Results 161-180 of 2,335 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for his question relating to plans to support the establishment and continued support of community councils throughout the country. A number of community council groups are established across the country. My Department has provided support to these organisations under a number of schemes. A range of other community development entities are also in place right across the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: My Department provides a range of supports to build capacity in community organisations across the country. With regard to EU funding programmes in particular: SICAP is Government’s primary social inclusion intervention, co-funded by Government and the European Social Fund Plus. The new iteration of the programme features a dedicated core area of work called Community Animation, which...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: Last December, I launched the Local Enhancement Programme (LEP), with capital funding of €6 million to assist community groups across the country. The LEP is targeted to the specific challenges facing local community groups and delivers immediate, tangible supports where they are needed most. There was a particular focus on small capital works/improvements, and the purchase of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: Tús is a community work placement initiative which aims to provide short-term work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The Department is very conscious of the need to support Tús and continues to meet regularly with representatives of these programmes. The focus of Tús is on jobseekers that are unemployed for twelve months or more, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support scheme that provides part-time employment opportunities for farmers and fishermen and women who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are underemployed in their primary occupation. It is a demand-led scheme and people who wish to participate apply directly to the IB that delivers the scheme in their area. The RSS is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support scheme that provides part-time employment opportunities for low-income farmers and fisher persons who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are underemployed in their primary occupation. A review of the RSS is currently underway, and it is planned to have this review completed and ready for publication shortly. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Employment Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports over 430 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. The programme provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of employing a manager. Funding of €1m was made...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 10: In page 37, to delete lines 33 to 40, to delete page 38, and in page 39, to delete lines 1 to 7.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 11: In page 39, to delete lines 8 to 22.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: In closing I want to take the opportunity to record my thanks to my fellow Deputies, the Charities Regulator and all the stakeholders who have engaged with me and my officials and who have made very valuable submissions and observations as part of this wider, deliberative process. I also acknowledge the valuable assistance of officials in the Bills Office. I reiterate that the purpose of...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: In page 17, line 28, to delete “shall, on the specified date, remove” and substitute “shall remove”. I am delighted to be here today to commence Report and Final Stages of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023 with officials from my Department. The purpose of the Bill is to strengthen the charity sector, ensuring greater transparency,...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 2: In page 19, line 16, to delete “subsection (9)” and substitute “subsection (1A) or (9)”.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 3: In page 33, line 23, to delete “88D” and substitute “88C”. I want to speak to amendment No. 9 first as the remaining amendments are technical in nature. Amendment No. 9 updates Part 6A of the Bill, which relates to the entering of agreements and making of appointments by a charitable organisation. The provisions in Part 6A of the...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 4: In page 35, to delete line 21 and substitute “Agreements and Appointments”.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 5: In page 36, to delete lines 11 and 12.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 6: In page 37, to delete line 12 and substitute “regulations made under subsection (7)(a).”.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 7: In page 37, line 15, after “constitution,” to insert “and”.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 8: In page 37, line 21, to delete “organisation, and” and substitute “organisation.”.

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 9: In page 37, to delete lines 22 to 32 and substitute the following: “(5) Where a charitable organisation has entered into an agreement or made an appointment in a financial year, the annual return (within the meaning of section 52) shall include a declaration that the charity trustees of the charitable organisation referred to in subsection (4)(b) are...

Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, to delete lines 9 to 11 and substitute the following: “corroborated particulars of death certificates; to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 and the Civil Registration Act 2019; and to provide for related matters.”. The first amendment proposes to amend the Long Title of the Civil...