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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 Sep 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, which includes the enforcement of road traffic legislation. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. As the Deputy will be aware, GoSafe is a private company contracted to An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Regulation Orders published last year were a significant milestone in efforts to improve pay in the sector. The Orders are being supported by Core Funding – which has an allocation of €259 million in its first year – to support amongst other things, improvements in staff wages, alongside a commitment to freeze parental fees and support for sustainability of services....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...financial stability of early learning and childcare services is a priority of Government. This is demonstrated by the significant State supports provided to the sector. Core Funding - worth €259 million in Year 1 and €287 million in Year 2 - contributes to services’ sustainability and significantly increases income for the overwhelming majority of services and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2023, State investment in early learning and childcare will exceed €1 billion for the first time, achieving an investment target set out in the First 5 Strategy, five years ahead of schedule. In 2023, this has seen investment of:€308 million for the ECCE programme including AIM €342 million for the NCS and€266 million for Core FundingAll children meeting the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 971 and 976 together. I recently announced €3.5 million in annual funding to maintain existing level of drugs and inclusion health services provided by community and voluntary organisations. The funding is recurring. gov.ie - Minister Naughton announces additional annual funding of €3.5 million for drugs and inclusion health services...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (20 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...programme, enabled flexibility to respond to the needs presented as a result of the impact of the Ukrainian crisis. To assist in the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine, an additional €5 million was announced in 2022 to support the Local Development Companies, through SICAP. A further €10 million is also being provided under SICAP in 2023 to allow Local...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (19 Sep 2023)

...would not necessarily have engaged with the electoral system traditionally. The 99 members who came across were chosen based on CSO statistics. We had so many between 18 and 24 and so many above 65, and we had people who came to Ireland from other countries, including a Ukrainian. We had a member of the Traveller community and a leaving certificate student, and there were people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Dr. Aine O'Connell: For those who do not have the map, in 2010 the national nitrates average was 7.5 mg; in 2011 it was 7.4 mg; in 2012 it was 7.5 mg; in 2013 it was 7.3 mg; in 2014 it was 8 mg; in 2015 it was 7.7 mg; in 2016 it was 7.2 mg; in 2017 it was 7.7 mg; in 2018 it was 8.3 mg; in 2019 it was 9 mg; in 2020 it was 8 mg; in 2021 it was 7.7 mg, and in 2022 it was 8.2 mg. There is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...general commercial communications code. I have also taken action to support programming in relation to climate action. Under the Climate Action Plan 2021, my Department and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications allocated €2.5 million each for a total of €5 million to the sound and vision scheme to promote media content which raises awareness of...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...context in respect of why we need to protect our bogs, peatlands are the largest natural terrestrial carbon store in the world. The area covered by near-natural peatlands worldwide is in excess of 3 million sq. km and it sequesters 0.37 gigatons of carbon dioxide each year. It stores more carbon than all other vegetation types in the world combined. Emissions from drained peatlands are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (13 Jul 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...valuation band. These figures include exempt and deferred properties and properties owned by Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies. Payments to date in respect of the year 2022 amount to €510 million. I am further advised that my Department does not prepare an advance estimate of the anticipated annual yield from LPT. However, I note that the figures for 2023 and 2024 will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Data (13 Jul 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...public service ICT infrastructure, shared service delivery models and cross government applications. The Voted Expenditure for the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in 2023 is €40.286 million. This includes a provision of €4.5 million for the National Low Latency Platform programme that is funded under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) fund. There...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to early learning and childcare – a clear demonstration from Government of the value of the sector. Over the past eight budgets, investment in early learning and childcare has risen from €260 million in 2015 to € 1.025 billion in 2023, reaching the First 5 investment target 5 years ahead of time. This unprecedented investment speaks to the commitment of Government in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. For 2023, funding totalling €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists with €363 million of this being allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, to implement longer term reforms and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...ensure that there is a joined up and coordinated approach to deliver maximum impact from the significant investment in the sector and to build on the natural advantages in place. In May 2022, I announced €15 million of funding for Coillte as part of a new five year strategic partnership between my Department and Coillte to enhance outdoor recreational facilities on Coillte-owned...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

...to pause the current plans whereby they want to repurpose an old workhouse building. It was the kitchen of the workhouse built in 1841. To give the committee an idea of how dark it is, there are 15 chandelier-type lights in the ceiling - not posh ones, now. Each has three bulbs. If it takes 45 bulbs to light this building, that will give the committee a fair idea of what we are talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...they need. It is not perfect but it is a model of excellence. We asked them how much it costs. It costs the Australian exchequer $21 billion Australian dollars. It has a population of 21 million people and we have a population of 5 million people. I would extrapolate from that it would cost us $5 billion Australian dollars, which is €3 billion. That is what it would cost to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (13 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...on medicine and those opportunities that would deal with our labour force issues. Around the labour force issues, would we not be better off having a pool of labour from a population of 7 million rather than a population of 5 million? On education and higher education, I welcome that it is now explicitly set out in legislation, under the HEA Bill, that each of the higher education...

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...