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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

...: They will probably argue that they are multinational companies, must abide by laws in different jurisdictions and that it is not possible to tailor their systems to one small country with 4 or 5 million people when they have 300 million people across the world. They would argue that if they were to do this for every country, it would not be possible for them to do so. That would be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...of adults eligible to renew online. To allow for further reform and development of the Passport Service €6.6 m will be made available to the reform programme in 2019 which is focused mainly on 5 major projects. 1. Mailing Machines – to be completed this year at a cost of €1 million 2. Business Process Automation – to be completed this year at a cost of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...is distributed in a particular way across the population. That is simply an assumption as it does not have comprehensive data on wealth distribution. Using this approach, for example, Oxfam claims that 18,350 people in Ireland worth $5 million and above. It concludes that a flat 1.5% wealth tax on this cohort of wealth, above $5 million, would raise €4 billion. I am not sure if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 109 together. Following the launch of the 5 year Built Infrastructure Programme for the Defence Forces in 2020, significant progress has been made in delivery on modernising the DF built environment. A number of significant projects were delivered/completed during 2021 including: - Construction of 2 new gymnasia at Sarsfields Barracks, Limerick and at...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Programme Expenditure (10 Dec 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Howlin: I should point out that the figure of €5 million published in the figures refers to my Vote group which includes Votes 11 to 19. Of these Votes, only three have a capital allocation – Vote 11 Public Expenditure and Reform, Vote 13 Office of Public Works and Vote 18 Shared Services. While the group is showing an underspend against profile at the end of November, it is expected...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Nov 2006)

Brian Cowen: ...'s website, it is estimated that the full year costs to the Exchequer of ensuring that no tax is paid by employees earning such an amount on a 39 hour week basis would be in the region of €915 million in a full year if done through an increase in the Employee (PAYE) credit, or if the personal credit were used, about €1,330 million in a full year. If the Personal and Employee credits...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: ...later on in the year. The Taoiseach has now outlined, in the context of this, that the Goverment wants to deliver a full refund, which we will do. The cost of the refunding of charges is €171 million. The full cost of this includes an administrative charge of €5 million. We will also have to deal with the issue of how we support group water schemes. This will bring the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Properties (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Office of Public Works, OPW, has paid Green REIT €10.5 million to rent 85 to 93 Lower Mount Street and €5 million to rent a property in Harcourt Street since 2014. Given the lenient tax structure and treatment, which is backing up this international investors group, which is pricing families and domestic businesses out of the market, I ask the Minister why the Government,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Ms Anne Graham: That is noted. On wheelchair-accessible taxis, we increased grants this year to try to get more applications. I think we allocated up to €6 million; certainly €5 million was invested in the grant system. We may, with the approval of the Department, increase that grant to see if we can get more. The grant is very generous in terms of trying to ensure we get a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Funding for rural development programmes within my Department’s Estimate for 2017 will amount to €79.27 million. This represents an €18 million (29%) increase on my Department’s 2016 baseline allocation of €61.2 million for those programmes. The funding for 2017 includes -A trebling of the funding for the Town and Village Regeneration Scheme, from a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Noonan: ...'s website at the following link: However, the tables following set out the position in terms of Exchequer Deficit and total non-tax revenues collected at end-April 2011 and at end-April 2015 respectively. Exchequer Deficit and Total Non-Tax Revenue: End-April 2011 End-April 2015 Change €m €m €m Total Non-Tax Revenue 411 395 -16 Exchequer Deficit -9,913...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (8 Nov 2005)

Brian Cowen: ...year. However, the following table shows the Revenue Commissioners' net yield from stamp duties by category in each of the years 1998 to 2004 and in the nine month period to the end of September 2005. Category 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 end Sep. â'¬m â'¬m â'¬m â'¬m â'¬m â'¬m â'¬m ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (26 Jun 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 5 June, I announced a new €50 million three-year energy efficiency investment programme for local authority homes. This is a key part of the Government’s additional €150 million capital investment in the economy over 2013-2014. This programme will target the 25,000 least energy efficient local authority homes. This will result in warmer homes and lower energy bills for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Horn of Africa: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (29 Nov 2022)

Barry Cowen: ...provide whatever might be required to meet the huge demands placed on the countries that have been impacted. I wish to focus on the criteria used by the Government in relation to the extra €30 million, with €5 million going to NGOs and €25 million going to multilateral UN funding. Were the criteria surrounding the decision to disburse it in that way related to the...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Heather Humphreys: 5 o’clock I remind the Deputy that, while in government between 2007 and 2011, Fianna Fáil cut the Arts Council budget by 22%. I am glad I have been able to increase that budget by 20% since taking office in 2014. I absolutely respect the independence of the Arts Council and value its support and expertise. I will continue to work with it as we roll out the Creative...

Suicide Prevention (8 Dec 2011)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...for Suicide Prevention is responsible for overseeing implementation of the national strategy for action on suicide prevention. The budget for suicide prevention measures is approximately €9 million, which includes the annual budget of €4.1 million of the National Office for Suicide Prevention and €5 million used to fund resource officers for suicide prevention, self-harm nurses in...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Joan Collins: ...and city councils in recent years (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the members of Sligo County Council were informed at their monthly meeting on the 5 of March 2012 that the council's overall revenue account debt at the end of 2011 increased to €12.9 million and that the council's capital debt is now €73 million and that a majority of the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Ahern: ...in the region, the community and voluntary sectors and elected public representatives. Following the assessment of regional plans submitted by the RDTFs, approvals were granted in September 2005 and allocations totalling just under €5 million were made to the ten regional drugs task force areas. Work on the implementation of the projects identified in these plans then commenced and a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (11 Jul 2017)

Charles Flanagan: .... I have been informed that the number of Gardaí assigned to the Louth Division on the 31 May 2017, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 298 with 29 Garda Reserves and 25 civilians attached to the Division. When appropriate, the work of local Gardaí is supported by a number of Garda national units such as the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (9 Sep 2021)

Mary Butler: ...in their own homes and communities, as well as facilitating timely discharge from hospital. We have made improved access to home support services a priority. In 2021 an additional investment of €150 million has been made available to fund over 24.2 million hours of home support and to support the roll out of the inteRAI standard assessment tool and the establishment of a National...