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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 Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, the Deputy will be aware that on 15 June 2022, I announced the launch of the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme. The aim of the scheme was to incentivise farmers to grow more fodder. Building on the success of the 2022 Fodder Support Scheme, on 2 November 2022, I launched the 2023 Fodder Support Scheme. The 2023 Fodder...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...graduates and administration. The original Core Funding allocation of €207m increased to €221m in spring 2022 at a time when cost pressures were significantly increasing. This further increased to €259m based on significant capacity growth in sector in Budget 2023 with additional contributions for staff pay and conditions, non-staff overheads, administration staff/time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

...has been referenced in the earlier statements. The Government's commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement has been somewhat addressed by the shared island unit investment of €45 million in the new teaching block in Ulster University's campus in Derry. Additional commitments to the broader north west within that agreement still remain to be addressed. There has been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (8 Feb 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...realistic sustainable mobility options. Public transport plays a key role in the delivery of this goal. To support this objective, under budget 2024, a funding package of approximately €613.463 million has been secured for public service obligation and Local Link services. This package includes funding for the continuation of the 20% fare reduction on PSO services, the extension...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Feb 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...rates for different roles in services. The JLC is continuing to meet to discuss possible changes to employment regulation orders first introduced in 2022, and the committee recently published its new draft proposals, indicating a 5% increase in all current minimum rates of pay. The Government is committed to the continued improvement of pay and conditions for early years educators...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...and the number of businesses impacted by the exceptional weather events in the period around 17 October. The scheme was also extended to cover areas impacted by severe flooding up to and including 5 November in counties Waterford, Limerick, Kilkenny, Galway and Louth. Since the closing date, the Red Cross has reviewed all applications and is now advising that the total estimated payments...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...firms that have been affected by rising costs but is not intended to compensate directly for all increases in wages or other costs for every business. The total allocation for the grant is €257 million. Officials within my Department are leading the introduction of this scheme, working in conjunction with the local authorities, the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

...and Clare Education and Training Board for 2022, received a clear audit opinion. However, I drew attention to two matters. The first is a disclosure that there were payments totalling €20,645 to a business with which a staff member had a direct connection and which represented a conflict of interest. The second issue I drew attention to was non-compliance with procurement rules,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...are considered in the final assessment of any licence application. In the period 7 October 2023 to date, my Department issued three individual dual-use export licences with a value of €31.4 million to end users in Israel. The three exports license were for category 5 items - ICT hardware and software.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...Rural Future’ policy recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. The Department of Rural and Community Development has invested over €150 million in the development of remote working facilities through programmes such as the Town...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Garret Ahearn: ...them all, which is why, even before 2020, the school put in an application to the additional accommodation scheme. It was approved in February 2020. It is a huge project that involves almost €5 million in investment. It will deliver two special education teaching rooms, two science labs, a prep room, a design and communication graphics room, a home economics room, a textiles...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...pressures, exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine. While it is welcome that the two most recent Central Statistics Office, CSO, monthly bulletins have reported a decrease in inflation below 5%, we will all agree that inflation had a significant impact on households and the cost of living during 2023. My Department has been front and centre in the delivery of the Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... In the energy sector, the focus is on accelerating and increasing the deployment of renewable energy to replace fossil fuels, with a target 9 GW of onshore wind, 8 GW of solar, and at least 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030, while developing an associated industrial development strategy. Significant progress is already being made to establish our offshore wind generation infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...is aware, in June 2019, the Government at that time gave an approval in principle of an expression of support for an expansion proposal at Waterford Airport and to providing Exchequer funding of €5 million towards a runway extension project. Government support was not only contingent on local authority and private investment necessary to complete the project being committed and any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during 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 and work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...provided for the programme as part of Budget 2021 measures. The increasing of the SCP full year budget to €27m from 2022 encompassed the extension of SCP to an additional 28 schools and incorporated a 5 percent increase in budget to SCP funding overall. From September 2022, an additional €4 million (€5.9 million full year) was provided to allow access to SCP to new...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Estimate and I am glad to be back again to bring forward this Estimate, which will ensure the progress we have made in recent years continues into 2024. For 2024, gross expenditure of €431 million is budgeted, which consists of €221 million in current expenditure and €210 million in capital expenditure. My Department also has a capital carryover of €20 million...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Joe O'Brien: Under Project Ireland 2040, the Department of Education is investing well in excess of €5 billion over the period 2021-25 to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost 1 million students and over 100,000 staff who learn and work in our schools every day. The Department of Education has a strong track record of delivery of school building...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...very significant scheme, which I introduced back in 1998. I have had a lifelong interest in special needs education and I am very keen that we continue to improve resources. Approximately 20,045 special education teachers will be available for allocation to schools in 2024. That is an increase of 20% compared with 2019-20, when the number was 16,626. By the end of this year, there...