Results 521-540 of 15,330 for 5 million

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

...the negative impacts of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and how the measures carried out under the fund would alleviate the adverse consequences. The total fund is €5.5 billion at EU level and Ireland received just over 20% of the entire reserve with an allocation €1.015 billion. This Department was allocated almost €300 million...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...capacity offshore of approximately 37 GW and approximately 10 GW onshore. That is, from wind alone, never mind other renewable power sources. At the moment, Ireland's grid only uses about 5 GW. The whole point of decarbonising our electricity generation and moving away from carbon-based fuels to more renewable and clean power generation capacity is to do what we need to from a climate...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...declaring we were "at war", I wonder with whom we are at war. With our international healthcare workers? Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, where the children were cared for, has people of 65 nationalities working there; Irish, of course, being just one of those. We are very fortunate to have healthcare workers from all over the world. As I said in the Dáil last night,...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...day of the budget, shows that, in sub-programme A, defence policy and support, military capacities and operational outputs - the core spending of the Department on the military - is to rise from €915.362 million next year to €920.712 million. That is a 1%, or €5 million, increase. It is a joke. The Government is not serious about giving capacity to our Defence...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Policy (28 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Carrigy: ...local authority was targeted by the Department to reduce vacancy rates within its council housing stock. Longford County Council was given a target of reducing its 2021 vacancy rate of 7.2% to 3.5% in 2023. This was an ambitious target that was set for the local authority but I know the council was fully committed to achieving it and significant progress has been made on achieving the...

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McDowell: ...and Dáil Deputies, would be converted into a fifth committee room. I want to put on the record of this House that the fixed estimated costs for making that conversion involve an outlay of €3.7 million and that the annual extra cost for having it as a committee room would be €1.63 million, meaning that in the first year of operation this would cost more than €5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

...said there should be no exceptions and that loopholes are not allowed; instead, a bar is created and it is made very progressive above a certain level. We have advocated that it be above €5 million, which is the highest bar, so no wealth below that €5 million would be taxed and only wealth above that. However, we could still raise huge revenue above that threshold. Those...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...been approved for funding through the Climate Action Fund are set out below. The first call for applications in 2018 received 97 applications and approved seven projects to move to validation stage, 5 of these projects are in delivery with another expected to move to delivery this year. Four of these projects have received funding amounting to €6.3 million. Six out of seven of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...on special education. Further progress has been made in Budget 2024 where 26% of my department’s budget will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs, representing a 5% increase on Budget 2023. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream classes; funding for new special classes and new special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...to align school place provision with housing developments, increased demand for special educational needs provision and the accommodation of children from Ukraine. Under Project Ireland 2040, over €5 billion is being invested in the school sector over the period 2021-2025 which will add additional capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Returning to the register of electors, I was struck by Mr. O’Leary’s point that our population is growing at two TDs a year. Some 150,000 of 3 million or so is roughly 5% variation to the register of electors. Is the 5% by which it has varied additions, deletions or changes?

Report of Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motion (23 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...the interest rate increases. In autumn of last year the State made a number of large sales of shares in banks. In September 2022 the State sold shares in Bank of Ireland to the value of €841 million, for an average of €6.17 per share. The Bank of Ireland share prices have since risen to almost €9 today. Similarly, a large sale of AIB State shares happened in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (23 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...making a difference. In 2023, the HSE national service plan provides for an additional 43 residential places as well as 23 residential care packages to young people ageing out of Tusla services. In 2023, €6.7 million new development funding was made available to further expand respite services. I note Deputy McGuinness's strong advocacy in the area of respite. The Minister of...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Michael Collins: .... There are home heating oil bills, the price of coal has gone up, and if someone smokes a cigarette or pulls a pint, that has probably gone up. There are all these increases that soak away that €12 so that it probably ends up being a €4 or €5 increase. It might be said there is nothing wrong with that but, at the same time, it is not enough for people who are...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Cormac Devlin: The officials provided us with a note on PPP costs. It states that the reduction of €5 million relative to the Estimate provision was primarily due to delays in higher education infrastructure public private partnerships. How is that process operating now on the whole? Looking at a number of campuses across the country, some of them have strategic plans dating back a number of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to appear before select committee as it considers this request for a Supplementary Estimate. I am here on behalf of the Taoiseach. A €4.5 million Supplementary Estimate is requested for Vote 5, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP. A technical Supplementary Estimate of €1,000 must also be requested for the Department...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...a vital role in our economy by collecting taxes and duties due to the State. In 2022, Revenue collected a record €83.1 billion in gross receipts against total administration costs of €491.7 million. The UK’s departure from the European Union has had a major impact on Irish businesses and has necessitated a shift in trade patterns, supply chains and the system of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...about the funding mechanism of the North of Ireland and obviously we have a situation there where budgets are experiencing massive holes. The Northern Minister for Education, Michelle McIlveen, indicated that there was a €750 million hole in the education budget, which, given the circumstances, means cutbacks to that level. The focus is on where those holes are and what costs they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy is aware, the Standard Fund Threshold (SFT) was introduced in Finance Act 2005, with the purpose of addressing excessive pension accrual, and it applies to all private and public sector pension arrangements. It is provided for in Chapter 2C of Part 30 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA) which sets out the maximum tax-relieved pension fund at retirement. The SFT regime was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...in RD&I often achieve greater levels of growth, drive societal benefits, and produce solutions to global challenges such as climate change, sustainability, and digital transformation. Over 25 years, Ireland has gone from a base of 800 RD&I active firms with a research spend of €300 million to almost 1,800 RD&I active enterprises spending of €3.88 billion in...