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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Michael Collins: ...and 381 serious injuries but he ignored that advice. This ignored report did not even look at our minor roads which are starved of funding. One municipal district in west Cork needs at least €5 million to bring roads up the standard. It got a little over €2 million which will not even scratch the surface. A massive understanding is coming home to roost and excessive...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (15 Nov 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...at Inchclearaun. To give a bit of background, this is an island on Lough Ree where mighty Queen Maebh of Connacht lived and died. A monastic site was founded on the island by St. Diarmaid in 540 AD. He was the teacher of St. Ciarán in Clonmacnoise. The place has a lot of history. In the 1980s, some of the monastic stones were stolen from the site and taken to America. Looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

..., employment figures were above pre-pandemic levels, which exceeded the target set out in the economic recovery plan in July 2021. The number of people in employment as at September is just over 2.6 million and the seasonally-adjusted monthly unemployment rate is now just under 5%. The rate for those aged 24 years and younger is now about 12.5%, which is broadly in line with the targets...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Existing Levels of Service Costs: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...There will be a Revised Estimate next week in respect of the health budget. We talked yesterday at a meeting of the finance committee about how, on an accrual basis, that may be as high as €1.5 billion if we are led to believe what is in the media and, on a cash basis, what is needed between now and the end of the year could be €1.1 billion. None of that is being provided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Erin McGreehan: ..., it is even more frustrating because we know we have good people who know what they are doing but we cannot get children access to them. That is frustrating. Mr. Smyth of Tusla mentioned that 5,500 children are in the care of the State. How many of them are in specialist care? How many, because of the lack of access to care and other interventions, including medical care, therapy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

...will tell the committee a little about Rory. He was a very healthy child. We are not talking about a situation where a child was immunocompromised or anything else. He was very healthy. He was 5 ft 9 in. tall, with big shoulders. He was a big kid. What happened was that when he was playing basketball one day he fell and cut himself, resulting in a very slight scrape on his arm....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and the committee for this opportunity to present details of this Supplementary Estimate for my Department. The Supplementary Estimate is required to provide the necessary funding of €926.606 million for the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme and €12 million for the business solar scheme, both in the energy transformation programme area. The Supplementary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 12 together. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring the LIS is funded into the future. This reflects the important contribution the scheme makes to connectivity in rural areas. LIS was reintroduced by my Department in 2017 following several years with no dedicated funding. Since then, almost €130 million has...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

John Brady: ...Israel's efforts during the current wave of violence. Ireland needs to make a referral to the International Criminal Court for Israel's war crimes in Gaza. In 2022, the Government provided €3 million to the ICC investigation in Ukraine. The Belgian Government recently provided €5 million for the ICC to investigate the war crimes in Palestine. The Irish Government needs to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...and sustainability concerns felt among providers. Actions to address these issues are set out in the ten-year whole-of-government strategy for babies, young children and their families, First 5, which was published in 2018, followed by a detailed implementation plan for the first phase of the strategy in 2019 covering the period 2019-2022. Annual reports over this period set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Since its launch in 2016, over €156 million has been allocated to more than 1,700 projects supporting towns and villages across the country. As committed in Our Rural Future, Ireland's rural development policy, TVRS priorities are reviewed at...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...that the LIS is funded into the future. LIS was reintroduced by my Department in 2017 following a number of years with no dedicated funding. Since 2017, my Department has allocated almost €130 million to the scheme, which has upgraded some 4,000 non-public roads and lanes, benefiting over 16,000 landowners and residents in these rural areas. In 2023, Meath received a total...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: On 4th November, I announced funding of €1.3 million for the provision of new computers, laptops, iPads and other information and communication technology (ICT) in public libraries across the country. This funding will support the new public library strategy, ‘The Library is the Place’,which was launched in July, and it will enable public libraries to replace outdated...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...with screening processes which would offer protection in particular for vulnerable groups and existing holders of Pakistan residency cards. Last week the EU released an additional €61 million to support the people of Afghanistan and Afghan refugees within Pakistan. Ireland supports the EU’s response to the crisis in Afghanistan including the allocation of more than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...which is designed for Senior Cycle students. Way 2 Work Ireland (W2W) - This is a not-for-profit, registered charity established in 2019. W2W provides a support service to young people (aged 16-25) with a care-experienced background. Their mission is to support and empower young people to achieve their training and employment goals. W2W offers two bespoke programmes to support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...;2.3m was provided for the programme as part of Budget 2021 measures. The increasing of the SCP full year budget to €27m from 2022 encompassed the extension of SCP to an additional 28 schools and incorporated a 5% increase in budget to SCP funding overall. From September 2022, an additional €4 million (€5.9 million full year) was provided to allow access to SCP to new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing at least €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work in our schools every day. My Department has a proven track record of delivery. During the period 2018 to date, 172 projects were completed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...year-olds in full-time education was one of my key priorities as part of Budget 2024. The measure is expected to benefit approximately 60,000 18 year olds each year at an estimated cost of €21.6 million in 2024. With many children now starting primary school at age 5, together with the increase in pupils doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of...