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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Within the financial statements there is a line referring to just under €5 million for promotions, trade fairs and other. Then there is another line referring to €44 million-plus for marketing and promotional expenditure.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

...restoring consumers' purchasing power and supporting domestic economic activity. Our latest forecast is for modified domestic demand to grow by 3.1% this year, 2.9% in 2024 and 2.6% in 2025. The robust performance of the labour market in Ireland is one of the clearest indications of the strength of current demand conditions. The unemployment rate remains at two-decade lows, and the...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 5: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the Government agreed on 7th March that the 'winter emergency period' under the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 would come to an end on 31st March, 2023, with deferred tenancy terminations taking effect...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I will confine my words in the main to section 5 of the Bill, which amends sections 100 and 101 of the Finance Act 2022. The sections in question provide for the TBESS, which was announced as a flagship support for SMEs in budget 2023. The escalating energy crisis posed a direct threat to the viability of many small businesses...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...said we would get the North Quays development under way. The Deputy was there for the sod-turning, in the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and me, not too long ago. This €200 million investment in the south east will transform that city and make it the vibrant urban centre of the south east that it should be. I said we would invest in Waterford hospital and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...I am joined by my colleagues from various divisions within the Department who can provide updates on the SDG targets relevant to their work areas as follows: for targets 3.9, 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 12.5, 12.8 and 12.c, Mr. Leslie Carberry and Mr. Niall McLoughlin; for targets 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, Mr. Kevin Sheridan, Ms Rebecca Minch, Mr. Philip Newsome, Mr. Andrew Doyle and Mr. Eoin Fahey; for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Cathal Berry: ...medical care. Currently, commissioned officers are getting it but enlisted personnel are not. We welcome the defence Estimates. The Tánaiste was before this committee only a few weeks ago. In the Estimate, €5 million has been provided for 2023. Is there a launch date for this? When will private medical care be available to enlisted personnel? Obviously, we would say the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...activities by external actors. Ireland is and will continue to be steadfast in our support for Moldova. In addition to humanitarian help provided at the beginning of 2022, we confirmed an additional €5 million in December 2022 in budgetary support, which was channelled through the World Bank Multi-Donor Trust Fund. This funding, aimed at assisting the Government in meeting its...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 122 together. Ireland has been supporting Ukraine and the Ukrainian people both bilaterally and through the EU budget since Russia’s full-scale invasion was launched on 24 February 2022. Ireland’s support has been directed at addressing the humanitarian consequences of the invasion, as well as supporting the Ukrainian government, public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Over the past ten years, the Irish Government, through Enterprise Ireland, has invested €479 million into 32 venture capital funds to stimulate job creation and support the funding requirements of early-stage innovative Irish companies with global ambitions. To date €361 million of this investment has been drawn down from Enterprise Ireland. On an annual basis these investments...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: In respect of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund’s (ISIF) investment relationship with SVB Financial Group the NTMA has advised me that as of end February 2023, ISIF has approximately $100 million invested in 5 investment funds managed by SVB Capital, which is a subsidiary of the SVB Financial Group. The distributions received by ISIF from these investments since 2012 exceed the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...sought by each individual Vote from the relevant section of the Department and was formally approved for the three Votes on 16 March, 2023. The Department’s Vote had a total virement of €1.189 million for 2022, which constitutes 2.4% of the gross estimate for the year 2022 of €49.43 million. The most significant virement was for pensions for bodies under the aegis of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the name and address of each owner and occupier, where these can be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, of any land which, in the opinion of the local authority, is a derelict site. Under section 8(5) of the Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local authority can be inspected at the offices of that authority during office hours. Members of the public can engage with their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: ...the DEIS scheme to an additional 322 schools The programme now includes over 1,200 schools and supports approximately 240,000 students. This means 1 in 4 of all students are now supported in the programme. This recent expansion will add an additional €32million to my Department’s expenditure on the DEIS programme from 2023, bringing the overall Department of Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (21 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: As part of the budget for my Department I secured a €5 million investment for 2023 in order to pilot a programme of counselling supports for primary school students. This will serve to support the very positive work which already takes place in the area of wellbeing in our schools. My officials are currently finalising details of this programme which I hope to be in a position to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Mar 2023)

Matt Shanahan: 1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the arrangements with respect to the €5 million in emergency funding provided to IT Tralee in 2019/2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: First 5 is Ireland’s first ever cross-departmental strategy to support babies, young children and their families. The ambitious ten-year plan will deliver a broader range of options for parents to balance working and caring and a new model of parenting support. In line with the principles set out in Sláintecare, and the First 5 Whole of Government Strategy for Babies, Young...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: Improving access to home support is a priority for the Government. Since 2020 we have provided over €200 million in additional funding for home support and this year the overall budget will be more than €700 million. This will enable the HSE to progress the development of a reformed model of service delivery to underpin the statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (21 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) formed part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It provided for funding of up to €300 million over the six-year programme and addressed widely acknowledged weaknesses in the maternal genetics of the Irish suckler herd, made a positive contribution to farmer profitability and reduced the greenhouse gas intensity of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department was allocated a gross budget of €389 million for 2022, of which €195 million was current and €194 million was capital. However, €10.5 million was repurposed from capital to current to provide supports to assist the response to the Ukraine crisis, effectively reducing the capital budget to €183.5 million, which was supplemented by a...