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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Environmental Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take PQs 5375/23, 5376/23 and 5377/23 together. In Budget 2022, Government announced that €55 million would be made available under the National Recovery & Resilience Plan to assist enterprises through the Green Transition Fund. This budget is split into two streams, the Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund (EERIF) (€30m) and the Climate Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Conservation (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take PQs 5375/23, 5376/23 and 5377/23 together. In Budget 2022, Government announced that €55 million would be made available under the National Recovery & Resilience Plan to assist enterprises through the Green Transition Fund. This budget is split into two streams, the Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund (EERIF) (€30m) and the Climate Planning...

Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Patricia Ryan: ...services being cut to the bone to the extent that a council tenant in Kildare with a smoking fuseboard was told on Monday evening that there was no emergency maintenance call-out available after 5 p.m. to assess and repair the damage. This is simply not good enough. What if a fire starts? What if something happens overnight? This must be addressed because it is a serious issue. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to acknowledge that more than half of the projects funded under active travel are in rural areas, which is 500 of the 1,200 projects, and there is €290 million coming into rural areas. It is greatly needed. We know there are busy roads and there are no footpaths. One can live in the country and yet not get a chance to go out and have a walk safely on roads at all. It is...

Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Mary Butler: ...questions asked as I can. It is important to note that significant investment has taken place in community organisations that provide vital early-intervention services for children. While €125 million was spent on CAMHS last year, an awful lot more money is provided from my budget. Jigsaw, for example, was funded with approximately €12 million in 2022. It provides...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...  supported companies. In total, 19,660 new jobs were created in 2022 by companies assisted by EI. Total employment by companies assisted by Enterprise Ireland in 2022 was 218,178, an increase of 5% on the 2021 outturn and 68% of these jobs are outside Dublin. Balanced regional development is being achieved in terms of both new jobs created and total employment.  More than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...of vehicles here. The roadworthiness testing of cars in Ireland began in 2000 and in the first year, we carried out 309,000 tests, with a first-time pass rate of just under 4%. Last year, 1,395,000 cars were tested with a first-time pass rate of 54%, a stark contrast to the start of the NCT. In addition, almost 87,000 vehicles received a fail-dangerous result, which constitutes an...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development and the Islands (Further Revised) (1 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: It is planned to use the €20 million of the CCIF and €5 million of the community enhancement programme, although the actual scale of the latter programme will depend on the level of demand under the CCIF as the year progresses. The next call under the CCIF will seek to fund new centres where communities have a clear need. The Deputy has raised a particular centre with me. I...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Butler: ...cases that were lost to follow-up in CHO 3, which encompasses the mid-west. He mentioned that there was a consultant no longer working there, with 140 files piled up. At that stage there were 3.5 consultant psychiatrists; there are now seven. Those files have now been dealt with. It just shows how easily there can be a pileup when there is not an adequate number of staff. A couple of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: Okay. The €5 billion was an estimate related to public nursing homes and not private nursing homes. A scheme was set up - I do not know when but under then Minister for Health, Mary Harney - to compensate people who were charged in public nursing homes. The initial estimate was €5 billion. By the time scheme was developed, it came down by €1 billion. In the end,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...it had, the State would have defended its position and had bona fide defences prepared. In the case of public nursing home charges, a scheme was put in place that was widely publicised and €485 million was paid to former residents and their families. This sum was considerably less than the estimate of €5 billion put on the potential liability in 2011 by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 141 together. The Government provided a total of over €100 million in direct assistance to Somalia and other countries in the Horn of Africa in 2022, in response to the devastating humanitarian crisis caused by drought and conflict.  We have also taken a lead internationally in drawing attention to the devastating impact of the crisis and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...humanitarian assistance Ireland was among the first to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.  I announced a significant Irish Aid package on the first day of the invasion that subsequently increased to €20 million. This comprehensive package is funding both the UN Appeal, Red Cross movement and Irish based NGOs. From this package €1 million has been earmarked for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023) See 5 other results from this answer

Simon Coveney: ...Programme Total 22,701 235,999 258,700 The table reflects the allocation as published in the 2023 Revised Estimates Volume.  It does not include capital monies allocated from the €54.5 million in unspent capital appropriations which were carried over from 2022 for use in 2023 in accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Finance Act, 2004....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (31 Jan 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447 and 448 together. The 2022 Summer Programme built on the expanded programmes of the previous two years. Since 2021, all primary and post-primary schools were given the opportunity to run at least one scheme under the programme. The programme that has been provided in recent years was developed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...the planning and building unit in the Department of Education. It is great to have them here. The figures are phenomenal. The opening statement points out that we have 4,000 schools and nearly 1 million children. The unit delivers accommodation, buildings and schools for children when they move from primary to post-primary schools. The unit bases a lot of its work on the details...

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...assistance. The lack of CAMHS intellectual disability, ID, specialists is a serious failing and must be urgently addressed. I welcome the recent appointment of a new CAMHS ID specialist in CHO 5 who serves south Tipperary. However, she needs a full team around her and the absence of appropriate CAMHS ID units in this country is simply appalling. The experience of families that have...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...viable and financially attractive enough for an international investor to do this, surely it is also financially attractive for the State to do it. We have heard repeatedly about how there is a €5 billion surplus this year, so why is the Government not using some of that money so that we do not have to go to international investors but can keep control of our natural resources?...