Results 101-120 of 60,021 for 2021

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (28 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: ...of schemes; the amount of funding available to be drawn down per scheme ; the amount of funding drawn down per scheme; the number of grants awarded per scheme; the average amount awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, per scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23844/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...of €200m to support its implementation, committed to under Ireland’s National Development Plan (NDP). The first tranche of €50m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in late 2021. The specific timing for issue of the ICT grant is subject to the availability of Exchequer funding and the wider capital needs of the Department including the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...teacher education (ITE) providers for upskilling programmes in mathematics, physics and Spanish. Following the successful completion of the funding call, these programmes commenced in January 2021. Over 900 teachers have completed or are in the process of completing these existing programmes. In addition, I recently announced that Trinity College Dublin, alongside Marino Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...Currently there are 3,600 registered under Route 5, the highest number ever. Encouraging retired teachers to provide substitute cover, resulting in a significant increase of 49% in teaching days provided between the 2021/22 and 2022/23 school years. A new communications campaign began earlier this year to encourage retired teachers to return to teaching. The 50 day pension abatement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...(URDF) was one of four new funds established under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018 – 2027. Launched in 2018 with committed Exchequer funding of €2 billion, the review of the NDP in 2021 extended the URDF to 2030. To date, there have been three rounds of funding provided under the URDF with more than €1.9 billion allocated so far. While Call 1 and 2 was for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pa Daly: .... To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of targeted and delivered social and affordable homes in Kerry for the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [23709/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (28 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...routine work of the NPWS. The attached table lists specific initiatives aimed at controlling invasive species in NPWS regions containing National Parks. Location 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Killarney Division Invasive Species Control - Rhodo Invasive Species Control - Rhodo Invasive Species Control - Rhodo...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...a stock of high quality accommodation is available for those who live in the private rented sector. Housing for All sets a target of 25% for the inspection of all private residential tenancies from 2021. A total of €9 million in Exchequer funding is being made available by my Department to local authorities this year to help them meet their private rental inspection targets. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The detailed administration of each affordable purchase scheme is a matter for the relevant local authority in line with Part 2 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021. My Department liaises closely with all relevant local authorities in relation to the ongoing development and delivery of their affordable housing delivery programmes. I understand that the affordable purchase scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (28 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...received these updated cost reports on 29 March and they will be provided to the Expert Group shortly to review and make recommendations to me. Arising from the Government Decision of 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks (DCB) grant scheme, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) was tasked with delivering a programme of work to address a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Nature Advisory Committee, as recommended in the 2021 Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will be established; the reason such a delay has occurred in establishing this committee which can provide a structured forum for consultation with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Year Receipts (in €Bn) Expenditure Surplus/(Shortfall) Projected Balance of Fund 2020 10.6 14.1 -3.5 0.5 2021 11.8 14.9 -3.1 0 2022 14.2 11.5 2.7 2.7 2023 14.8 12.0 2.8 5.4 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...out the number of Community Gardaí assigned to Drogheda Garda station at end December 2017 up to end December 2023 and at 31 March 2024. Community Gardaí - Drogheda Garda station 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Mar-24 Total 6 6 6 9 7 16 9 ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (28 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am informed that the Irish Prison Service completed a comprehensive audit of cellular accommodation in March 2021 across the prison estate which gathered data on the size of prison cells. The prison estate in Ireland includes a mix of accommodation types including basic prison cells, en-suite rooms, dormitory style accommodation, wheelchair accessible cells, and special observation cells....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (28 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, the Parole Act 2019 commenced in full on 30 July 2021 and the Parole Board was established and became operational as a statutory body under the Act on 31 July 2021, replacing the non-statutory Interim Parole Board which had been in place since 2001. The provisions of the Parole Act 2019 currently apply to those serving a sentence of life imprisonment. Section...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...supports for farmers, referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy, are provided within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and specifically on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 which sets out the rules for support under CAP Strategic Plans. There is no similar or comparable provision in place under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in relation to primary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Commission establishes, by means of an implementing decision, the occurrence of an "exceptional event" in relation to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and that the operational programme for the 2021-2027 EMFAF is designed to enable the prompt and efficient drawdown of these very urgent and crucial funds needed to stabilise struggling aquaculture businesses in Ireland. [23921/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the onset of the financial crisis, pensions in Coillte continued to be granted on a discretionary pay parity basis in line with the practice in the public sector. Coillte decided each year from 2008 to 2021, inclusive, not to grant any discretionary pension increase. Pension increases of 2% in 2022 (effective from 1 January 2022) and 4% in 2023 (effective from 1 January 2023) were...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (28 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and whether there are practical or other obstacles which preclude or deter them from taking an action. My Department invited written submissions to a public consultation from 06 July 2021 - 08 December 2021, and was pleased to receive an extensive response. The public were asked for their views on the functioning and accessibility of the Acts; the scope of the current grounds; whether...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (28 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for Children's Office (OCO) for funding with increased allocations. The OCO’s 2024 budget allocation included a 10.5% increase on 2023, in addition to increases of 11.6% for 2022 and 16.9% in 2021. The Department accepts that these increases did not include the specific provision for a proposed oversight role outlined in the implementation plan for DSGBV strategy requested by the...