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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...14,500 vacant and derelict homes in the greater Dublin area. We know that there is a massive need for new homes in the Dublin area. We know that there is a massive number of homes that could be tapped into and unlocked. It would be great to hear from people who work in that area as to how they are going to achieve that, based on the targets set by the Department.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2023)

Leo Varadkar: .... We provided substantial additional funding to private and voluntary nursing homes over the course of the pandemic and in recent years. That includes €149 million through the temporary assistance payment scheme, TAPS; the provision of personal protective equipment, PPE, and oxygen costing the State €75 million; and the new temporary inflation payment, TIP, scheme which was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...;300,000 were administered through Pobal. I have been out and about and a few people have said to me that certain projects were going to cost more than they thought. That is usual. I told them they could not have gold taps and they had to cut their cloth to measure, but we do not want to see anybody not progressing and we will look at things within reason. There is no doubt that we...

Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Carol Nolan: ...were told was insufficient funding. It is scandalous. Today I call on the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, to not give any tokenistic rhetoric, but to give assurances. These firefighters do not want a clap or a tap on the back. They want respect and they want proper pay.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...investment to promote alternatives to single use plastics must be targeted in the right way. Current measures in place to encourage people to use refillable bottles and cups and to drink from the tap include:The Local Authority Prevention Network (LAPN) has developed a guide for local government and communities which supports access to free water refill points. LAPN also provides funding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...home sector over the course of the pandemic. Over €149 million of financial support has been provided to private and voluntary nursing homes through the COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) and the provision of free PPE and oxygen to private nursing homes continues, costing approximately €75 million to date. A new €10 million scheme (TIPS) was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...and voluntary nursing home sector over the course of the pandemic. Over €149 million of financial support has been provided to private and voluntary nursing homes through the COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) and the provision of free PPE and oxygen to private nursing homes continues, costing approximately €75 million to date. A new €10 million...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (1 Jun 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...as a State, focus more on this area, as we need to because it is the right thing to do, the unintended consequence, unfortunately, is that it puts more pressure on the DPOs. We want to consult and tap into that lived experience and use it to shape the State's policies and services but, as Mr. O'Dea has said, people cannot consult for free. I hear that loud and clear and will take that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (1 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...voluntary nursing home sector over the course of the pandemic. Over €149m of financial support has been provided to private and voluntary nursing homes through the COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) and the provision of free PPE and oxygen to private nursing homes continues, costing approximately €75 million to date. A new €10 million scheme (TIPS)...

Seanad: Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (31 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...could have been when one looks at Denmark and Scotland. To use that awful phrase, we are where we are. At least now we are going in the right direction and seeing that offshore wind potential being tapped into. The planning system is a major concern. It is slow, adversarial and wracked with uncertainty. That is why Sinn Féin supports reform of the planning system and An Bord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ratification of Agreement Establishing EU-LAC Foundation: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (31 May 2023)

Colm Brophy: ...dealings with the European Union was the UK. As the UK is now outside that, it now falls to us. Many of the countries are English speaking and there are huge opportunities there. I know we have tapped into this already. I had the privilege in a number of ministerial meetings of engaging directly with Caribbean counterparts about a range of issues that are available for us to develop....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

...very fruitful partnership. Part of our role is to encourage and enable that type of engagement. Regarding creative schools and local education centres, there is the teacher-artist partnership, TAP, programme and the bringing live arts to student and teachers, BLAST, programme. We are often the matchmaker between the artists and the education programmes. It is a role we very much play...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerry Horkan: Covid showed us how much of a move we made towards digital with tap-and-go and less cash. For most of us if the battery dies in our phone or we leave it behind it is like we have our hand chopped off. We are very dependent on it in everything we do, from reading the newspaper to checking our emails to tapping to pay for almost anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...reality that mental health and addiction is a huge part of the issue of homelessness. I am not quite convinced as I walk the streets of Dublin every day and meet people who tell me they are homeless.They are tapping into services but really see no future and are being pushed on and shunned by society, generally, and the communities they live in. They do not have the same supports. When...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

...for that. There is also a need to recognise the innovation and creativity of some of the younger generation. There are many layers and pieces there. It is kind of like a spider's web. One can tap into different elements that are needed at different times. It is about looking at it in that big picture view but with a commitment to the important quiet spaces and the series of dialogues....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...nursing home sector over the course of the pandemic. Over €149m of financial support has been provided to private and voluntary nursing homes through the COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) and the provision of free PPE and oxygen to private nursing homes continues, costing approximately €75 million to date. A new €10 million scheme (TIPS) was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 May 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Butler: ...and voluntary nursing home sector over the course of the pandemic. Over €149 million of financial support has been provided to private and voluntary nursing homes through the COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) and the provision of free PPE and oxygen to private nursing homes continues, costing approximately €75 million to date. A new €10 million scheme...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...dramatically. Farmers borrowed to improve their systems and it is only a few years since they were told to increase production. When they are in that vein, they have to continue. It is not like a water tap they can turn off. When they are in a mode, they have to remain going. I am saying to the Minister that we need regulation and transparency as to what is happening in between...

Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Michael Collins: ...us, including dirty dictators. That is where we are importing it from. Instead of being able to stand on our own two feet and not have to look to dictators to provide us with fuel, we have turned off the tap once again and will be depending on dictators for decades to come. This will make our people poorer and make energy here more expensive. We will miss out on billions of euro in...

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (24 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...our focus on a range of different investments, but particularly onshore wind, which has been developed successfully, but it is now long past time, many would argue, for us to go back and start to tap into the huge energy resource we have in our ocean area. Our sea area is seven times the size of our land area and our wind speeds, particularly in the west, the north west and the south...