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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: The issue of the primary medical certificate is a body of work we need to do. It is a glaring issue that needs to be addressed. Do any of the other witnesses wish to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We will certainly do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: Would Ms Dennehy like to make a comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We will now go to our Vice Chair, Deputy Tully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I will call Ms Cassidy first and then we will go to Ms Dennehy or Ms Levin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We might put that to the migrant group at a later stage because they are not attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: No problem at all. I fully understand. Many members are coming and going to meetings-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: -----on a Thursday between the Seanad and the Dáil but, at the same time, everybody is giving the time to these issues. Maybe someone would reflect on Deputy Murnane O'Connor's question on the unmet need and what needs to be done. Who wants to take that, first, from the Irish Thalidomide Association?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Dennehy, Ms Levin, Ms Cassidy and Ms Browne for their attendance this morning and for the evidence they have given and the challenges they have put to the committee. There was discussion on the ecosystems. I would appreciate if all that could be made available to the committee. The Irish Thalidomide Association has again put the spotlight on the primary medical certificate and...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to welcome and speak on the Bill that is before the House. Nothing has been more transformative in Irish life since the foundation of the State than the education system. We can be very proud of how the education system has developed over the years and the huge amount of effort that has been put in by many Governments and Ministers to advance education. To take...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her strategy to support students in an alternative education setting, including its regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport system; when the final report is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4669/22]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on broadband. The issue is that broadband is the great enabler for rural Ireland. In many of the debates we had a number of years ago, we looked at broadband to try to have connectivity within rural Ireland. In the intervening two years, Covid-19 has shown us what rural Ireland can do. Despite the protests of the policymakers that we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (20 Jan 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Civil Service Renewal 2024 Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure in 2022 that has been allocated in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the loss of the audit exemption on late filing by the Companies Registration Office which is placing a significant financial burden on small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 1502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes in 2020 and 2021; the number of deaths in each year involving patients with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cork and Kerry currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the business resumption support scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (16 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his recent engagement with the Central Bank regarding the difficulties faced by the credit union sector. [62058/21]