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Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...Capabilities and Operational Outputs, which is the main defence spend after stripping out pensions and so on, was €896,187,000. Of this, €720,212,000 related to current expenditure and €175,975,000 related to capital. Over the year, we are to see a vast increase of 1%. After all the talk we had, there will be an increase of 1%. That covers 9,072 associated public...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...projects not being able to go ahead. The two community-owned solar projects in question are the Barnaderg solar project in County Galway and the Claremorris solar project in County Mayo, for 4 MW and 5 MW. They were successful in the first renewable energy support scheme, RESS, auction two years ago and it was the first ever community category for renewable energy projects in Ireland....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...to make sure that we make use of the savings in the Department's Vote and to provide for Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR, schemes and Ukraine-related schemes. In gross terms, an additional €90.9 million is required by my Department to meet costs that have arisen in 2023. That is broken down as follows: €17.5 million for BAR fishery schemes; €68.4 million for Rosslare...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2023)

...or 2.4% of the core current expenditure base. These costs do not factor in the costs associated with a potential public sector pay deal for 2024, which is typically included in ELS costs, although there remains €0.85 billion unallocated current expenditure for 2024 and this will likely be used to fund any pay deal. Looking further ahead, the Department assumes ELS costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Last August, I welcomed the publication by the National Cancer Registry 'Childhood Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Cancer Trends Report'. The report describes ongoing significant improvements in 5-year survival and reductions in mortality for childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancers. This reflects advances in early detection, treatment, and care. In 2014, mortality...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...jobseekers was provided for in the budget. It is difficult to get my head around exactly what is going to transpire because it is subject to final design. I am wondering what calculation the €5 million provided for December 2024 reflects. We have the straw man and the sense of the €450 cap and the six months and the Minister has given some commentary on it in recent days...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...level now, initially in response to the Ukraine situation but which are also now working with international protection applicants. Regarding the budget line, this is an additional €10 million. The beginning of it was 2022. After the initial inflow of people, we got an initial €5 million for SICAP and half a million for the volunteer centres for the second half of 2022....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

...and digital go hand in hand and will be two key pillars in driving the organisation forward. Regarding better lounges and more seating capacity for passengers, we have a capacity of approximately 500 passengers in our lounges. We would like to double that in the years ahead. This would involve a larger platinum lounge as well as more lounge capacity in T1 and T2, which passengers are...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...meant the insurance companies could have cherry-picked who they wanted. Prior to the market being opened up 30 years ago, the VHI had a monopoly. In June of this year, we learned that 2.46 million people, almost 50% of the population, or 47.6% to be precise, have health insurance, the annual cost is over €1,500 per year and so on. In 2022, the total premium income was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...needs to start now to get these projects up and running. We will request a debate on that to see where we are at with regard to our renewables sector because in the context of the 2030 and 2050 targets, we have big targets to reach in the next number of decades. Senator Seery Kearney spoke about the Covid-19 vaccination programme and its success and the worrying trend where we are seeing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: In the pre-budget submission made by my Department to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, a total of €5 million was sought to maintain existing levels of service (ELS) at the Passport Service. In addition, the Department sought to retain an allocation of €10 million from the COVID Contingency Fund, which has been used to support staffing of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy is aware, the 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. If the relevant threshold is exceeded, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...billion 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...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (16 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...policy and Exchequer funding in relation to the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, and in line with the national development plan, NDP, the planning, design, improvement and upgrading of individual national roads is a matter for TII, in conjunction with the local authorities...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...the end of the year. The 2022 appropriation account for Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, records gross expenditure of almost €45 million. This spending was divided between two spending programmes, which were broadly similar in scale. Departmental staff pay accounted for €24.9 million, while grants to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (16 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. I welcome the electricity credit under this provision. According to my sums, a total of 2,059,000 homes will benefit from this €450 credit. It will be very welcome over the winter months when the high cost of energy will continue to be a real problem in terms of the cost of living of ordinary families. I welcome this measure and I...

Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...friend John King of SIPTU. As the then Minister of State with responsibility for business and employment, but principally as a human being, I was absolutely incredulous at what I heard. Almost 500 staff, some directly employed but most linked to concession holders at the iconic Clerys store on the main street of our capital city, had been given minutes to leave their work premises....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...in Gaza. We all know that and it has been the case for decades. Whatever the Taoiseach can do, I want to make it obvious that as a small island off the coast of Europe with a population of a bit over 5 million, and as a neutral country, we have incredible reach. I refer the Taoiseach to our relationship with our American friends in this regard. They are a critical component of what the...