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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage had access to an enhanced summer programme of education. The total funding available to provide the programme was €40 million, which was a 100% increase on the allocation for summer provision in 2020. The range of schemes on offer built on the success of the expanded programme that ran in 2020 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: ...17 October 2022. Details of the successful applicants, including funding allocated under the Fund is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/13736-minister-mcentee-announces -2-million-in-grants-to-reinvest-proceeds-of-crime-in-commun ity-safety/. To be of assistance, the list of successful applicants by electoral area is attached for the Deputy's information. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023) See 3 other results from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...or arranging treatment through HSE-employed dentists. I am aware that there are some towns with no or very few DTSS dentists that have sufficient capacity to accept new patients. For this reason, €5 million of additional funding has been allocated through Budget 2023 on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental Service to provide care this year, including through a HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...or arranging treatment through HSE-employed dentists. I am aware that there are some towns with no or very few DTSS dentists that have sufficient capacity to accept new patients. For this reason, €5 million of additional funding has been allocated through Budget 2023 on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental Service to provide care this year, including through a HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...or arranging treatment through HSE-employed dentists. I am aware that there are some towns with no or very few DTSS dentists that have sufficient capacity to accept new patients. For this reason, €5 million of additional funding has been allocated through Budget 2023 on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental Service to provide care this year, including through a HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a one-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...funding. I am committed to improving connectivity for rural residents – whether it be access to homes, farms or outdoor amenities. From 2017 to 2022, my Department has allocated over €100 million towards improvement works on over 3,700 non-public roads and lanes benefiting over 16,000 landowners and residents in these rural areas. I launched the 2022 scheme with an initial...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Department was provided with a supplementary estimate in November 2022, the main purpose of which was a substantive supplementary estimate of €10 million in current funding to facilitate the Community and Voluntary Sector Energy Support Scheme. This funding was additional non-core funding for the Department in 2022. The supplementary estimate also provided €150,000 in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

...issue. She may be aware - it was mentioned in our opening statement - in respect of GP direct access to diagnostics, which is one of the investments under enhanced community care, that in 2022, 250,000 patients were able to access MRI scans, CT scans and X-rays through that scheme. That is ahead of the target of 240,000. That is one element of us trying to make sure that the reasons...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Eamon Ryan, and, to be honest, I was frothing at some of the things he came out with. Does the Government realise that by agreeing to what it is signing up to in Europe and under its future forestry policy, 1 million ha will be taken out of the equation? I will explain. When the Government talks about signing up to 30% under the new nature restoration, it is talking about farmers who...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (15 Dec 2022)

David Stanton: .... To be fair to Irish Water, as far back as October 2016 it put in a new filtration system with two microfiltration units, and a UV disinfection unit has been installed at a cost of over €1 million. New shuttering controls were also put in place to prevent any inadequately treated water from entering the water supply. However, the fact quite a number of boil water notices have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Conservation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...microgeneration support scheme domestic solar PV grant earlier this year, the SEAI has seen application levels increase significantly month on month. It is expected that applications will exceed 15,000 by year end, with more than 8,500 supported. To put this in context, the SEAI supported 4,000 applications for solar PV last year under the previous iteration of the scheme. It has more...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: When we last engaged on this, the criticism was from 2015 to 2018. The OPW was tendering contracts at €3 million but spending €10 million. Then the OPW was tendering contracts at €5 million but spending €25 million. There is a quare difference between €3 million and €10 million, and between €5 million and €25 million. Why is the OPW...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (15 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...SICAP so that its some 600 community development workers can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle in and engage with local communities. €10.5 million was announced by my Department earlier this year for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. €5 million funding was allocated to SICAP in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 54 together. A vital part of my Department's mission is to support the creation of vibrant and sustainable communities across this country. Budget 2023 provides a 4% increase in my Department’s allocation, which will deliver significant support for rural and community development next year. The increased budget provision for 2023 of over...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Following the recent supplementary estimate my Department has a gross budget of €389 million for 2022, of which €195 million is current and €194 million is capital. However, it should be noted that €10.5 million in capital funding was repurposed from capital to current to provide supports to assist the response to the Ukraine crisis, effectively reducing the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: .... The policy recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. In furtherance of this commitment, my Department’s focus to date has been on strategically developing the National Hub Network and the Network's shared online booking platform...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...strengthened customer protection measures CRU introduced reduced debt burdens on Pay-as-You-Go customers. The new measures mean that the debt repayment levels will reduce to 10% from a previous 25% on pay-as-you-go customers top-up payments. On a €20 top-up for example, only €2 will go towards debt repayment (if it exists), rather than €5 previously. From 1 December...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the...