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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not available to people whose income is above the threshold.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: -----to provide support. The Deputy is against the HAP anyway. That is my understanding.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am not against the HAP. I am against it as a substitute for social housing.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: On one hand, Deputy Boyd Barrett-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Give them the HAP.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been present in the Dáil on several occasions when the Deputy has spoken against the HAP.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am against it as a substitute for housing.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In any event, it is not my desire to politicise the plight of the two people Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You just did.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not my desire because they want to be helped and supported and I am sure if he has any information about them, they are already getting support from their local authority. I hope they are. Housing executive bodies are in place to try to prevent people becoming homeless.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are using the freefone number.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I hope the housing executive body is aware of the issue and is trying to help.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I wish to raise the issue of home care. As the Minister of State is aware, the Cork-Kerry region has approximately 1,300 people on its home care waiting list, accounting for nearly one quarter of the national list of 6,000. I acknowledge the work the Minister of State has done in recent years and she has received additional funding in the most recent budget, but it has not trickled down...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Joan Collins: We will wait until next week and then see what the report is.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I met a mother of three young children who has recently gone back to work two days a week. She was contacted and advised her medical card will be removed. Her going back to work for two days a week is good for her family, her mental health and the local economy, to which she is contributing. I know financial thresholds in respect of the medical card have not changed in the past ten years....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy acknowledged in her question, access to medical cards is means tested. It is the case that some people who go back to work retain the card. I am afraid I am not in a position to fully answer the Deputy's question because I do not know the details. I am sure the Deputy knows them, but it would not be appropriate to raise them here. I do not know to what degree the means of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I have raised this issue on a number of occasions. Since 2016, a boil water notice has been in place in west Cork, affecting 9,000 customers. To buy bottled water costs between €500 and €1,000 per annum per household, when water should be free. It will be another two years before this issue will be resolved. I understand the UK is introducing a compensation scheme when this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I know this is a very important issue affecting the Deputy's constituents. As Deputy Stanton has said, a €22 million upgrade is now underway at Whitegate water treatment plant. I understand it is due to be completed in 2026. I know 2026 is a long way away for up to 10,000 people who are affected by a boil water notice. I will raise the issue with Uisce Éireann to see if any...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There are three items of real importance in my constituency of Waterford that should come across the Minister's desk in the Department of public expenditure. The first concerns the PPP project and engineering building that was promised for SETU in Waterford. We have been awaiting a decision on it for months. The second issue also concerns the technological university sector, namely the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is three for the price of one. You are only supposed to be speaking on one issue.