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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to introduce a national screening programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18423/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Apologies have been received from Deputy Kerrane. I congratulate my constituency colleague, who is now a former member of the committee. We have not yet received formal notification but I thank her for her work and the very active role she played on the committee through the past two years. She is going on to the greener fields of the agriculture portfolio. I wish her well in that role. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank Mr. Hession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Yes, we would appreciate that. It just does not seem to stack up. There would also be a cost arising from those people under the means threshold who would end up getting the jobseeker's allowance as well. It seems to be an astronomical number to extend it for a further three months and it runs contrary to the evidence Mr. Hession gave to the committee earlier. If he could provide us with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: That would not make sense because it would misrepresent the strawman if that was the case. It would undermine the purpose of a strawman if that was the basis for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I am sure that is not the basis for it but we will get the mathematics on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I have a question related to that for Mr. Hession. Has the Department examined the impact on the back to education allowance and the impact of the change from 12 to nine months on the uptake of that allowance at the time? As he rightly said, we want people to get back into paid employment, but at their capacity level. For people who fall out of employment, getting access to education or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Is Deputy Collins happy with that? Was anything missed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: A related question to this is the income banding threshold for the various rates of payment. When was the last time they were increased? Has the Department looked at increasing these bandings, either line with the average industrial wage or in line with the minimum wage? What impact would this have on the bandings? I know the rates of payment are different but I am asking about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: The discussion is still ongoing with the Department of Health officials -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: ----- on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Yes, and that is the emerging medical evidence in relation to this condition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Is the Department looking at that in the context of the straw man or is it being examined in the short term? The hope is that, eventually, the vast majority of people experiencing the symptoms of long Covid can return to the workforce. Introducing something in three or fours years’ time is of little use to the tens of thousands of people who could face this problem at the moment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank the officials before us, Mr. Hession and his team, for engaging with us on this. We have had a useful engagement and I hope the witnesses take the points raised in the context of their evaluation of the straw man, which we all believe is a good mechanism to encourage engagement. It is a tool the Department now uses more frequently to stimulate engagement. We welcome that. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: In respect of Deputy Ó Cuív's question about the 50% increase from six months to nine months, I am confused by Mr. Hession's answer. I did not understand how he could claim it would be 50% more expensive to go from six months to nine months. What is the mathematical basis for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: People are caught on one side or the other. I have an issue related to what we are dealing with today. In his evidence here this morning, Mr. Hession made the point that this really came to the fore during the pandemic in terms of the impact of the pandemic unemployment payment. The current rates were insufficient to meet the costs and commitments that people have. There is an issue that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address delays in processing probate applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering legislating to allow families to avail of the digital right to be forgotten by erasing the social media profiles of a deceased person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff he has on secondment to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Brussels to assist with Ireland's work at EU Council and its engagement with the EU Commission; the corresponding number of staff on secondment on 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16892/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to stop convicted sex offenders from using the EU digital right to be forgotten to erase media reports of their convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16888/23]