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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of skills and apprenticeships. Very significant progress has been made. The Covid-19 pandemic created very significant backlogs in respect of apprenticeships but those are reducing. The number of apprenticeship registrations to the end of 2023 was 8,712, an increase of 5% on the end of 2022 and of 41% on the 2019 figure. There has been a very significant change in respect of people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...that is not registered with Fáilte Ireland is also contracted to the State. My colleague, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, has made up to €10 million available for a programme of supports targeted at tourism businesses experiencing particular challenges linked to the reduction in footfall in regions most impacted by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: ...did not purchase them but that is not how the model worked. I am speaking about the IPAS centre operators. Properties in my constituency that had been sold in the preceding decade for under €1 million were sold for over €4 million or €5 million for the purpose in question. The business model for the operators is so lucrative that the taking of such decisions can be...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Denis Naughten: ...it should be explicitly stated in the Bill that investment funds be prohibited from investing in fossil fuels and the arms industry; and that the total amount of charges should equate to a maximum of 5%. The report of the parliamentary research service on our recommendations stated the Department had taken on board two of the 21 recommendations, partially adopted six and rejected 13, some...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: ...made by some Ministers in recent days carefully, I see an attempt to downplay the responsibility of society, the Government and State intervention in this. For example, there is currently a €5 billion backlog of maintenance work on rural roads, that is a legacy of huge cutbacks in the austerity era. In addition, as society emerged from the austerity era, in a Government led by...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: ...the average was ten. His mother submitted a complaint under the Disability Act to the HSE in May 2023. This was upheld and it was recommended that John receive an assessment of need no later than 5 April 2024. The date 5 April has come and gone and John has still not received his assessment of needs. John’s situation is not unique. There are thousands of Johns right across...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...last summer estimated that 14,088 children were enrolled in early learning and childcare in Galway. This represents an 8% increase from 13,047 in the previous year. The data also indicated that 50% of services had waiting lists and 50% had at least one vacant place. This year's annual early years sector profile will commence in May and will provide an updated picture of the capacity in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State. The junior cycle book scheme was published on 5 March 2024. It provides free books to second level students up to junior certificate, excluding fee-paying schools. Under Article 42.4 of the Constitution, the State has a duty to supplement and give reasonable aid to private and corporate educational initiatives. To the extent that reasonable aid is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Wall: I want to raise several issues today. The first concerns emergency electricity credits. We all know that 2.2 million households will benefit from the worthwhile and needed €450 million that was announced by the Government in recent months. The reason I raise this issue today is that, in response to a number of queries I have had in the last couple of days, particularly around low...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Peter Burke: ...are currently being brought forward to assist businesses in adjusting to these increased costs as well as more generally to improve the cost of competitiveness of firms, including making up to €15 million available to local enterprise offices to enable a top-up payment of up to €3,000 in energy efficiency grants for businesses in the hospitality and retail sectors, bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (17 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: I am advised that Revenue is precluded under Section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 from commenting on the tax affairs of an individual, person, organisation or other legal entity. Revenue is, therefore, unable to provide information on the tax affairs of the organisation the Deputy’s question refers to or provide information on any tax settlements that might have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...Justice Ireland has consistently called for core social welfare rates to be benchmarked. We believe that average weekly earnings is the best anchor for indexation, beginning with a benchmark of 27.5% of average weekly earnings and then setting out a pathway to move towards 30%. As noted in the committee's 2022 report, indexation would provide certainty to households as it would make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: In June 2023 - the Deputy is correct - I was very pleased to launch a €5 million pilot of counselling and well-being supports in primary schools in selected counties. This further supports the range of mental health and well-being supports already provided by my Department and the excellent work already happening in schools in respect of well-being. All of this supplements the mental...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Cathal Berry: ...expended, we have a plan and we just need to focus on implementation. There have been some positive elements. For instance, the smoking cessation strategy has been excellent. We have gone from 18% to 5% of children smoking now. Obviously, 5% is still too much, but there has been progress. I was in Naas General Hospital on Friday when the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, showed up to open...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: ...case, there would be a saving to the State but it would be minimal and would come at the expense of some of Ireland's poorest. We already know that the cost of tax relief for private pensions runs not into the hundreds of millions but into the billions of euro. That is the case every single year. Auto-enrolment will increase that by hundreds of millions of euro each year. We also know...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Rónán Mullen: ...think the Minister has made it, that the Bill does not explicitly criminalise silent prayer. However, given the breadth of section 2(2), considered in conjunction with section 1, subsections (2), (5), (6), and (7), it seems possible that silent prayer is criminalised if one can tell by looking at the person that he or she is praying, for example. The normal postures associated with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...with more complex needs require additional supports, special classes and special school places are provided. For 2024, €2.7 billion is being spent on special education an increase of €113 million and this is dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...supports, special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, €2.6 billion was spent on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream classes;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...action plan on bullying includes an action on developing guidance for the establishment of a Student Support Team model in larger primary schools. This work has commenced and the pilot project is underway with 5 schools. The Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated educational disadvantage at...