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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 23 January 2024; if he would overlay the sentinel 1 survey data with the OPW flood maps of the Shannon Callows to finally resolve disputes with regard to the scale of summer flooding due to grass cover; or alternatively if he would apply winter sentinel 1 survey data at the same water...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I wonder how you lost track of that.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Quite a number of Members in the House served with John Bruton. Our colleagues Richard, John's brother, Brendan Howlin, who has just spoken, and Michael Lowry who is unavoidably abroad at the moment, have a unique insight into John because they served with him in Cabinet when he was Taoiseach. I served on John's last Front Bench and what springs to mind for me when I think of John Bruton is...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Ó Laoghaire is running late. Members are required to participate in the meeting remotely from within the Leinster House complex only. I remind those in attendance to make sure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. I welcome the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, to the meeting. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. We will now go through the Estimates section by section and seek questions from members. The first section is on administration. Do colleagues have questions on administration? No. We will move on to pensions. Do members have questions on pensions? No. We will move to section 3, which is on the working-age payments and income supports....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: The Minister and her officials will recall engagement I had with them previously in respect of the working family payment. The payments received by larger families has not kept in train with the increases for smaller families over the past decade. It is an issue the Parliamentary Budget Office flagged with us. The committee would ask the Minister to look at that in the context of the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: The Deputy may ask a brief question on administration. We have moved on but I will take that question.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I call Deputy Ó Cuív on the working age income supports.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Briefly, as we have moved on.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister. If there are no other questions under income supports, we now move on to working age-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: We will be dealing with schemes next, now.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: Bring it up under this heading and then we can move on to the schemes then.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: If no one else wishes to come in on the working-age employment supports, we will move on to the next section, which deals with blindness, disability and carers. Are there any questions on those schemes? No. The next section concerns children. Are there any questions?