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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1081. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there were any persons residing in the designated accommodations centres prior to their designation; if they are going to remain there; and if not, where they will be accommodated subsequently. [13898/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1082. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the duration that such designated accommodation centres are expected to serve a person, by location if the dates in question are different. [13899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1079. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it remains the policy of his Department that those in 'designated accommodation centres' for the purposes of the temporary protection directive and the Social Welfare Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, shall only be newly arrived beneficiaries of the directive, and that no persons will be accommodated in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1080. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any intention to open further designated accommodation centres; and how many places he intends to provide in this category of accommodation. [13897/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1575. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on whether a primary health care centre is planned for the Douglas area in Cork. [15138/24]

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Being able to access a GP is like having money in the bank. The security it offers a family is hard to overestimate. However, it is too often the case that people trying to find a new practice, perhaps having come to a new area, find it nigh on impossible to do so. Even if you are on a GP's books, it can be difficult to get an appointment. While it was not mentioned much in the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: More than 13,000 children are among the 31,000 people killed in Gaza in a little over five months, with 72,000 people injured. Having completely exhausted food supplies and coping capacities, more than 1 million people are struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation. Famine is imminent. In the past number of days Israel has denied UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini entrance to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before last weekend, 130 asylum applicants were living in an inhumane condition in Dublin without on-site hygiene facilities, toilets accessible at night or washing facilities. In an attempt to hide Government failure on asylum accommodation, they were put on a bus and moved to the outskirts of Dublin to the site of a former nursing home at Crooksling. The conditions there were so bad that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish the Taoiseach all the best personally. I know it is not an easy day for him but I wish him the best for the future. In the programme for Government, the Government committed to reducing waiting times for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 by using the standard operating procedure the former Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, introduced in January 2020. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As I was speaking, it occurred to me that it is related to a means test but is probably not strictly speaking a means test issue. The Minister is not here and Mr. Egan cannot commit on her behalf, but my main request is to have a meeting on this with the Minister. Kinship carers are entitled to the guardian's payment, non-contributory, on the basis that there is parental abandonment. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Mr. Egan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a few general observations. I welcome that the means test is being reviewed. On a slightly separate point, in general I like universal programmes and am philosophically of the view that if a taxation system is adequately progressive and people pay according to their means, everyone should be in a position to benefit. If a welfare state is only for the poor, then it will be a poor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will try to be as quick as I can, although I am not sure how quick. There are actually four issues, but two are just for the record. One is to state my agreement with Senator Wall and Deputy Ó Cuív. Carers are probably among the most important people in the context of the means test. I am glad that is being reviewed. I am not totally sure how the two reviews relate to one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Maybe it is a unique situation but the person is working in a job with a wage comparable to that of a community employment scheme. They work 19 hours and have a take-home pay of €214 and they also receive child maintenance, which is obviously not included. It is a very low income but they still do not qualify.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a fair point. I would say very small numbers of people are affected but I will send on examples. This has a knock-on impact in terms of the warmer homes scheme which I want to flag as well.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (7 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to address the challenges that rural communities are facing in relation to increased costs with household energy and fuel. [10553/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Process (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023. [10550/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to address the challenges that rural communities are facing in relation to increased costs with transport. [10553/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what efforts are being made by her Department to ensure that local authorities are enforcing the legislation to collect fines under dog control regulations. [10551/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged with Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann since the publication of its report on the housing needs of Ireland’s offshore islands in November 2023, and if her Department discussed its recommendations with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [10552/24]