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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: ...in recent years through no fault of their own, but because of the various challenges that arose with the increased cost of business, market disruption, the Covid pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the increased energy costs. I would like particular emphasis to be placed on small-scale manufacturing, as the Minister has quite rightly done in respect of small-scale hospitality...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...China. If China were to make an intervention in Taiwan tomorrow, the world would clamour for sanctions and supply chains in Ireland would be hit immediately, in the same way that Russia's murderous invasion of Ukraine brought about a supply-chain and economic disruption. Today, the Critical Raw Materials Act of the EU has come into being. It pertains to 34 critical raw materials...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

...the establishment of the judge-led independent review group and the publication of the Department’s organisational capability review. The Defence Women’s Network was officially launched in 2022. It continues to thrive. The year 2022 also saw the beginning of the war in Ukraine, which has and continues to impact on our lives in many different ways, creating social,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: ...trade. Since formal negotiations concluded in 2019, the global trade policy landscape has changed considerably. The rise in trade nationalism, the economic impacts of COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and the accompanying impacts on global supply chains have demonstrated the importance of diversifying our import and export markets by securing robust and comprehensive trade deals with global...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: ...Ireland will facilitate introductions to up to 80 IDA Ireland clients up until the end of 2024. Despite challenging global issues affecting the Irish economy in recent years, including the impacts of Brexit, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Ireland has continued to perform strongly in continuing to attract employment generating, and trade benefiting enterprises.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: ...and Irish-owned, has performed strongly in recent years and has successfully weathered several shocks in recent years, including Brexit, Covid and the disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the most recent employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, total employment in industry- including manufacturing industry- across the country stood...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is a political matter. It is a matter of potential public controversy, for example, Ukraine or the Middle East. Our Defence Forces can be there as peacekeepers in any given scenario in the future, in Africa, in Sahel or wherever. What if public commentary is made, if protests are happening on those political matters, and people are taking positions on them? How does that colour host...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...of Hamas and Ireland’s support for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages. The situation in the Middle East has also come up in conversations I have had with other leaders, including President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. I will continue to avail of every possible opportunity to call for an immediate ceasefire and to express our...

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: ...a so-called developed, modern society and economy that is booming. It simply should not be happening. We also have many more children in our schools now, including children who have come from Ukraine and other countries. They are also coming into the system. We need to recognise that the only way this will be solved is to lift the embargo, to recruit more dentists and to train more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: ...achievement of peace, security and dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians is core to the Irish decision. While our focus is on conflict in the Middle East, I also note today that the conflict in Ukraine and Putin's horrific invasion continue. The media now report that Putin has ordered nuclear weapons trials within the area and that there are military exercises to simulate the launch...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (22 May 2024) See 24 other results from this debate

.... Starting with the context, in July 2023 the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to approve the ASAP. This regulation was designed to provide for the faster delivery of armament to Ukraine and the replenishment of EU member states’ stockpiles, with an initial €500 million being allocated in the form of a ramp-up fund to incentivise European arms companies to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The total cost of the scheme in 2023 was €382.02m. Children are eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The total cost of the scheme in 2023 was €382.02m. A review of the School...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who will be responsible for the review into payments for migrants both from Ukraine and elsewhere; the Departments or State bodies that will be represented at the meetings; the format it will take; the number of meetings that will be held; if the conclusions will be published; if it will consider international comparators...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for justice the current Government policy regarding the status of those who have fled war in Ukraine following the lapse of the temporary protection directive in March 2023. [23036/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (22 May 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Roderic O'Gorman: ...000' 000' 000' €640,800 €1,520,175 €1,490,317 E5: Ukraine Accommodation and Related Costs Current Capital Current Capital Current Capital E5: Ukr Commercial Accommodation Costs € ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...as a whole (of whom 7,356 are children) compared with approximately 8,700 people at the end of February 2022. Together with Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTP) displaced by the war in Ukraine, this means that Ireland is now accommodating over 102,000 people in state-supported accommodation. The below costs include all accommodation and related costs, including transport,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inflation Rate (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...dynamics of energy prices have been key in driving the headline inflation rate over recent years. The initial driver of inflation was a surge in energy prices that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This substantially disrupted the supply of energy, in particular of natural gas, of which Russia was a large exporter to Europe. Wholesale gas prices peaked at £4 per therm in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...with vital information on which to base policy initiatives that support businesses to manage rising costs and further invest. This includes the temporary business energy support scheme, the Ukraine credit guarantee scheme and the growth and sustainability loan scheme among a range of other policy measures. The most recent SME credit demand survey in its series, published in April...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: ...in real time to a migration system that moved from one that was used to seeing about 3,000 to 4,000 people per year to one that, between international protection applicants and people from Ukraine, saw around 143,000 people over a period of time. The Government has taken a number of actions in real time to try to build those systems and respond. The expansion of the safe countries list...