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CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Matt Carthy: I recall in November 2016 that I was an MEP when the Fine Gael Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, attended the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee. I asked him about the so-called double Irish, one of the many practices that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael had created to allow the wealthiest corporations in the world avoid paying their taxes. The scheme at...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Apple tax scandal brings the dreadful decisions taken by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on behalf of the people into plain sight. First, to facilitate one company making a profit of €104 billion without paying any corporation tax is reckless on a global scale. What kind of a show was Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael running that allowed stateless companies with no tax residence...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: As soon as the Apple judgment was announced, we in Labour called for statements and a debate in this House on this very important matter. The position is now final but it is disappointing we do not have enough time to debate this very important issue and the ramifications of it. In summary, the ECJ has found that a tax advantage provided to Apple by way of the 1991 and separate 2007 rulings...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the judgment. In future, I hope the Minister will listen and take heed of what Teachta Doherty is telling him because once again he has been proven right. He was not alone. The Government was warned repeatedly that the inevitable outcome of its challenge would be this money being returned to the State. The reputational damage done by the wrong-headed Government, with the support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Cathaoirleach, the committee and its officials. I apologise for my lateness. I am pleased to be able to address today’s session to discuss aligning disability funding with the UNCRPD. At the outset, I acknowledge the cross-party work of this committee and its efforts in seeking to drive progress for people with disabilities in line with its remit to monitor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: The Deputy asked about respite and I have made commitments there. Yesterday, I published the €15 million respite investment plan. I do not know whether she has yet seen it, but she will see clearly how the €15 million is being spent among the nine CHOs. In her area, CHO 1, €1.6 million has been allocated this year, which will amount to more over the full year. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: In respect of under-65s in nursing homes, I would be interested to hear where the Deputy got her figure of one person per day-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: All right. As of May 2024, 1,242 residents under the age of 65 were in nursing homes, of whom 85% were over the age of 50. Funding has been provided to support 81 people to transition to homes of their choosing within the community. A total of 340 residents will continue in their nursing home placement due to their current personal will and preference or due to an assessment of their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I will start with the disability participation awareness fund, DPAF. That money was first secured four budgets ago. Never before in the Department of Health had funding been secured for anything other than a health need. That funding was got on the basis that it is not all about health needs. When I got that funding, the first piece of it started at about €2 million. A lot of work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: That point is part of the DFI's submission. It is looking to have disability inclusion officers. The local authorities have done that very well with Age Action. Is it not a little bit of a miss that we will have a disability officer, an inclusion officer and an age-action officer? Should we not have an inclusion team that do this? Life consists of different stages for people. Inclusion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely. I have constituents coming in to me about this as well. Sometimes, there has to be more of an understanding within the Departments or within the areas that are supporting those payments, so that they understand what they are reading. I sometimes think people do not understand what they are reading unless it spells out "loss of limb". I think they do not really understand the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: There are four in it and they are broken into two each. The dividing of CHO 8 did not lend itself to best serving the residents when there was a need for services. That is not just in relation to disabilities but various other waiting lists as well. The new reconfiguration will support the residents better going forward. For CHO 8, €1.8 million has been ring-fenced for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Please read out the last piece regarding accessibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: We will start at the beginning. We will ask our officials to write to the Department of Transport and liaise back to the Senator straightaway with a date. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I will be interested in the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: In respect of the DSG 6, we are heading into the new disability strategy. When the last disability strategy was set up maybe there was not a huge awareness about DPOs, the person-centred approach and that lived experience. Maybe the definition of co-design actually recognises DPOs, DPROs and bringing everybody together, including the parents. There are parents of children who would like to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: All I can say is that when I go to do something within the Department of Children, Equality, Disability and Youth, I have 150% support from the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman. I will go to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform tomorrow and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, will be sitting in front of me. While he is a tough negotiator, his is very supportive of people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: In respect of the optional protocol, they are meeting again in September. Advice was received and is being considered. A pathway to ratification will follow as soon as possible. We are on course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: That is thanks to the support of the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: On disabled drivers, we had the national disability inclusion strategy transport working group. That was done and it was comprehensive. We saw exactly where the money for transport is being spent across all the Departments. Regarding disabled drivers, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, put back in place the people who were based in the NRH in Dublin. They were the board that makes the...