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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the witnesses for their engagement. It has been very informative.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I assume that the issue of distance, particularly at post-primary level, is also in the review and if it is not, the Minister should make sure that it is. The mileage or kilometre distance is probably outdated at this stage and should be looked into in the review and in the final deliberations of the review panel.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to review the operation of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49709/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I ask what plans are in place to review the operation of the school transport scheme. Will the Minister outline the issue? I might come back to her with a supplementary question. Where is the review at? When do we hope to have a view of the review? When will it be published?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister. There are two issues, one of which is the ongoing review. Will it take into consideration the issues that arose this year in relation to concessionary tickets and making sure that as broad a school transport system as possible is in place? School transport ticks an awful lot of boxes in getting everyone who can get a bus to school to do so. Where children have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all children who had concessionary tickets for bus transport in 2021 are included in the 2022 scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payments that have been made to An Post in each of the years 2017 to 2031 for the delivery of social welfare payments in post offices; if she will outline the calculation process for determining these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49706/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We have received an apology from Deputy Tully. The purpose of today's meeting is to resume the committee discussions on accessibility and assistive technologies. Our witnesses are Professor Malcolm MacLachlan, professor of psychology and social inclusion, co-director of the Assisting Living and Learning, ALL, Institute and research and innovation co-ordinator of the WHO global co-operation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: Thank you. We now go to the members. I call Senator Erin McGreehan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I call Dr. Lynch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I call Senator Seery Kearney in place of her colleague, Deputy Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We will start with Professor MacLachlan and then go to Dr. McCleary or Dr. Lynch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: A number of things have come out of this session. Our guests have talked about training and attracting more occupational therapists. They spoke about the effect an additional 50 occupational therapists would have. Occupational therapists often start in the public sector before moving to private practice. It is rare for people to start in private practice and then go into the public sector...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the new United Kingdom Foreign Secretary in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the amounts payable under the housing adaptation grants will be increased in view of the significant increase in building costs; when these grant amounts were last revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49392/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We are all learning. Every week we are here, we hear new evidence and gather new information. We must try to bring this information together and to do the best we can for the people for whom we are charged with doing this work. I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. They should feel free to send any information they wish to give the committee and we will go through it. We...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. It is the fundamental issue of our time. Housing is greatly important. I wish to hone in on a few things that can be changed. Rural Ireland has great capacity to build and expand housing. A great deal of work has been done in urban places for generations at this stage and it is now high time we examined building houses in rural Ireland....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Michael Moynihan: Apologies have been received from Deputy Ellis and Senators O'Loughlin and Wall. Senator Flynn is not on the Leinster House campus. In accordance with the current guidelines, all documentation has been circulated to members via the Microsoft Teams platform. This session will be a joint meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters and the Joint Committee on Autism. We are joined...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Michael Moynihan: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss accessibility in the built environment, information and communication. On behalf of both committees, I welcome Mr. Adam Harris, CEO of AsIAm. From Independent Living Movement Ireland, ILMI, I welcome Mr. Desmond Kenny, chairperson, Ms Catherine Gallagher and Mr. James Crawley. Also with us from the National Disability Authority, NDA, are Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I call Mr. Des Kenny and Ms Catherine Gallagher to make their opening statements.