International Workers’ Memorial Day must be used to ensure income support provided to all frontline workers The decision to designate long Covid as an occupational illness lies with the Department of Health and Minister Donnelly, Denis Naughten TD has stated. “The Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection made it clear to the Oireachtas Committee that the decision on …
Naughten welcomes Barnardos acknowledgement that court is not best way to encourage school attendance
We need new ways to secure children’s education. Denis Naughten TD has welcomed the acknowledgement by Barnardos that the current legal system – which drags the parents of up to 200 children who miss over a month of school without any reason through the courts – needs to be reformed. Each year the parents of 800 children who have missed more than …
Minister Naughten delighted with positivity of ‘Reimagining St. Brigid’s’ event
Local Minister Denis Naughten recently held a discussion-based workshop in Ballinasloe as the second phase of his project ‘Reimagining St. Brigid’s’. The event brought together representatives of State agencies as well as businesses and community representatives from throughout the area. Speaking about the positivity and energy of the event, Minister Naughten said: “This project has been about stimulating debate about …
Keep Safe Card
This card is designed to save lives and reduce crime, particularly against older people, by combining an emergency response card to assist the emergency services with an unknown caller card to reduce incidents around bogus tradesmen preying on vulnerable people.
Keep Safe Card
This card is designed to save lives and reduce crime, particularly against older people, by combining an emergency response card to assist the emergency services with an unknown caller card to reduce incidents around bogus tradesmen preying on vulnerable people.
Here is what Tánaiste Joan Burton thinks of the reform of Child Benefit
Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that children in receipt of child benefit meet the statutory requirement of attending school up to 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17237/15]
And here is just one example of a little girl who would benefit by my reform proposals
Positive outcomes through legal action
Linking child benefit payment with school attendance could save €75m – Naughten
Proposal would cut fraud & encourage parents to send children to school
Changes to the way child benefit is paid could save in excess of €75m every year, claims Denis Naughten TD.
“By linking child benefit for school age children with school attendance savings of between €75m and €90m could be achieved.
Education Minister could look to own Dept. for child benefit savings – Naughten
School attendance payment could create €50m fund for pre-school extension Abolishing child benefit for school age children and replacing it with a school attendance payment would lead to savings of up to €50m which could be used to fund a targeted extra pre-school year for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, claims Denis Naughten TD. “The Education Minister has the tools at …
School Attendance Payment FAQs
Linking Child Benefit to School Attendance FAQs School attendance up to the age of 16 years is a statutory requirement under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000. Consequently, all recipients of child benefit are legally required to attend school up to this age. A number for frequently asked questions regarding my proposals to link child benefit with a school …
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