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Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in this Bill, my Department will no longer assess child maintenance payments in the means tests for social welfare schemes. This will be of direct benefit to an estimated 16,000 lone parents at a cost of €10 million a year. In some cases, this will mean that people receive a higher payment. In others, it will mean that people qualify for a payment for the first time. I only have...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Mr. John McKeon: To clarify, that €240 million per year is the value of a 0.1% increase. When it gets up to 0.7% it will be 0.7 times that. In the next five years we expect to raise approximately €5 billion extra in social insurance revenues.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...target of achieving a 10% reduction in the number of patients breaching the Sláintecare waiting times was exceeded, with an 11% reduction achieved, and the target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%. This covers inpatients, day case, outpatients and GI scopes. Since the pandemic peaks there has been a 27%reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Jan 2024)

Mary Butler: ...to the cost of their own care is calculated under the same criteria, therefore the cost to the resident remains the same. In 2019, the Nursing Homes Support Scheme funding (NHSS) budget was €985.8m. Year-on-year the budget has increased: in 2023 I secured a funding increase of €40 million for the NHSS. An additional €45.6 million has been allocated to support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...needs of patients. Staffing at the hospital is now approx. 2,707 WTE (November 2023), an increase of 39% since December 2019. The hospital’s budget has increased by 33.3% since 2019 to €268.3 million in 2023, a significant increase in funding in this time period. The Programme for Government committed to the delivery of a second Cath Lab in University Hospital Waterford...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...and Tier 2 Bursary which will total 600 for the 2023/2024 academic year.The average annual allocation of Fund for Students with a Disability (FSD) to the higher education sector is in the region of €7.6 million. I have increased the fund for 2024 by 5% to over €8 million.The Student Assistance Fund has funding of over 19m available for the 2023/2024 academic yearUniversal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...for students with a disability in higher education including:-The average annual allocation of the Fund for Students with a Disability funding to the higher education sector is in the region of €7.6 million. I have increased the fund for 2024 by 5% to over €8 million.Universal Design measures have been progressed with 19 institutions receiving a total of €3m in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...Tier 2 Bursary's which will total 600 for the 2023/2024 academic year.The average annual allocation of the Fund for Students with a Disability funding to the higher education sector is in the region of €7.6 million. I have increased the fund for 2024 by 5% to over €8 million.The Student Assistance Fund has funding of over 19m available for the 2023/2024 academic yearUniversal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...as many vacant properties back into use as possible. There are now a range of schemes and supports in place to support addressing vacancy. Among the measures in the Action Plan, I announced a €150 million Urban Regeneration Development Fund for local authorities to acquire vacant or derelict properties and sites for re-use or sale. The Fund will then be replenished from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to improve healthcare for women across the country. There have been a number of key developments since the establishment of the Women’s Health Taskforce and the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-23.Contraception: The free contraception scheme for women was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. The scheme has been gradually expanded to include women aged 31...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...core target of achieving a 10% reduction in the number of patients breaching the Sláintecare waiting times was exceeded, with an 11% reduction achieved, and the target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%. This covers inpatients, day case, outpatients and GI scopes. Since the pandemic peaks there has been a 27%reduction in the...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I will outline our amendment, which states: AN SCEIDEÁL 1. I gCuid 1, Leathanach 6, líne 5 go 8 a scrisadh an méid soe a leanas a chur ina n-ionad: “Admhaíonn an Stát go dtugtar taca don Chomhdhaonnacht, ar taca é nach bhféadfaí leas an phobail a ghnóthú dá éagmais, de...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

...owners in giving such a pathetic incentive. It is incumbent upon everybody to remember that housing has a massive impact on people, not only in terms of shelter - tonight the temperature will be -5°C - but also on mental health, dignity, living, relationships, development of communities and employment. Every single aspect of life, including mental health and our health services, is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...may interest you to note that at a policy level, my Department published the National Sustainable Mobility Policy in 2022 which has two particularly relevant high-level goals, namely – Goal 5: Take a whole of journey approach to mobility, promoting inclusive access for all; and Goal 6: Design infrastructure according to Universal Design Principles and the Hierarchy of Road...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As per Sections 27, 28 & 29 of the Finance Act 2020, the carbon tax increased by €7.50 a tonne as part of Budget 2024. The increase on transport fuels was effective from 11 October 2023, while the increase on home heating fuels will not take place until 1 May 2024. In the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future, the Government committed to ring-fence all revenues raised...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Regulator of the National Lottery that the chances of winning the Lotto jackpot are available on the National Lottery website and are 1 in 10.7 million. This version of the Lotto game commenced in 2015. There are detailed procedures in place to ensure the integrity of every draw and independent observers from KPMG check that each step is followed for each and every draw....

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

Norma Foley: ...and unencumbered possession of the site is available to the incoming contractor for the new school building. Under Project Ireland 2040, the Department of Education is investing well in excess of €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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ... Carlow 6 Cavan 2 Cavan 7 Clare 1 Clare 10 Cork 15 Cork 43 Donegal 2 Donegal 17 Dublin 18 Dublin 80 Galway 6 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ...an application process as with other STEM initiatives in the past such as the STEM clusters project. When the grant scheme was announced the Department indicated that it had funding of €1.5 million available. There was a phenomenal demand from schools with around 3,000 applications received. Every application received by the deadline of 5 p.m. on 30 November was read and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...looked specifically at the e-charging infrastructure in Ireland as it relates to tourism. The study sought to understand the current position, proposed infrastructure developments in the medium term (3-5 years), gaps and opportunities for car touring with electric vehicles or hybrid, ascertain future trends in terms of technology and range of vehicles and provide a roadmap for...