Results 1-20 of 65 for 5 million speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...Measure which places a focus on the recovery of towns and villages from the impact of COVID-19 in the medium-term. When the 2020 Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched in May, it had a budget of €15 million, with an indicative budget of €5 million for the Accelerated Measure.  The Government’s July Stimulus Package provided an additional €10 million...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (12 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...to SICAP so that its some 600 community development workers can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle and engage with local communities. €10.5 million was announced by my Department earlier this year for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. €5 million funding was allocated to SICAP in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...annual budgetary estimates process. I was delighted to have secured a 10% increase for SICAP for 2022, the largest increase since the programme was launched. This year, I secured an increase of €1.3 million under Budget 2023, increasing the annual funding from €43 million to €44.3 million. In 2022, an additional €5 million funding was announced to support...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (25 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...SICAP so that its some 600 community development workers can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle in and engage with local communities. €10.5 million was announced by my Department earlier this year for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. €5 million funding was allocated to SICAP in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (15 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...SICAP so that its some 600 community development workers can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle in and engage with local communities. €10.5 million was announced by my Department earlier this year for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. €5 million funding was allocated to SICAP in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (5 Jul 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I recently announced additional funding of €10.5 million for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. Some €5 million in funding is being provided to the Local Development Companies through the SICAP Programme. Additionally, €500,000 is being allocated to support our volunteer centres, which have been dealing with a huge demand for services...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (14 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...aid for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Expenditure on victim supports for people who have suffered domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is also set to increase by €5 million, bringing total funding to €13 million, inclusive of €1 million to improve Garda divisional protective services units. These units are now operating in every Garda...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...and will continue to assist in addressing gaps in meeting social needs, including those caused by higher levels of deprivation. Some key supports provided this year include the following. A €50 million support package for the community and voluntary sector, charities and social enterprises was launched by the Government and administered by the Department. This funding was made...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (10 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...in relation to SICAP so that its some 600 community development workers can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle in and engage with local communities. €10.5 million was announced by my Department earlier this year for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. €5 million funding was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Through the Covid-19 stability fund, my Department supported a total of 840 organisations in 2020 and 2021 with total funding of approximately €48 million. That fund is now closed and there are no plans at present for further rounds of the stability fund. The innovate together fund was launched in May 2020 and was administered by Rethink Ireland. This consisted of a €5...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (14 Sep 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion programme. The current iteration began on 1 January 2018 and will run until the end of 2023. My Department has committed over €250 million funding to the six year national programme. The funding for SICAP is subject to the annual budgetary estimates process. It should be noted that increases in the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (7 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 - 2025 is a whole of Government strategy that aims to reduce the number of people in consistent poverty in Ireland to 2% or less. The Roadmap contains seven high level goals with 22 specific targets, which will be delivered by 66 unique commitments. Implementation of Roadmap commitments is underway with a number of commitments fully achieved or close...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: A range of my Department's programmes contribute to the enhancement of community facilities. They include a €4.5 million 2021 community enhancement programme, which was launched on 10 May. The programme provides grants to enhance facilities in disadvantaged areas and is administered by the local community development committees, LCDCs, in each local authority area. A €49...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55, 59 and 68 together, for which I thank Deputies Colm Burke, Higgins and O'Dowd. I acknowledge the importance of community centres. They are the cornerstone of community life in many places around the country. My Department has a number of schemes that communities can avail of for the upkeep, enhancement or establishment of community centres. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...delighted to secure a 10% increase for SICAP for 2022, the largest increase since the programme was launched. For 2023 I secured a further increase of €1.3m. This represents a total increase of €5.3 million for the programme increasing its annual funding allocation to €44.4m. The arrival of Ukrainians to communities across Ireland has had a significant impact on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...is the community services programme to community centres. Overall, the community services programme funds approximately 400 community organisations and earlier this year a support fund of €1.2 million was put in place, providing additional funding to many of these organisations, many of which suffered loss of income due to Covid-19, as they are partially dependent on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (25 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...services. The number, by county, of organisations currently supported is set out in the table below. A new call for applications under the CSP was launched on 6thMarch last with a budget of €1 million in 2023. 197 stage 1 Concept Notes were received, following which 33 successful stage 1 applicants were invited to submit a full application under stage 2. Of these 33 organisations,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...is provided to each local authority area and is distributed by the local community development committees, LCDCs, on the basis of local need. In 2020, the CEP received a total fund of €7.2 million, including €5 million as part of the Government's July stimulus package for repairs or upgrades to community centres and community buildings. This year, on 10 May, I launched the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (23 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...displaced persons. Ireland supports accountability for all these violations of international humanitarian law and for all human rights abuses. We must also continue to support the people of Yemen, millions of whom require humanitarian assistance. Ireland has been a reliable and consistent donor to Yemen since the current crisis began in 2015 and one of the largest donors per capita. On...