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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: The Minister said 10% and so forth. How long is that there? Have the percentages ever been increased?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Is there a possibility it could be increased? The Minister is increasing the funding itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Children with Disabilities - UNCRPD Article 7: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which were very informative and useful. I thank them also for attending the meeting and articulating the issues that need to be addressed. As they will know, this committee works on a cross-party basis and has been a very united committee under the stewardship of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. It is a committee that genuinely wants to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Children with Disabilities - UNCRPD Article 7: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: To clarify, the third question was on how governments and other stakeholders can raise awareness and remove barriers in education and health environments, including for children with disabilities.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a couple of questions for the Minister, and then I want to raise something on the housing adaptation grants. With these Supplementary Estimates, the combination for homelessness, subhead A13, will be €385 million in 2024 and the amount budgeted for 2025 is just €303 million in comparison. This seems to be happening every year, where the amount budgeted for homeless...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: In budget 2025, the total Exchequer capital funding for housing is €3.2 billion. With the Estimates for this year it is €3.466 billion when you add the different bits together. That is projecting €250 million lower for 2025 than the sum for 2024. It is a somewhat different type of expenditure but it seems we are projecting a lower overall capital spend for next year...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Will the revised housing targets be ready to go to Cabinet next week?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is a few weeks away.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister. On housing adaptations grants, I welcome the additional funding there. It is very much needed and these grants are very important. Fewer grants have been awarded in 2024 than in 2010. Since 2010, there has been a huge growth of almost 300,000 in our population in terms of people aged 65 years and older. There is a huge need here. ALONE put in freedom of information...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: It goes to the Cabinet sub-committee first.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Amendment No. 4 not moved.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Section 4 agreed to.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Amendment No. 5 not moved.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

NEW SECTION

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 6: In page 3, after line 25, to insert the following: “Maternity benefit – members of the Houses of the Oireachtas 5. The Minister shall, within 3 weeks of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the payment of maternity benefit to public office holders who are members of either such House and who cease to...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You cannot win.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I make the case for my colleagues, for all colleagues in the Houses of the Oireachtas, in putting forward this amendment.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you for championing the cause. Does anyone else wish to speak on this matter? No.

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I absolutely understand the point the Deputy is making. I have had this debate in the Seanad a number of times. The best solution I could find was for them to come forward with a proposal on an all-party basis via a Private Member's Bill and I am still waiting for it. If there is all-party agreement on it, I will be happy to take it, but there will have to be all-party agreement and no...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There are a few of them.