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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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Mr. Peter Walsh: I dispute that for a start. Right through the early 2000s, we were building motorway for in or around €5 million per kilometre. We did do comparisons with other European countries.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Duncan Smith: ..., the shattered families and the communities left grieving serve as stark reminders for an overdue urgent need for action. A total of 184 people died in 173 fatal collisions in 2023, compared to 155 deaths in 149 collisions in 2022. This represents an increase of 29 deaths, or a 19% rise. A 19% rise constitutes a crisis that I think we all recognise. It is clear that there is a need for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...of housing, particularly social housing, is critical in responding to homelessness. We are now seeing record levels of investment being provided through Housing for All. In 2024, more than €5 billion is being provided for the provision of housing and we anticipate more social housing will be provided this year than in any year since the 1970s. Budget 2024 also allocated...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...measure. In other cases, it will mean that people will now qualify for a payment for the first time. We estimate that this measure will be of direct benefit to approximately 16,000 lone parents at a cost of some €10 million per annum. The Government also accepted the group’s third recommendation, which was that the liable relative provisions should be removed from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...caring commitments. To further the work of this Government in reducing costs for families, tackling disadvantage and supporting achievement of all our children and young people, I secured €10.5 billion for Education in Budget ’24. As Minister, I have increased the provision of a number of resources that support children at risk of educational disadvantage across all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (13 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. The Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) was launched on the 21st of December 2021, with the aim of supporting 380MW of new micro-generation capacity by 2030, under the Climate Action Plan. The scheme currently provides support to domestic applicants for renewable installations up to 50kW and to non-domestic applicants for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (13 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 235 together. The Tax Debt Warehousing scheme was introduced in May 2020 to provide a vital liquidity support to businesses from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a further measure of support in light of the challenging economic situation that businesses continue to face, a significant extension to the scheme in October 2022 means that businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...sealed SWA1 (deed of transfer easement for underground cables) to the ESB 9 January 2024. Following an update received on 31 January from the Design Team, the ESB have outages provisionally booked for 15 and 16 February to carry out this diversion. On completion of the ESB works, the enabling works Contractor will have approximately 1 weeks’ work remaining to make the site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Feb 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ...special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion 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...