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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (1 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Future recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. There are currently 343 remote and co-working facilities across the country on-boarded to the platform. Table 1 attacehd sets out the total number of hubs onboarded in each county. My department...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is not broken down into languages. About €5 million was spent on military education and training. Suffice to say, we do a lot of training in the Defence Forces. There is a lot of education, which is good. There is a lot of advancement and progress. I will check that for the Deputy. It is a fair point because people serve overseas and language is important.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...in 2024 and will be happy to take questions afterwards. For 2024, the overall gross estimate for the Department of Foreign Affairs group of Votes is €1.113 billion, including a capital allocation of €25 million. This represents an increase of €56 million on the initial 2023 allocation of €1.057 billion. With the committee's agreement, I will start with Vote...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: From the Seanad (31 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...affirmed by the District Court under section 6E and the rate of applications is expected to increase over time. However, this needs to be seen in the context of the current population of the State of over 5 million people. It is also worth noting that according to the www.missingpersons.iewebsite, approximately 9,000 people each year go missing. Overall, the number of requests made...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Joe Flaherty: Maths was never my strong point, but payments in ACRES average at about €4,000, so if there is an additional 5,000 farmers that could potentially be excluded based on what the Minister indicated so far to us and to media, we are probably talking in the region of an additional €5 million to generate an awful lot of goodwill in the farming community and to bring many of those...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister and her officials and thank them for coming before the committee. Obviously, we are supportive of the Revised Estimates. In particular, I welcome the fact that €5 million will be allocated as part of the Covid-related allocation and spent on counselling services for students in primary schools. Does the Department have a view on the long-term impact of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...for the provision of services to medical card and GP visit card holders, are required under their contract to make suitable arrangements for emergencies outside normal practice hours. Over 2,500 GPs currently hold a GMS contract, and while they are not obliged to, most GPs participate in GP Out of Hours cooperatives to meet their outside of practice hours service requirements. A robust...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (31 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: A national network of 5 TUs stretches across some 25 campuses, bringing the advantages and potential of university-driven skills and innovation to communities across the country. Higher education access is being provided in a far more balanced regional manner and TUs are driving regional development and socio-economic progress in places with no previous university footprint as diverse as...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

David Cullinane: ...been so low. We need to understand why this is the case. There certainly does need to be more communication. In his opening statement the Minister said that free GP care was extended to half a million people in 2023. It is funny to re-read this. It was made available but as of yet it is not extended because they do not have the cards. The Minister also said that it increases the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...;s benefit. Tapering of the nine-month payment is also included at three-monthly intervals, which will minimise the cliff-edge effect as benefit expires. The minimum rate of payment has increased to €125 per week, which is higher than the minimum under jobseeker’s benefit. The weekly rate of payment for people who have at least five years of paid PRSI contributions will be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (30 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Neale Richmond: ...waiting lists actually fell. On the core Sláintecare wait time target, an 11% reduction was achieved along with a 3% reduction in overall waiting lists. The target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%, with around 1.74 million patients removed. However, higher than anticipated additions to the waiting lists impacted on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...The Minister also met other stakeholders, including fishing industry representatives and environmental NGOs, to give a further opportunity to stakeholders to outline their positions. He presented the SIA to this committee on 25 October 2023. Regarding the Commission proposals, I will begin with COM (2023) 587. This is the proposal for the main TAC and quota regulation for 2024, covering...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. As members will have seen in the briefing provided for them last week, my Department is projected to spend €7.293 billion in current expenditure and €135 million in capital expenditure during 2024. This represents an increase of €244 million, or 3%, on the Supplementary Estimate for 2023. The 2024 allocation covers financial...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) is one of several 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Byrne: ...Minister Martin and I are committed to ensuring that we continue to provide increased opportunities for female participation at all levels. Funding allocated for this year shows an increase of €8 million or 5% in the sport budget. This includes an increase of €2 million for the Women in Sport programme this year. The Women in Sport funding programme is in place since...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (30 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Year No. of Cases Value of Overpayments due to Fraud or Suspected Fraud 2018 7,766 €29,740,268 2019 6,963 €31,356,136 2020 5,338 €20,253,317 2021 6,290 €19,014,828 2022 5,597 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...ELC and standalone SAC services in 2023; a five-year low in the number of net ELC (i.e. early learning and care, or pre-school) services closures, (i.e. 29 net closures total in 2023 compared to 58 net closures in 2022, 76 net closures in 2021, 106 net closures in 2020 and 103 net closures in 2019; and a net increase of 158 standalone SAC services (after-school childcare) in 2023. ...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...and information, but certainly the objective is that the more Garda staff we have, the more front-line gardaí can be reassigned to operational roles. Under the Garda reassignment initiatives since 2015, almost 900 Garda members have been reassigned to the operational roles and their previous roles assigned to Garda staff, inclusive of 17 in 2023. It is absolutely the case. It will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...question in relation to the loan scheme. Is the Minister looking to extend it beyond residential, to community electricity generation projects? My understanding is that with these projects, a 5 MW solar farm could cost between €5 million and €6 million, which is a considerable outlay for community groups to run. It would appear that financial barriers are one of the main...