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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay. The idea of a one-stop shop is good, although the SEAI might say there are already parts or iterations of that. Should the SEAI be running it? What is the best avenue for establishing one-stop shops of the kind Dr. Keilthy has in mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a good point. I have noticed in the past couple of years the information on the SEAI website is easier to comprehend than it was three or four years ago but there is still a bit of road to go to make it simple and easy to understand. Some of the schemes are straightforward but they do not always look straightforward; others are more complex. On quality assurance, I encountered a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a random selection of inspections, but does the SEAI do inspections in response to complaints?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There may be an issue there. I have correspondence from the SEAI about contractors being registered with the SEAI to ensure tax and insurance compliance. Dr. Byrne mentioned they are compliant with the relevant trade requirements but that is not mentioned in the correspondence I received. I will give a general sense of a case I have come across. The person in question is an engineer. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I could do that afterwards but a few questions arise off the back of this. It had only been delivering a COP of 2.0. Subsequently, the person was in contact with the installer and the manufacturer but found, after five months of attempting, there was no way to compel the installer to bring it up to an adequate performance standard. They are not considered binding standards. It seems from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not expect Dr. Byrne to do so. I am asking about general practice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay. One part of solution to this problem is that in addition to random inspections, the SEAI should be able to pick up the ball where there is an individual complaint that is plausible and not vexatious or frivolous. The following is an issue that comes up and is probably not at the hardest edge of fuel poverty. It relates to general fuel efficiency in State housing and all housing in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This question is for anyone, but Mr. O'Mahony mentioned the different types of buildings, including terraced, semi-detached and all the rest of it. Is there any scope, or is it something that happens already, regarding measures for locations where there are terraces or apartments that are a mix of local authority and privately owned? In the first place, that means Mount Sion Road in Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 998. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide ten additional Garda youth diversion programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth-focused community projects and staff across the State; and if they are aware of gaps in coverage, or large and populous areas without or with inadequately resourced projects, and how they intend to resolve this. [49716/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes, other weekly schemes and other scheme payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55959/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of introducing a child benefit double payment. [55960/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of raising the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment by €1. [55961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of raising the earnings disregard for the jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [55962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 363. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost to the exchequer of the JobPath scheme. [55963/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reintroducing the State pension for 65-year-olds who choose to retire. [55965/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer of the benefit payment for 65-year-olds. [55966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €1 for children under the age of 12 years and €1 for children over the age of 12 years, respectively. [55967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the current young jobseeker’s rate of €129.70 by €1 per week. [55968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance. [55970/23]