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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outset of the war in Ukraine in early 2022, over 107,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) have arrived in Ireland and over 84,000 of those have been referred to my Department seeking accommodation from the State. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, a broad range of accommodation types were contracted, hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, hostels, self-catering...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (11 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes, which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Since October 2023, the National Bowel Screening Programme, invites men and women aged between 59-69 to take the free at-home screening test. This is an important part of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...), eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly allowance payable to a parent/guardian in respect of a child aged under 16, who has a severe disability or condition and requires continual or continuous care and attention in the home, substantially and above the...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: I again thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for bringing this matter to the Dáil. I acknowledge, as Deputy Nash did, the range of contributions from across the House. We heard different but valuable perspectives, all of which pointed to the importance, significance and worthwhile nature of the proposal before us. Across the Oireachtas, we all come from different political backgrounds...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have to be honest. That is a shocking response. It is a case of "Pass the buck; it has nothing to do with us." It is a pity the senior Minister is not here. As I said, this is also about arts and culture and the commitment of the Government to ensure access for young people to those things. The Minister said the school is a private entity. It is a not-for-profit registered charity...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...pay-related jobseeker's benefit is a major reform of how we support jobseekers in Ireland and will bring us in line with our European neighbours. Pay-related benefit will provide a greater support to people who lose their jobs and find themselves in the position of dealing with that income shock while continuing to meet their financial commitments. We all know that this can be a...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Duncan Smith: ...Bill would, as she said, probably mean we would not be having this debate now or introducing the principle in the first place. We welcome that, and it gives us a solid foundation block on which to build, progress and modernise our social welfare and social protection system. I pay tribute to colleagues in the trade union movement who have led the charge on getting this onto the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I do not know whether the Tánaiste wants to answer this question. It is about whether he does the shopping in his house. Does he go to the grocery and fill his trolley with all the food that is required for the week? If he does, has he noticed how steeply the prices have risen for ordinary grocery products in the last year? They say there is no inflation in 2024, or at least that it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy. The scheme is working. We have to acknowledge that schemes such as this one need to be supported because they help people to buy a home. The Deputy and my Government colleagues and I support homeownership. We want to help people who are working hard to own a home. That is why I would like the scheme to continue. It is working for people. The take-up rate has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response. Before coming in, I looked at a few newspaper articles going back to 2023. The hard, raw statistics the Minister quotes are impressive. It is good to see the journey we have gone on. The trend is more impressive. The figure from 2023 is 2,232 homes in Cork, a 16.6% increase on 2022's 1,913 units. In the city in the first 11 months of 2023, there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am asking the Minister of State about early stage finance to get the affordable purchase homes we need. He is not answering. He clearly cannot answer and the Minister who can answer is sitting beside him and will not answer the question, which is completely unacceptable. I will read from correspondence sent to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, recently by the Ó Cualann Cohousing...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Mr. David Gunning: I thank the Chair and Deputies for the invitation to attend this morning. I will skip the introductions and some elements of my opening statement which have already been covered. The NPHDB was appointed by the then Minister for Health in 2013 to design, build and equip the new children’s hospital. This includes the new children’s hospital on the site at...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Emer Currie: It is a huge honour to be here today with the students of St. Andrew’s National School. I thank their teacher, Mr. O’Dwyer, and all of their teachers for facilitating their visit today. What I want to raise today is the frustration that is sometimes felt by communities, community organisations, schools and school communities with the bureaucracy of the Department of...

Seanad: Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Eugene Murphy: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. This is a very important day and it is a good day, as stated by Senator Seery Kearney. Fianna Fáil very much welcomes this motion as it seeks approval for the increase in parental leave, for the third successive time in the term of this Government. As the Minister of State has already said, the motion details the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (30 May 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...levels of homeownership amongst artists is a lot lower than among the general population and that artists depend more on private rental accommodation in our cities and in particular those who are working in the area of circus spectacle, street arts and the like. The majority of artists under the age of 25 live with their parents, which is a much bigger figure than in the general...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: Before I let Deputy Harkin back in, I will come in. I represent east Cork. I have the benefit of the fact that it took us nearly 15 years to get the Cork-Midleton line reinstated. That line used to go to Youghal. We had many well-attended public meetings on restoring the rail line to Youghal and, obviously, taking traffic off the N25. At the time, obviously, it came down to money and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Ms Sophie Nelson: I thank the committee for the opportunity to represent LGBTQIA+ women in the discussion today on women and constitutional change. I work for HERe NI as a policy development officer. HERe NI is an LGBTQIA+ women’s charity, the only such charity in the North. We work to support lesbian and bisexual women and their families through the provision of peer support...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...requirements. The majority of the focus of the day, however, was firmly input from the stakeholders themselves and on ensuring that everyone attending from the industry was given ample opportunity to voice their opinions and discuss them with other industry stakeholders. A professional rapporteur conducted the event. A Report of all the views expressed at the Section 481 stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Universal Basic Income (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: On Monday, I hosted a conference to discuss the Status of the Artist in Ireland. It marked the launch of data from the first full year of the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme. It was an timely opportunity to bring artists and the broader arts sector together to discuss the challenges facing Irish artists today. I participated in a panel on artists' supports, including the Basic Income...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: ...and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Since 1998, over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding, bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme for Government commits to continuing the SCEP and to prioritising investment in disadvantaged areas and groups that are...