a number of witnesses who want to get in and have other business to get through before 12 noon. Ms Carmody, without interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: Will Mr. John Walsh update the committee on the second iteration of the University College Cork, UCC, housing report? The committee would be very anxious to receive a copy of the report and a briefing on it as soon as it is complete. Mr. John Walsh is next. The final contributor will be Ms Tuuli Rantala, who will have the last word.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (28 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minors taken into State care in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 respectively; the number of children accommodated within the foster care system in each year; the number of children who went missing from State care in each year; the type of accommodation they went missing from; the number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank Ms Rantala who gave us a lot of food for thought in her final contribution. One of the issues the committee is looking at is performance indicators within the Department of Social Protection. The committee feels the current performance indicators do not accurately reflect the objectives the Government has or the things that should be measured by the Department. If the witnesses...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications processed to date for the warmer homes deep retrofit scheme; the number approved and denied under the scheme to date constructed pre and post-1940 respectively; the number of homes completed and the number of homes where work is ongoing under the scheme to date constructed pre and post 1940...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Insurance Coverage (27 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to tackle the insurance issues that have arisen within the EmployAbility programme that are hindering people with disabilities from gaining employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31149/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (27 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors taken into State care in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively; the number of children accommodated within the foster care system in each year; the number of children who went missing from State care each year; the type of accommodation they went missing from; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (22 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current 5G population coverage; the steps being taken to progress the deployment of 100% population 5G coverage by 2030; the timeline for the delivery of this objective and interim targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (22 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the publication of the general scheme of legislation to establish the national cybersecurity centre on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 305. To ask the Minister for Health when the new digital healthcare framework will be published; the current status of the roll-out of the electronic health record system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30306/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residency Permits (22 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if those PhDs classified as non-EU will be provided with updated residency visas with a four-year duration, similar to the hosting agreement scheme used for attracting non-EU research talent; if PhD researchers will be given access to the PRSI system; if he will mandate that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; if...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services (22 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: 409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will list the dates of meetings of the reconstituted mobile phone and broadband task force; the progress to date in overcoming barriers to the deployment of 100% population 5G coverage by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30303/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: On foot of the request of my colleagues in the Regional Independent Group, the rent-a-room relief was extended to people receiving social welfare who wish to rent out a spare room in their home. This benefits older people who can now rent out a room without it impacting on their non-contributory State pension or the spouse or an adult dependant of a contributory pensioner. It also provides...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: Pardon?

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: I am bringing it to a close.

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Denis Naughten: My point is that pension abatement rules exist in this respect and I ask the Minister to examine flexibility with regard to it. The final point I wish to make is that Family Carers Ireland has come forward with an innovative proposal to introduce a non-means-tested participation income for family carers, to move away from the carer's allowance altogether. It has put a very detailed...