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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Management Plan (26 Nov 2019)

Peter Burke: 526. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her further plans regarding the repatriation of bogs in view of the €5 million promised in budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48576/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Nursing Homes (12 Jul 2023)

Peter Burke: ...comments. I will raise the local issues with the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, including advising people of the process that is in play. As already stated, the Minister of State announced €5 million for day care centres and meals on wheels. This is pertinent, important and key for the local community. I will bring the matter to her attention. As I am not a Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (21 Apr 2021)

Peter Burke: ...Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 requires each housing authority to develop, adopt and implement 5-year rolling accommodation programmes to accelerate the provision of accommodation for Travellers. The 5th round of Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAP) began in July 2019, covering the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: ...going to let me off the hook. I thank Senator Black for these amendments, which all relate to the imposition of a monetary threshold on the scope of substitute consent by seeking to amend section 5 of the Bill. I oppose the amendments, which seek to apply a limit of €5.48 million to the upper commercial value of any future-facing development of the land that is the subject of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Peter Burke: ...;s absence. I thank Senator Byrne for raising this very important issue. Improving access to home support is a priority for the Government. Since budget 2021, we have provided an additional €228 million in funding. In 2023, the overall home care budget is €723 million. The HSE national service plan sets a target to provide 23.9 million home support hours and the...

Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: I welcome the additional €5 million for 2017. The critical aspect of this funding is that it makes rural Ireland an attractive place to live. It provides key infrastructure into areas where there has been a deficit. In my constituency, County Westmeath received an allocation of €214,000 last year while County Longford received €237,000 for key infrastructure projects....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: ...into account when comparing levels of funding in different local authority areas. Most of the funding from Central Government must be used for specified services. These can be grouped into 5 broad programme categories: recreational, education, environment, housing and transport. Across all schemes and funding sources, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage provided...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Departments Closures (14 Jul 2016)

Peter Burke: ...paragraph in the report explicitly stated that the emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar was one of nine departments earmarked for closure, despite the fact that a €5 million new accident and emergency unit is under construction. Workers are on the site and it is due to open later this year. Scaremongering about this subject is totally out of place....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 May 2022)

Peter Burke: ...in the Annual Financial Statement (AFS). The most recent audited data available in respect of development contributions is in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2020. Appendix 5 of the amalgamated AFS indicates a total development contribution income nationally of €205.5 million for the end of that financial year. The development contribution income for the four...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...that is not registered with Fáilte Ireland is also contracted to the State. My colleague, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, has made up to €10 million available for a programme of supports targeted at tourism businesses experiencing particular challenges linked to the reduction in footfall in regions most impacted by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Under its current strategy, ‘Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth 2021–2024’, IDA is committed to delivering 19 Advance Building Solutions across six regions in 15 locations. Eight buildings are now complete, a further 5 buildings are expected to be "on site" in 2024 with the remainder in the planning and site selection stages. Moreover, the IDA has made considerable...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing (26 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: ...disregard income that is temporary, short-term or once-off in nature. The income bands are expressed in terms of a maximum net income threshold for a single-person household, with an allowance of 5% for each additional adult household member, subject to a maximum allowance under this category of 10%, and 2.5% for each child, subject to a maximum allowance under this category of 10%.The...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Peter Burke: ...than the Minister, Deputy Ring. Much is expected of him and he is delivering. We can see the work he is doing rural-proofing the policies of every Department. In the current year, he secured a 25% increase in his budget from the previous year. That is the biggest increase in any Department. Given the pressures on housing and health, that is a serious achievement by a Minister in a new...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of this allowance. The household benefits package comprises the electricity or gas allowance and free television licence. The Department of Social Protection will spend approximately €273 million this year on the household benefit package for more than 484,000 customers. All proposals, including any proposal to introduce a new broadband allowance as part of the household benefit...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rental Sector (26 May 2021)

Peter Burke: ...been made available to local authorities since 2018. Since then, the amount of money allocated has increased by 300%. I accept demand had increased also. In 2021, my Department provided €10 million of funding, up from €2.5 million three years earlier. The aim is to enable local authorities to target 25% of all local rental properties for an annual inspection. Significant...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Peter Burke: ...necessity reduced in other areas of the local authorities. The fire service is operated at a local authority level by 27 individual fire authorities. There are 218 fire stations throughout the country with 3,245 serving fire service personnel, of whom 2,065 are retained on a 24-hour basis. The work of our fire services has changed considerably over the past two decades and this is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (17 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: ...authorities in respect of the 2020 waiver were completed in early 2021. A total of approximately €730m was distributed among the 31 local authorities. Cavan County Council received a total of €5,968,334.74 for approximately 1689 accounts, with 4 valid appeals. Monaghan County Council received a total of €6,137,861.96 for approximately 2040 accounts, with 5...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Peter Burke: ...quickly they could mobilise their efforts to achieve it. With regard to older persons and people with a disability, it is very important that we were successful in getting an increase of more than €5 million. This should guarantee in excess of 11,600 grants next year. This is very important to protect the most vulnerable in our society, enabling people to live independently at...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Oct 2020)

Peter Burke: ...which have made such an effort to make their premises safe for the public, and what they have had to go through as a result of a very quick decision which has impacted greatly upon them. On 5 October, the Government decided that from midnight on Tuesday, 6 October, all counties would be placed on level 3 under the plan for living with Covid-19. The Government is acutely aware of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Peter Burke: ...of housing to an average of 33,000 homes per annum over the next decade. Increasing the supply of affordable housing is a central element of Housing for All, with an ambition to deliver more than 55,000 new affordable and cost-rental homes in the period 2022 to 2030, with 28,730 of those homes being delivered over the next five years. Housing for All is supported by a major investment...