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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Agriculture Schemes (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As per Sections 27, 28 & 29 of the Finance Act 2020, the carbon tax will increase by €7.50 a tonne as part of Budget 2024. The increase on transport fuels is effective from 11 October 2023, while the increase on home heating fuels will not take place until 1 May 2024. In the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future, the Government committed to ring-fence all revenues raised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The State is committed to providing timely access to new and innovative medicines to all patients. €50 million in funding was allocated for the approval of new medicines in Budget 2021, €30m in 2022, and a further €18 million in Budget 2023 which will provide access to new innovative medicines for patients. The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and...

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...of State talked about context. I would like to give some fuller context. Ireland is a neutral country and we should have a voice commenting on the context of what we are doing here today. Some 108.4 million people are now displaced, which means 1.2% of the global population have been forced to leave their homes. Among that number are 32.5 million refugees and some 76% of them come from...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...levy and taxpayers are aware of their obligations in that regard. As the Deputy will know, it applies to individuals domiciled in Ireland whose worldwide income in the tax year has exceeded €1 million, whose liability to Irish income tax was less than €200,000 and who own Irish property on 31 December of the tax year where the market value of that property is greater in...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Mr. Stephen Mulvany: That is out of a budget of approximately €220 million. It is less than 5%.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2023)

...Agency for 2022, which received a clear audit opinion. However, I drew attention through note No. 7 to the financial statements, which discloses that the agency incurred an expenditure of €227,500 in respect of 2022 as a result of a vacant site levy charge by the local authority. This is the fourth or maybe even the fifth year in which a levy has been paid. Already, they have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (5 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...significant progress in relation to both in recent years. At a policy level, last year I published Sustainable Mobility Policy which has two particularly relevant high-level goals, namely – Goal 5: Take a whole of journey approach to mobility, promoting inclusive access for all; and Goal 6: Design infrastructure according to Universal Design Principles and the Hierarchy of Road...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (5 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...final deadline for eligible businesses to submit claims for relief under the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) was Saturday, 30 September 2023. The scheme is now closed. Over €140 million has been paid out to 31,044 businesses across the country. I am advised by Revenue of the registrations and claims for the businesses who availed of the TBESS for the following...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (5 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...final deadline for eligible businesses to submit claims for relief under the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) was Saturday, 30 September 2023. The scheme is now closed. Over €140 million has been paid out to 31,044 businesses across the country. I am advised by Revenue of the following registrations and claims for the businesses who availed of the TBESS: ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: The Living City Initiative, provided for in Finance Act 2013 and commenced on 5 May 2015, is a tax incentive aimed at the regeneration of the historic inner cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford. The scheme provides income or corporation tax relief for qualifying expenditure incurred in refurbishing/converting qualifying buildings which are located within...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (5 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, which will run for the 2023/2024 school year. The new pilot includes two strands and will work to mitigate...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2023)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, to delete lines 8 to 11 and substitute the following: "(b) the cumulative value of the transaction and each transaction between the parties to the transaction, or persons connected with third country undertakings that are parties to the transaction, in the period of 12 months before the date of the transaction is equal to or greater than— (i)...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister coming to the House to speak to us on the opportunities and places at third level. He recently announced funding of more than €5 million for the further education and training, FET, sector. That is topping up funding he issued in April into the FET sector. Under his watch in this new Department we have seen a phenomenal focus on the opportunities under further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. Mr. Delany spoke to the committee earlier in the year about €1.3 billion. The announcement - as we got a bit baffled - is €304 million of aid from Brussels and the rest will be grants over 15 to 20 years. It was thrown out in the media that it would be thrown out in the next five years. The public needs to know that. On planting, if I want to apply for a licence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...whether it could be involved in a centre of excellence. I have dealt with SETU in a very positive way. Its representatives came to me with a proposal for funding for quantum computing. It got €5 million from Europe and we matched that with another €5 million. SETU is now a centre of excellence for quantum computing and networking in Ireland. I was very impressed by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...actively promotes the western region through initiatives such as Westernjobs.ie and our television programme "Moving West" on TG4. Collaborative efforts with stakeholders and agencies have garnered millions of euros in PR value in recent years, emphasising the region's work-life balance and career opportunities. Under our EU team, we have leveraged EU funding and the team has...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...and put it beyond our reach in the committee. Following up on Deputy Griffin's point, in the first meeting we had with the group from RTÉ, what I learned from that day was that it spent €1.4 million, I think, on settling with Revenue. It answered some of the questions. It said it had probably four times that much, which would go to €5 million or €6 million....

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...indicators that show together for better is bringing enormous benefit to children, their families, educators, practitioners and providers. Among the achievements in year one was: a fee freeze among 95% of the services, which meant an increase to the national childcare scheme, NCS, subsidy that was fully felt by parents; a 15% increase in the number of services offering the NCS; and...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...there are lot of moms, dads, and guardians relying on the scheme to bring their children to and from school. To give a sense of the scale of the scheme, in the 2022-23 school year, more than 154,000 young people, including more than 18,000 children with special educational needs, SEN, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The decision on the moratorium with regard to energy is made by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, and not by the Government, as the Deputy may know. This will be a budget for the 5 million people who live in the State. It will include an income tax and USC package, which will reward work and ensure that more people get to keep more of the money they earn. There will be a...