Results 221-240 of 24,181 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the floor of the House. I will pass on the argument and case he has made to the Minister for Education. As I said, there have been significant advancements, as I think we would all recognise. I laid them out in my earlier reply as well. The implementation of revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school secretaries in the February...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. I am happy to take this matter on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy James Browne. The Deputy made a valid point, and I thank him for raising this matter. On 25 April 2023, the Government approved additional measures under the Housing for All action plan to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and to help...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: One-off housing, particularly in rural areas like Roscommon, no more than my own area, is a really important part of housing output. It is important to the vibrancy of rural communities as well. I understand the argument the Deputy is making in respect of how you tie the contribution people are paying directly to a service that is being delivered in return. I have outlined the position...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I will try to be brief in that case. I thank the Senator for raising this matter. We are trying to improve services in Letterkenny General Hospital as well, so I understand what she is trying to achieve and the importance of insulin pump therapy. I will cut to the chase and speak to the situation with regard to Cavan and Monaghan hospital. As we know, the provision of insulin pump...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Government investment in sport is essential to increasing participation levels in all sports, across all sectors of society. When the National Sports Policy was published in 2018, it set a commitment to double investment in sport to more than €220 million by 2027. The funding allocation for sport this year will be over €230 million. This means that, two years ahead of schedule,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The club referred to by the Deputy was provisionally allocated €18,000 under the 2020 round of the Community Sports Facilities Fund, formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme. The email confirming the provisional allocation, which issued to the club on 2 March 2022, set out the terms and conditions that must be met prior to formal approval by the Department. The club...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (14 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Considerable financial support has been provided by the state to the FAI (the organisation referred to in the details supplied) in recent years, totalling over €75 million between 2019 and 2024, including €30.2 million specifically to support football development. This was substantially delivered through the 2020-2023 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (13 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá pleananna teanga ceadaithe agus á bhfeidhmiú i 26 Limistéar Pleanála Teanga(LPT) agus dhá Bhaile Seirbhísí Gaeltachta(BSG) sa Ghaeltacht. Tá céimeanna á dtógáil ag grúpa pobail le tús a chuir le hullmhú plean teanga do Bhéal an Mhuirthead, an tríú BSG atá sainaitheanta sa Ghaeltacht. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (13 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ag croílár iarrachtaí an Rialtais sa bhogadh i dtreo seirbhís phoiblí dhátheangach, tá feidhmiú iomlán agus rathúil Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. Tá an Plean Náisiúnta um Sheirbhísí Poiblí Gaeilge ar cheann de na príomhfheithiclí chun na cuspóirí straitéiseacha sin a bhaint amach....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (13 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá trí Bhaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta sainaitheanta sa Ghaeltacht, sin iad:An Clochán Liath, Co. Dhún na nGall;Béal an Mhuirthead, Co. Mhaigh Eo;Daingean Uí Chúis, Co. Chiarraí. Tá pleananna teanga á bhfeidhmiú i BSG An Clochán Liath agus BSG Daingean Uí Chúis. An Chlochán Liath: Ta plean teanga do BSG an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (13 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: All National Governing Bodies of sport, including the Camogie Association and its affiliated members, are independent, autonomous bodies and are therefore responsible for the development of their own sports, including matters relating to playing attire. However, given there is still a participation gap between female and male participation in sport, I would urge the Association to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (13 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Addressing female participation at all levels in sport is an important element of the National Sports Policy and a core priority of mine. That includes women in leadership positions such as board members of National Governing Bodies (NGBs), Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) and other funded sporting bodies. The most recent Sports Action Plan set a target for all NGBs to achieve and maintain...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Road Projects (13 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy is aware, the recent Programme for Government made a commitment to restoring Scéim na mBóithre Áise in Gaeltacht areas. However, no mechanism has been put in place for this as of yet. The re-establishment of the scheme will, of course, depend on funding and resources being made available through the Estimates Process for this purpose and this is currently at the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The LSSIF was first announced with a funding round in 2019. It is a relatively new fund in that regard, with the objective of trying to ensure that the Government can work to support the development of large-scale sporting facilities across the country. So far, we have had two rounds, in 2019 and 2024. Between both of those, €297 million invested has been invested, which is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It will be very much dependent on funding. That is something on which we will have engagement in the budgetary process to see what the potential is. The opening and announcement of new funding under the sports capital grant and the regional grants under the sports capital facilities fund have generally been every two years. I expect in the first part of next year to open up the sports...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. I know of the great excitement in the county this week in the run-up to the Leinster final this weekend. It has been added to by the under-age success, which has been wonderful to see and is a great reflection on the great work done by Louth GAA at all levels. I look forward to seeing the game this weekend. If it is half as dramatic as the previous one,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: It has been wonderful in recent years to see the strong increase in participation across many sports and how that has been driven forward and facilitated by the wonderful volunteer ethos at local level in terms of organising and facilitating so much sports activity through clubs on an ongoing basis. There is also great work in terms of leveraging sports capital grants and developing those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I would certainly be delighted to visit because it sounds like one of the prime examples of what is possible and how, by collaborating, we can maximise the impact of this investment. That is something we want to see more of across the country and, anywhere there is an opportunity to do that, to back it. We are also looking at how we can work in as strong a way as possible through...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 105, 108 and 137 together. I thank the Deputies for their questions. The programme for Government commits to supporting the sporting community across the country to ensure more people participate, reap the benefits of sport and fulfil their potential from grassroots right up to high-performance level. We are achieving this and will continue to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I know the club has done wonderful work there historically but also in terms of seeking to develop the club in recent years. It was supported in 2018 and 2020 through sports capital grants. I know it purchased a new building in Raheny and is considering how it can develop it having purchased the old Catholic church in Raheny village. I look forward to seeing how we can work with it in the...