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Statistics (Decade of Centenaries) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Oct 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...bottled it and years later came into the Dáil. That is recorded in a book, possibly one about the Kerry landings but I am not sure. I like to put little things like that on the record sometimes. In the 15 years since the previous census was taken, in 1911, Ireland had gone through a dramatic change, starting with the Lock-out of 1913, then the First World War from 1914 to 1918,...

Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...to more schools, given their proven capacity to change and enrich young lives. In contrast, in our alternative budget we made provision for 100 additional home school liaison co-ordinators, with €5 million in additional funding for school completion. I know from talking to teachers in north Kildare that there are concerns that students who need extra support to stay within the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Oct 2021)

...I draw attention to a case of significant non-compliant procurement in that case. This related to an ICT contract to develop a system for use by TG4 but it was not competitively procured. No. 5 is the Social Insurance Fund and it is quite a significant account. I can see that there is a typo there. The turnover of the fund should be €14.8 billion not €14.8 million....

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on Gender Equality. I want to begin my contribution by commending and thanking those citizens - the 99 women and men, and the Chair - who gave their time and consideration to developing the 45 recommendations that have come from the citizens' assembly seeking to achieve greater gender equality in Ireland. Covid-19 provided an unexpected and unwelcome interruption to their work. It...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: .... Would that we were able to say that Covid is in the rear-view mirror in this country but unfortunately, it has caught up with us again. In a worldwide context, we are moving inexorably towards 5 million lives lost to Covid. In Africa, less than 5% of people have been fully vaccinated while we move towards 90% and beyond of our adult population. The letter argues that the global...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...including in Tralee. Additional funding has been allocated to the national clinical programmes. In terms of staffing, skill mix and so on, funding has been provided in the budget. Approximately 5 million homecare hours have been provided to alleviate the pressures on hospitals and to facilitate flow through hospitals and so forth. An additional 12,150 community short-term, rehab and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Garret Ahearn: ...and development fund. There was good news yesterday for a number of projects that received extra funding. There were two such projects in County Tipperary. A project in Thurles got an extra €500,000 on top of the €3 million it has received to develop a permanent structure for a farmers' market. That is a really good project for the centre of the town. There is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...as low smoke has to be stopped. In addition, the 100,000 tonnes of coal coming in from the North every year cannot be permitted to continue. This coal has a retail value of approximately €56 million per annum. The main reason this is happening is that solid fuel in the North has a VAT rate of 5% compared with the 13.5% rate applied in the rest of Ireland. Also in the North,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (20 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...campaigns are developed and implemented to make the public aware of these decisions. Campaigns have achieved impressive audience reach across all media platforms. The #AntiViral Campaign had over 5.7 million impressions by mid-December 2020 – we had communicated with over 300,000 young people approximately 5 times across the platforms building awareness of the Campaign. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic and Social Research Institute (20 Oct 2021)

Michael McGrath: ...xa0;paper examined how the Irish carbon tax can be raised without increasing poverty and disproportionately affecting low-income households. The paper stated that expenditure levels of just €50m - €55m, less than one third of the expected revenues raised from a €7.50 increase, were sufficient to counteract the regressive nature of the increase. Allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (20 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I announced on Budget day that the Government will spend over €375 million in providing a €5 increase to the weekly rate of social welfare payments from January 2022.  This includes a proportionate increase for qualified adults and those on reduced rates of payment. Young jobseekers on an age-related reduced rate will receive the full €5 increase in their rate. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: Budget 2022 saw another record budget allocation for mental health services of €1.149 billon.  An additional €47 million has been added to the Mental Health Services budget, comprising €24 million for new developments, €10 million for mental health initiatives in response to Covid and €13 million for existing level of service. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...care and intermediate care to be delivered in the community. This high level of investment is being maintained into 2022. Details of how this will be delivered in 2022, including the additional 5 million home support hours provided for in Budget 2021, to be maintained in 2022, will be finalised as part of the National Service Plan process.  In addition  the proportion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...of the new home-support scheme in 2021 and to the commencement of its implementation in 2022. While the new home-support scheme is under development, the Government is prioritising improving access to home-support services. As part of Budget 2021, funding for an additional 5 million hours of home-support was provided. This additional allocation will be maintained in 2022. This increased...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: .... All I ever want to do is listen to the voice and choice of older people and make sure we can support them with the correct wrap-around supports at home. As I have said, we are spending €666 million on home care every year. That is the budget. That was increased by €150 million this year. To have the budget but to be short of carers is very disappointing. We are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising the question and for the opportunity to answer it. In August 2020, additional Sláintecare funding of €7.8 million was provided to the HSE to address the issue of overdue assessments of need. The funding was provided on a once-off and strictly time bound basis to eliminate all assessments of need overdue by 30 June 2020. While the number of overdue...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2022 (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. This year saw the largest budget allocation to mental health in the State's history at €1.149 billion. The year 2022 will see an additional €47 million for mental health services, comprising the €24 million the Deputy mentioned for new developments, €10 million for mental health initiatives in response to Covid and €13...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for his question. As he mentioned, emergency department attendances have reached 2019 levels and exceeded them in some places. In 2019, 1.34 million people attended emergency departments and approximately 350,000 of them were admitted. I acknowledge the work of our front-line staff in keeping the emergency departments open throughout the pandemic. Our figures for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I am delighted to have the opportunity to answer this question. I will break it down as quickly as I can. The first €50 million is for the existing level of services. Another €55 million is for new developments. These new developments will be made up of a suite measures in different areas. I want to talk about therapy posts and administrative work. Approximately €9...

Access of Competent Authorities to Centralised Bank Account Registries: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Mark Ward: ...will work to stop young people from falling into a life of crime and drug use. Communities are not asking for handouts. They are simply asking that the money is returned to where it originally came from. Over €5 million was seized by CAB last year and it is really welcome. I know how community groups in my area and right across the State would spend this to build community...