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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: ...continues to pursue pro-enterprise and pro-competitive policies. Published in December 2022, the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030 sets out Ireland's industrial policy for the medium to long term, building on Ireland's strengths of an open economy with strong trade and foreign investment, a vibrant innovation hub and a resilient labour market.

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

Peter Burke: ...is the one reason eligibility is, in part, determined by the rates system, which is a good proxy for determining the scale and size of a business. Businesses that are tenants can register as long as they are ratepayers. It has been brought to my attention that some businesses have entered into arrangements with their landlords whereby the rent payable includes an amount towards rates...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...signed with Southern Regional College and Queen's University. A large amount of cross-Border work is being done in this regard. I have dealt with the issue of to personal assistants over a long period. The previous Minister realised that work needs to be done in the context of sustainability. I would like to think that the new Minister will continue along those lines.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...a new building. Planning permission was granted for it, and it was full steam ahead. Because of Covid, inflation and so on, it did not go ahead, but the need remains and has increased. We have a long list of people in the country waiting for dental procedures. We need more places. With the talk about digital dentistry, we need a modern approach. Refurbishing an old, outdated,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (23 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I remember when the student contribution charge was brought in. Everybody knew it was fees by another name. Realistically, it is long past time for it to be removed. Instead, what we saw in the last budget, which surprised me, were more one-off measures. We are past the time for that; we need to do better than one-off measures. We need to hear a commitment from the Government that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Meals-on-Wheels Services (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...It is a key priority for me and the Government to allow more people to engage with services, thereby allowing them to remain independent and able to live in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. I speak every day about the triangular supports of homecare, daycare and meals on wheels within the community setting. These include dementia-specific supports. They are a key...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...been made available in 2024 to progress the drainage, pavement and safety works on the N83 within the town, which shows this work is commencing at some level. For towns and villages it sometimes takes a long time to get a relief road but it is important it happens, especially for the people living there. A major priority in the NDP, in line with the Department's investment hierarchy,...

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

Victor Boyhan: ...in north County Dublin but also in other parts of Ireland; and, of course, the issue of the new farmers' charter. I call on the Government to finally release the new farmers' charter, which is long expected and so important to agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Ultimately, the charter sets out the expectations of those concerned and their right to engagement with the Department of...

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) See 7 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...relation to an identifiable person or entity they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative that they comply with such a direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such way as to make him...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mairead Farrell: ...apprenticeship system cannot produce the necessary workers, how will we build the homes we so desperately need? We know that so many craft apprentices are at a crisis point because it is taking so long for them to get qualified. It is taking them longer than the four years, which is absolutely outrageous. They are not able to get the money they deserve to get. They really are at a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (23 May 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...DCU project of 405 beds through the tender stage. These projects are part of the short-term activation measures to stimulate supply of projects which had planning permission but had stalled. The long-term policy approach was approved by my predecessor and the Government on 16 January 2024. This policy will inform the new student accommodation strategy which will be developed...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...it is important to say that. I mention this because the role of political institutions in the quality of democracy is important and that is why the work of this committee is important. This committee sits alongside the sectoral committees in the same way that I, as Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, sit alongside the different sectoral departments at a European...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Martin Browne: ...physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts is protected, pursuant to both the Constitution and statute, by absolute privilege. They are again reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity, by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or otherwise...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: ...the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Unit, Roscrea", was submitted by Mr. Donnacha Delaney. This petition asks that the Government provide the HSE with the requisite capital funding to build a new long-stay residential care unit for older persons in Roscrea in order to maintain and-or increase current long-stay bed capacity in the town before any change to the current service provision...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business of Select Committee (23 May 2024)

Charles Flanagan: I have not received any apologies. I remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that we should not comment on, criticise, or make charges against any person or entity outside the House or an official, either by name or in such a way as to make them in any way identifiable. Any member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 May 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...will activate Phase 1 of UCD’s project for delivery of 493 beds in addition to Maynooth University’s 116 bed project to construction and DCU’s 405 bed project through tender stage. The long term student accommodation policy was approved by Government in January. This includes measures for increasing supply of student accommodation, reducing cost of delivery through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Patrick O'Donovan: ...include projects where planning was granted but the project never progressed further than that or may be on hold. Planning applications in respect of a further 2,016 beds have been sought. A long term student accommodation policy was approved by Government in January to activate supply of student accommodation through state support. This includes measures for increasing supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 May 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Deputy is aware, in Budget 2024, the following long term measures will commence in September 2024:- The income threshold for the Band 4 Maintenance Grant is increasing from €46,790 to €50,840 The income threshold for the 100% Student Contribution Grant is increasing from €50,840 to €55,924 The income disregard for holiday earnings (earnings outside of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 May 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...assessment of this alternative proposal. The HEA was informed this month by the University of Galway that the project will not progress as the developer/landlord have advised that they can no longer commit to the proposal. The Department will continue to engage with the University of Galway in relation to potential projects through the developing long term policy and strategy for...