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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: When Dr. Keilthy spoke about in-work poverty, it was primarily in the context of lone parents. Does she have any further comment to make on in-work poverty in general?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: I was taken with one comment Dr. Keilthy made. I went off on a tangent, but she talked about restoring the lone-parent payment of €166 to its 2011 level. She referred to the minimum wage and the number of hours worked. One of the challenges and one of the key things to keep an eye on in a social welfare budget is that when somebody is given an increase in whatever the allowance...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: That struck me, but where increases are being given, the thresholds, bands and margins must be aligned right across the board to give full effect to the increase-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: -----in order that there are no unintended consequences. As I said, with the medical card, one could qualify one year, get an increase of a fiver and all of a sudden be over a threshold or whatever it might be. I wish to ask Mr. White one question and then I will come to Senator Conway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Mr. White mentioned something I was taken with and never really understood. He said there are 700 people who do not have sufficient vision to be able to drive but who do not qualify for the free travel scheme. His words were that they were not "blind enough" to drive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: What is the current threshold to qualify?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: No, the threshold to qualify.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: The fact that a person has been debarred from driving because of his or her vision is not sufficient in its own right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: I was unaware of that. I just wanted to clarify that a doctor can certify that someone is not fit or competent to drive because of his or her vision yet he or she does not qualify for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Senator Conway is very welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Does Mr. White or Mr. Reid wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Senator Higgins alluded to the fact that the committee sat jointly a number of months ago with two other committees to look at the difficulties faced by people with a range of disabilities in not just accessing but remaining in the workforce. We considered why people were getting jobs and the whole area of loss of supports and benefits. As Mr. Reid rightly said, just because one gets a job...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Did Dr. Keilthy want to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Before the witnesses respond and I conclude the meeting, I point out to Deputy Boyd Barrett that the witnesses were invited to provide pre-budget submissions. I gave the Deputy a degree of latitude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: I am unsure whether the witnesses will be in a position to address the detail of his questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: I have pointed out that it is not relevant to these proceedings and that the witnesses were invited to appear to deal with pre-budget submissions. I afforded the Deputy a degree of latitude to make his point. If the witnesses are in a position to respond, they may do so; if they are not, so be it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: Mr. White may respond now or revert in writing to the committee or the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)
John Curran: I thank Dr. Keilthy, Mr. White and Mr. Reid for their opening statements and informative replies to the matters raised.
- Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)
John Curran: I will be sharing time with Deputies Brassil, Browne, Aindrias Moynihan and Calleary. I thank my colleague, Deputy Thomas Byrne, for tabling the motion. I acknowledge the invaluable work of special needs assistants, autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units and special schools. All of us acknowledge this and see it in our communities. The problem is that on a regular basis, all Members of the...