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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

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 co-operatives to meet their outside of practice hours service requirements. A...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...record amount of money is not enough. If the Government and Government Members were to recognise that, we might get somewhere with solving the issue in the first place. In 2000 there were 3.8 million people in the Twenty-six Counties and today there are over 5 million, which is 1.2 million extra people in need of healthcare and everything else. There are fewer beds in the system...

Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Mr. Phelim Devine: In terms of the budget, the €1.433 billion, that project ran over by about €5 million. In saying that, I think the overall outturn, including all the support, was about €82 million, off the top of my head. The Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned a value of €86 million. That was our direct cost for it, so that is €86 million....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...facing the sector. Those supports have included the retention of the lower VAT rate from November 2021 until 1 September of this year. In 2021 supports from my Department included €55 million for a dedicated tourism business continuity fund, €17 million in capital investment for an outdoor dining scheme and €5 million for an urban animation scheme. In budget...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...this Commencement debate this morning on the issue of dental services. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Health. The Irish Dental Association came before the Joint Committee on Health on 5 July regarding issues within the dental service. The chief executive of the association, Fintan Hourihan, and others have expressed on the record their concern about the medical card scheme and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...of the National Sports Policy 2018-2027 (NSP) continues to proceed satisfactorily and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that, half way through the 10-year lifespan of the policy, some 80% of its 57 actions have either been completed already or are well on the way to completion. Since the launch of the NSP in mid-2018, the Government has placed a special emphasis on the need to increase...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Oct 2023)

Simon Harris: ...aligns with and builds on the wider ambitions of the Programme for Government to provide accessible, affordable education to all citizens. A full midterm review of the NAP will take place in 2025. Since the launch of the plan a number of measures have been progressed including:- Additional funding of €700,000 to enhance HEI’s capacity for regional engagement with priority...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This year is the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe when the Palestinian people lost their homelands and society and 700,000 people, the majority of Palestinians, were permanently displaced, and the world looked the other way. The Tánaiste spoke about the UNRWA and the UN refugee camps. He knows there are 3 million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Syria and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Paul Daly: I know the markets are there. As 100 farmers are not feeding 5 million people, there is bound to be a market there. I asked the question because I was in conversation recently with a man who used to grow pumpkins for the Hallowe’en market. He got out because he could not compete with the produce coming in from Holland. Even though the market was there, he could not compete with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...that on to my colleagues. On the budget, at a figure of over €10 billion it has been a very positive budget for education. The special education package is €2.7 billion, which is up €113 million on last year's figures. The Deputy has identified the areas with regard to teachers and SNAs that were covered on the special education side. It also includes €20...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

...and Greenland. Sparse population and extreme peripherality from the economic centres of the EU are defining characteristics of the territory. From 2021 to 2027, the programme will allocate nearly €47 million to projects. It is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF. Grant funding rates of up to 65% are available. The programme has three priorities: strengthening...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Oct 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...to the players in the construction value-chain in Ireland, my Department with Enterprise Ireland has established a new Construction Technology Centre, Construct Innovate, with initial funding of €5m over 5 years. The Centre is a consortium hosted by University of Galway that also includes Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork and the Irish Green...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion and giving us an opportunity to discuss this important issue. The Social Democrats will be supporting the motion. I did not believe the figure of €64 million of additional expenditure for investment in disability services when I first read it in the budget document. It is a pitiful investment into improving services with so much unmet...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, over the period 2021-25, in excess of €5 billion will be invested in upgrading school facilities across the country for the almost 1 million students and more than 100,000 staff members who learn and work in our schools every day. The Department has approved a large-scale building project for the school to which the Deputy refers. He has advocated...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the Budget 2024 allocation of €50 million for the school transport scheme between capital and revenue; and the details of additional capacity this will cater for and the priority for spending. [45122/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...programme provides a targeted, equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. As part of budget 2023, I secured more than€8 million to specifically enhance school attendance, participation, and retention. I had previously allocated a 5% increase in funding for the school completion programme, and in September I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation. Under Project Ireland 2040, in excess of €5 billion is being invested in the school sector over the period 2021-2025 which will add capacity and develop school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 68 together. Budget 2024 has provided for an unprecedented €10.5 billion investment in Education and Schools in Budget 2024 which includes an increase of €421 million in core current funding, as well as over €80 million in core capital funding. An additional €170 million is also being provided as part of Cost of Living and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...plays an important role in supporting the well-being and mental health of our young people and is currently funding a range of initiatives and supports in this area. I recently announced a €5 million pilot programme of counselling and mental health supports for primary schools for the 2023/2024 school year. I am also delighted to announce that my Department has secured additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing at least €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work in our schools every day. My Department has a proven track record of delivery. During the period 2018 to 2022, nearly 900 school building...