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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...to take Leader's Questions today because he is speaking to the Prime Minister of the UK. He also has calls with the Northern Ireland First Minister, the Deputy First Minister and the President of Ukraine. Tomorrow, he will be in Brussels and Warsaw. He will be back to take Leader's Questions next week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

...of many horticultural businesses. The reality is that labour costs have increased and availability has decreased for everyone right across the entire food sector. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the input costs, as well as the costs of doing business, have also increased significantly, whatever those inputs might be, from base fertilisers to plant protection products. We then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Cathaoirleach is correct. I know this has been an area of significant interest for him. We have 18,000 young people from Ukraine currently in the system. It is a great boost to them to be able to say that, from 2025, the Ukrainian language will be on the system, but as a non-curricular subject. Second, on the recruiting of teachers from Ukraine, a number of teachers have registered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

...signed one with New Zealand, for example. It is open to have more restrictive arrangements, as the European Union and other countries have with Russia and Belarus because of what has happened in Ukraine. In parallel with that, there is the dual-use and military use regime, which is a separate set of safeguards that countries have. We have ours in the context of the European Union...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (10 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...price dynamics closely on an ongoing basis. From exceptionally low levels during the pandemic, wholesale oil prices rose steadily as Covid-19 restrictions eased. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, wholesale oil prices surged, eventually peaking at $117 dollars a barrel in June 2022. Since then wholesale prices have declined significantly to roughly $85...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...that every child has a school place, including the thousands of children who are newly arrived to this country. My Department has successfully supported and facilitated the enrolment of over 18,291 children from Ukraine in our primary and post primary schools. In the interim, the school was approved to proceed with rental of accommodation at a premises at Newport Road which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...year 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. Bus Éireann operates...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (10 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I cannot provide the information sought by the Deputy. As part of the Emergency Refurbishment (Ukraine) Programme, costs related to the refurbishment of public buildings are met from the Vote of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Once the works are completed the accommodation is made available to accommodate beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTP) fleeing the war...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (10 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will overturn a decision to refuse permission to travel to two children (details supplied) who need to sit an exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15614/24]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of a Palestinian state will happen. With others, Ireland faces a very direct threat to the European Union from populist forces within and dictatorship on our borders. Ensuring Ireland stands with European democracies is a core priority for me and the Government. Our support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, its right to be a democracy and its right to a European future are...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...our children's future by acting decisively on the climate crisis, and that values community and rural and regional development. This is a time of great challenge and a time in the world where leadership matters. In Ukraine, we see brave and courageous people standing firm against unprovoked war and aggression. In Gaza, we are witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe and seeing innocent...

Éirí as Oifig an Taoisigh - Resignation of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...is that universal healthcare is achievable, but it will need ongoing leadership, political prioritisation and investment. The fifth is national security. For the first time in decades, we have a full-scale war in Europe with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sweden has abandoned 200 years of neutrality. Finland has joined NATO. Some European countries are debating the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...Union. That said, the disruption to the domestic economy from Brexit is playing out more slowly than the fast-moving shocks we have also experienced in terms of Covid-19 and the impact of the situation in Ukraine. While the Trade and Cooperation Agreement provides for tariff-free trade between the EU and the UK, non-tariff barriers – such as regulatory checks – will weigh...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...or amended by the participating bank. SMEs can apply to Credit Review after exhausting the banks' internal appeals process. Two loan guarantee schemes for SMEs were announced in Budget 2023; the Ukraine Credit Guarantee Scheme and the Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme. These aim to facilitate access to credit at competitive prices in these areas important to SMEs and Government,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Sanctions (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...) are also made at EU level and new EU sanctions packages are brought forward if, and when, deemed necessary. The EU has adopted thirteen packages of sanctions in response to the situation in Ukraine since 23 February 2022. My Department has specific responsibility for implementing those EU sanctions which relate to trade. The Department works closely with the Office of the Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils traveling 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. There is a facility within...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...migration. The Department in particular thanks school communities and stakeholders across Ireland for their engagement, collaboration and support in accommodation over 18,000 pupils who have arrived in Ireland from Ukraine. As a reflection of school-age population demographic trends, enrolments are projected to fall over the coming years. While the national trend for primary school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils traveling 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. There has been an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 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 Transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Services (9 Apr 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. There has been an overall...