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Seanad Éireann Vol. 277 Monday, No. 1 14 June 2021 DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES SEANAD ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Insert Date Here 14/06/2021A00100Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 2 14/06/2021A00300Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 4 14/06/2021A00400Social Welfare Benefits � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 4 14/06/2021B00500Social Welfare Benefits � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 6 14/06/2021C00350Common Agricultural Policy � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 8 14/06/2021D00450Tax Collection � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 10 14/06/2021E00350Direct Provision System � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 13 14/06/2021F00500Departmental Buildings� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 15 14/06/2021K00100An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 18 14/06/2021T00100Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 34 Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 65 14/06/2021TT00100Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 82 /2021BBB00100Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � 90 SEANAD ÉIREANN Dé Luain, 14 Meitheamh 2021 Monday, 14 June 2021 Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10�30 a�m� Machnamh agus Paidir. Reflection and Prayer. 14/06/2021A00100Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad 14/06/2021A00200An Cathaoirleach: I have received notice from Senator Erin McGreehan that, on the mo- tion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to extend the free travel scheme to in- clude people diagnosed with epilepsy� I have also received notice from Senator Maria Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to review the telephone and living alone allowances for citizens over the age of 70 years� I have also received notice from Senator Victor Boyhan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the supports being considered through the CAP negotiations for farmers in Ireland who out-winter their cattle, who are not overstocked and do not use slurry or chemical fertiliser� I have also received notice from Senator Barry Ward of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to consider allowing persons who provide profes- sional services to the State to opt to pay professional withholding tax at 40% instead of 20%� I have also received notice from Senator Malcolm Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to make a statement on his future plans for the temporary direct provision centre at Courtown Hotel, Courtown, County Wexford� I have also received notice from Senator Michael McDowell of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to allocate space at the former Technological 2 14 June 2021 University of Dublin campus in Rathmines to the Rathmines College of Further Education to help alleviate long-term shortage of classroom space, as well as to allocate temporary facilities on the campus to the Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School� I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the provision of advanced paramedic motorcycles for Cork� I have also received notice from Senator Marie Sherlock of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the construction of Co- láiste Mhuire School building, Parnell Square, Dublin 1� I have also received notice from Senator Rebecca Moynihan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on counselling and mental health services for young people in Dublin city, in particular the future funding of these services in a post-pandemic environment� I have also received notice from Senator Lynn Boylan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to make a statement on his engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021� I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the N24 motorway proj- ect and the need to include a bypass of Tipperary Town� I have also received notice from Senator Sharon Keogan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the roll-out of a minor ail- ment scheme through the national network of pharmacies� I have also received notice from Senator Tim Lombard of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the current allocation of funding to Cork County Council for its roads maintenance programme� I have also received notice from Senator Fiona O’Loughlin of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to undertake a review of the Teaching Council� I have also received notice from Senator Rónán Mullen of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003, to legislate for those who knowingly or recklessly make false or misleading statements in an application or claim to the Personal Injuries As- sessment Board� I have also received notice from Senator Emer Currie of the following matter: 3 Seanad Éireann The need for the Minister for Health to extend the EU digital Covid certificate to include people in Northern Ireland� The matters raised by the Senators are suitable for discussion and I have selected Sena- tors McGreehan, Maria Byrne, Boyhan, Ward, Malcolm Byrne and McDowell, and they will be taken now� The matters concerning HSE matters cannot be taken because of ongoing issues regarding the cyberattack on the HSE� The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters that they wish to raise� 14/06/2021A00300Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters 14/06/2021A00400Social Welfare Benefits 14/06/2021A00500Senator Erin McGreehan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing this matter� I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O’Brien, for taking it on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys� My ask today seems very reasonable to me� Those with epilepsy should have an entitlement to the free travel scheme� Up to 40,000 people in Ireland live with epilepsy with approximately 1,200 of them in Louth� I fully support Epilepsy Ireland’s call to have the free travel scheme automatically extended to those who lose their driver licence due to a breakthrough seizure or where they automatically lose their licence for at least one year until they become one-year sei- zure free� There is also a need to see the free travel scheme established in such a way whereby people can apply to receive the benefit directly. The scheme is currently exclusively linked to other payments such as disability allowance and invalidity pension� This would allow people who will never be able to drive and who do not qualify for the disability allowance or invalidity pension to apply directly for the scheme� I must be clear that we are not proposing that all 40,000 people with epilepsy be automati- cally given access to free travel� Epilepsy Ireland loosely estimates that these proposals would benefit between 5,000 and 6,000 people with epilepsy as 70% of those living with the condition will go on to be seizure free� For the remaining 30%, some will qualify for the State schemes such as disability allowance or invalidity pension� The direct cost of bringing this number of people into the free travel scheme would be approximately €500,000� There is no doubt that there will be an argument from the Department of potential flood gates of claims and the high costs involved� However, we have a real obligation, in particular when we have accepted and signed up to the UN convention on persons with disabilities� Under that convention we have an obligation to enable people with disabilities to live independently and to participate fully in all parts of life� There is an onus on us to reduce barriers� If a person who has a driving licence, and is partaking normally like all the rest of us in society in education and work, has a seizure, he or she is put off the road for 12 months. I have heard awful stories about people who are now unemployed or who had to give up education
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