Results 1-20 of 44 for 5 million speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Burke: ...of Technologies and Technological Universities to establish and develop clusters to achieve increased SME productivity, drive SME competitiveness and support internationalisation activity. €4.6 million in funding was approved for 12 Educational Outreach Managers who are aligned to a particular sector and engage with relevant SMEs, multinational companies and start-ups. Details of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (9 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: There have been no funds assigned to Microfinance Ireland (MFI) in 2023 and no projected funding for 2024. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has paid a total of €49.79 million in grant funding to MFI since its inception in 2012. This is made up of €25 million paid on establishment, €24.79 million in 2020, and €5 million in 2021 to fund the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: ...quite right that the SME sector has the challenge. We have set out quite strongly in our White Paper on enterprise the target of 90% digital intensity. We are working now through the €58 million digital transition fund for our SME sector, which is very important to try to bring them up to speed. We also have a new portal that will launch at the end of this month whereby an SME...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: ...the Senator and assure her she will have my support. For the people she represents it is an important area in regional Ireland. It is good to see the IDA has strongly turned the dial so that 54% of all investments are now in regional Ireland. It is important that continues. The Senator rightly pointed out the importance of broadband. We now have broadband speeds in the most rural...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (2 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: ...Credit Guarantee Scheme got underway with the first lender to the market announced in January 2023. The scheme provides loans at reduced rates and without the need for collateral on loans up to €250k, to SMEs including farmers and fishers, for purposes of working capital and medium-term investment.Extension and expansion of the €200 million Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme to...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this very important debate on the asylum and migration pact. From a country with a population of more than 5 million, I know how many people we have who claim Irish descent right across the world. There are approximately 70 million people around the globe. That is so much a part of our story and what it means to be Irish and the shared experiences...

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: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...are currently being brought forward to assist businesses in adjusting to these increased costs as well as more generally to improve the cost of competitiveness of firms, including making up to €15 million available to local enterprise offices to enable a top-up payment of up to €3,000 in energy efficiency grants for businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors, bringing...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Peter Burke: ...to take place to ensure a sustainable and comprehensive peace. The Taoiseach met with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in the margins of the European Political Community meeting in Granada on 5 October and expressed his concern that Karabakh Armenians have felt forced to flee their homelanden masse, and outlined EU and Irish assistance. Some €10.45 million in EU funding has been...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Peter Burke: ...a positive step. A new EU-Tunisia partnership package covers five key pillars in co-operation between the EU and Tunisia. The package will support the resumption of political dialogue between the EU and Tunisia and the €900 million in support to the Tunisian economy will facilitate economic development, investment and trade in green technology, migration and people-to-people...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (12 Jul 2023)

Peter Burke: ...in health has been a substantial priority for this Government. In just three years, the net core allocation for our health services increased from €17.9 billion to €22.8 billion - almost €5 billion more or a 27% increase in core funding between 2020 and 2023. That investment is clear tangible evidence of the commitment this Government has made to healthcare and...

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...

Report on the Good Friday Agreement: Motion (1 Jun 2023)

Peter Burke: ...in this milestone anniversary year. We have delivered a range of events both at home and abroad to that end, and I am very glad that the Oireachtas has also played a prominent role in marking the 25th anniversary. There have been a range of debates and motions in Dáil Éireann and the Seanad to which Members from across the political families of the Oireachtas have contributed....

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 May 2023)

Peter Burke: ...hard to commend it. Regarding his comments on the Defence Forces, the Commission on the Defence Forces will bring us to level of ambition 2, LOA2, and will see the State spending approximately €1.5 billion by 2028, updating our Defence Forces. That will be key to modernising all sectors of our Defence Forces and their capacity, which will be critical. The Senator also made...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...