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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Properties (11 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...it out for expressions of interest, with the view that it could be suitable to house the Rainbow Club autism charity. The HSE property in question was leased to the National Ambulance Service in 2021 to use as a Covid swabbing centre. The Deputy will be aware of the vital role the National Ambulance Service played during the pandemic. Following discontinuation of the Covid swabbing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: .... Then, in 2021, we had another Indecon report. As I said, we are talking about decades of reports. Now, in 2024, we still have not implemented the major recommendations in the Indecon report of 2021. I acknowledge there is a range of disability and all of that. However, we have done nothing to progress the disability payment that has been asked for by so many organisations within...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Rates (11 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...the facts again. Consistent poverty and at-risk poverty have fallen. The 2023 national consistent poverty rate is 3.6%. This equates to 185,385 people, down from 4.9% in 2022, and 4.2% in 2021. This is the lowest rate of consistent poverty recorded since the start of the SILC survey. It puts the Government on track to meet the ambitious target set out in the roadmap for social...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

David Stanton: ...Social Protection if she will outline, with reference to section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, the number of revisions carried out under the section in each respective year from 2021 to 2023 inclusive; the number of these revisions that resulted in a changed decision; the number of revisions currently being considered under the section; of these, the longest waiting...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Neale Richmond: ...14,500 of these special education teachers will be supporting children with special educational needs in mainstream classes in September. This is 1,000 more posts than were available just three years ago in 2021. There has been a 30% increase in the number of SNAs in our system since 2019. Primary schools are allocated a teacher and two SNA posts for every new special class opening....

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ..., the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964, the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001, the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021,”.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of our commitment to the sustainable development goals but there is significant work going on across government that takes the impact of policies on societal well-being, now and in the future, into account. In 2021, we launched Ireland's well-being framework, a programme for Government initiative to measure progress and policy impact in a more holistic way. The framework is made up of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024)

James Browne: ...students and 9,000 staff from more than 220 schools have been set up with library membership. Borrowing levels are increasing year on year, with over 84,700 items borrowed from the library from 2021 to 2022, which is a 47% increase on the previous year. In 2023, the JCSP programme received total funding of €3.6 million from the Department of Education. An amount of €2.1...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: That works out at about €46.80 per annum, which is an increase of about 0.1%. In September 2021, Sinn Féin's leader, Deputy Mary-Lou McDonald, said the party would increase PRSI by 4%. That is much more than the total of 0.7% I am proposing over five years. I will quote Sinn Féin's leader. She said, "Our proposal is, over the course of a number of budgets, to bring...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...updated guidance to local authorities that will enable eligible applicants to have earlier access to grant funding for certain eligible works. It should be noted that arising from the Government's decision of 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, was tasked with delivering a programme of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...through the Land Development Agency across the country. Supply is increasing year-on-year, with a substantial uplift in the amount of new homes delivered since the launch of Housing for All in 2021. The most recent completions data from the Central Statistics Office show more than 29,700 and 32,600 new homes were completed in 2022 and 2023 respectively, the first two full years of...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

.... That construction commenced in March 2024 and is progressing well. On the financial accounts, the details are presented in the table in the written opening statement I have provided and relate not just to 2021 and 2022, but also to non-audited figures for 2023, and a year to date figure for 2024. To date, the Comptroller and Auditor General has identified the amount of money...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Seery Kearney: ...is No. 1, report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion re extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; and No. 3, motion re proposed approval by Seanad Éireann of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (30 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Promotion (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...with the objectives of the regional brand strategy of Ireland's Ancient East, it continues to help in unlocking the economic growth potential of the destination. Since the launch of the plan in May 2021, 26 of its 84 projects have been completed and a further 41 are in progress across its four strategic pillars. Key achievements in 2023 included the completion of a plan to re-imagine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

Mal O'Hara: At Belfast Pride 2021, the then Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey of Sinn Féin, agreed to look at a different funding model for communities. Historically, what we have done has been locality based. There has rightly been a focus on getting funding into areas of deprivation. However, we have also committed to looking at communities of interest, with particularly reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: The total funding allocated to the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, is as follows: 2019 - €173.9 million 2020 – €182.6 million 2021 – €219.1 million 2022 - €287.4 million 2023 - €228.2 million It is important to note that neither my Department nor Fáilte Ireland allocate funding on a county-by-county...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...and city development plans are drawn up by local authorities in accordance with their functions under the Planning and Development Acts. Such plans are informed by the National Development Plan 2021-2030 and the National Planning Framework which recognises cultural heritage infrastructure. There has been sustained investment in arts and culture in recent years. I was very pleased to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: ...;rainn (Inis Mór) 11/04/2022 €120,000 Árainn (Inis Oírr) 11/04/2022 €120,000 Árainn (Inis Meáin) 11/04/2022 €120,000 Cléire 13/08/2021 €120,000 In addition, three separate organisations are funded through the...