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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My Departments Eco-Scheme section have processed over 95% of the 122,289 applications received in 2023 with payments of over €297 million having issued already. Validations and compliance checks on the remaining 5% of applications are ongoing and payment including on the specific case raised by the Deputy will issue shortly. Staff in my Department will contact the person named in...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The town most impacted by Brexit in Ireland, if not Europe, is Killybegs. With regard to Brexit adjustment reserve funding, I put €33 million into Killybegs over the past two years through various schemes. The processing sector in Killybegs alone got €12 million in grants. Recently, €8 million was made available for the pelagic liquidity aid scheme. Over the three...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy knows, and as I said earlier, in 2019 the then Government agreed €5 million in funding towards a runway extension project. The estimated cost then was approximately €12 million and that €5 million was contingent on local authority and private investment necessary to complete the project being committed. It said at the time any risks relating to cost...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Accommodation (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: .... At the end of quarter 1, we will have our social housing and affordable numbers for 2023 which I predict will show an increase on the previous year. Record State investment of more than €5 billion has been made available this year to support the largest State home building programme ever, including 9,300 new build homes - that is just the new-build piece. The Government has also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 5 December 2023, the status of the drawdown of the €1 million in Galway 2020 legacy funding; the amount drawn down to date; the breakdown of where any funds drawn down to date have been allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6817/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes; 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing, and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. Each local authority has prepared its own 5 year Housing Delivery Action Plan setting out their social and affordable housing delivery plans. 18 local authorities, including Louth County Council, were asked...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing over the next decade. 54,000 affordable homes will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency and through First Home, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. Funding under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department. Under Project Ireland 2040, my Department is investing over €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Capital Expenditure Programme (15 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: From 2020 to Budget 2024, Exchequer funding for youth services and programmes increased from €61.8 million to €77.95 million, a 26% increase overall. The annual capital budget available to support youth services in 2023 was €2.7m. This funding supported small grants which enabled the purchase of essential equipment and the completion of minor works. This year, my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the next phase of implementation of Sláintecare from 2024 onwards is also at an advanced stage of development. The Government remains fully committed to the continued delivery of Sláintecare reform. The 2024 Health Budget provided €22.5 billion to build on the significant reform progress made to date, to continue the delivery and expansion of quality, affordable healthcare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to incremental and permanent decarbonisation that is strategic and sustainable. We are seeing the fruits of this policy. Last year, 39% of our electricity came from renewable sources, reaching 52% in December. In addition, in 2023 almost 40,000 electric vehicles were sold, heat pumps were installed in more than 90% of new homes and nearly 50,000 homes were retrofitted. All of this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Tim Lombard: .... The regional centre that will be based in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital is a project we have probably been talking about since 2014. It is a project that has cost almost €5 million. I am looking for an update on several aspects of the project. First, I welcome that the outpatient unit in Ballincollig primary care centre is now up and running. The Minister...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Members for their contributions. Amendments Nos. 47 to 66, inclusive, have been grouped for discussion so I will speak about them as a whole. Amendments Nos. 47 to 50, inclusive, seek to change how council members and others are to be appointed to the advisory and implementation committee. The role of the committee will be to support the mayor in preparing and implementing their...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Foreign Conflicts (14 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...to the Colombian peace process remains paramount, and I was pleased to communicate to my interlocutors that in 2024, Ireland’s direct funding in support of peacebuilding in Colombia is increasing to over €5 million. This funding will contribute to initiatives that will advance peacebuilding and equality in the country, inter alia in the areas of dialogue and participation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in the local government planning sector. The LGMA submitted a report entitled Business Case for Resources for the Planning Function of Local Authorities in 2022 which identified a shortfall of over 500 staff in local authority planning services at that time. Further to the submission of the report, my Department is working in conjunction with the LGMA on a programme of support to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff (14 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...) Enforcement Authority which was previously located within my Department. The UTPEA, when it was an office of my Department, was staffed with an FTE of 3 officers in 2021; FTE of 4 officers in 2022 and FTE of 5 officers in 2023 up until 13 December 2023. This figure includes the CEO-designate who was appointed on 22nd May 2023, initially taking over as head of the interim Unfair Trading...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...turn to planning first. There is no point in codding the witnesses because I have gone through this all of my life. There is a guideline document in every council. It states that anyone within 15 km of a designated site can object. They might sometimes bring it down to 12 km, 10 km or 5 km. What is catching us around the country is the habitats directive and the interpretation of it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Temporary Supports for Business: Discussion (14 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...supply of electricity and natural gas. Originally, to be eligible to make a claim, a business had to demonstrate that the average unit price for electricity or gas on the relevant bill had increased by 50% or more as compared to the average unit price in a reference period in addition to satisfying a number of other conditions. Once eligible, the business was entitled to claim a payment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the Department and legislation in that regard will be going through the Houses of the Oireachtas. I welcome the views of members in that regard. When Healthy Ireland was set up back in 2015, it had a budget of €5 million. In the most recent budget, I secured an additional €2.3 million for the programme. To date, we have a budget of €16.3 million for Healthy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

...by my division, and CRU, SEAI and ESBN are all members of the group. Last week, we had all of the suppliers come in to do a workshop, which gave consideration to the fact that while we have 1.6 million smart meters installed. Of the number of people who are signed up to a smart tariff only 20% of them have access to the data and maybe 10% of those have a smart tariff, which is a lacuna...