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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...using starvation as a weapon of war. President Higgins has said something similar. The EU at least has opened up a humanitarian corridor to Gaza from Cyprus. It has also decided to allocate €50 million to UNRWA, although why it initially suspended funding to UNRWA is hard to understand. Thankfully, Canada and Sweden have decided to resume funding of the agency. Humanitarian aid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassador of Slovakia (23 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I thank the ambassador for his presentation. His country faces an extraordinary challenge with the refugee crisis. A country with a population of 5 million has already received more than 270,000 displaced people. This morning's exchange habes en useful to understand the practical and logistical problems because we are just suddenly experiencing those ourselves with the refugees who have...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Seán Haughey: I am conscious of the fact that today, 11 May, is the 50th anniversary of the death of my grandfather, former Taoiseach Seán Lemass. He was a man who did so much to open up this country and lay the groundwork for accession to the EEC in 1973, as the Taoiseach stated. In that way, it is entirely appropriate that we are having this debate today. I note that there was a European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Barry Andrews, MEP (5 May 2021)

Seán Haughey: I have just two questions that are slightly off the topic. If Mr. Andrews wants, he may answer them now, give an initial reaction or come back to me on them. The first relates to the €750 billion recovery and resilience fund. Ireland is hoping to get €915 million from that. There are reports in the media that the European Commission has asked Ireland to step up action to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Seán Haughey: ...for Education and Skills the reason the class size reduction announced in budget 2021 will not apply to DEIS band 1 junior and vertical schools; the way in which the planned investment of €5 million in DEIS schools will be allocated; if she will provide additional resources including staffing to all DEIS band 1 schools as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (26 Nov 2019)

Seán Haughey: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to respond to the imposition of a €5 million fine on Ireland by the European Court of Justice in respect of a wind farm in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48795/19]

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Haughey: ..., but not just yet. I have no doubt the electorate will pass judgment on the Government's performance in the not too distant future. I am disappointed that State pensioners did not get their usual €5 increase in this budget and that there was no increase in the rates to be paid to all social welfare recipients. Many State pensioners are unhappy about this. In its post-budget...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Haughey: ...cost of living. Despite the relatively limited scope for increased public spending and reduced taxes, this budget will bring some relief to hard-pressed families. The reduction in the first three rates of USC by 0.5% is consistent with Fianna Fáil's pre-election commitment to reduce the burden of this tax on low and middle-income earners. This will ensure that working people...

Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...institution will continue to be eligible for the higher non-adjacent rate of grant. It is estimated that some 6,900 mature students will be impacted by this measure, with estimated savings of €4 million in 2011 and a full year saving of some €13 million. Other than that, the response is similar to that for Question No. 5.

Written Answers — Training and Work Experience Programmes: Training and Work Experience Programmes (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...those who have received training by private providers. Finally, FÁS currently has 17 Training Centre facilities. These are located at: 1. Tallaght 2. Ballyfermot 3. Finglas 4. Baldoyle 5. Loughlinstown 6. Cabra 7. Dundalk 8. Sligo 9. Letterkenny 10. Gweedore 11. Galway 12. Limerick 13. Tralee 14. Cork 15. Waterford 16. Wexford 17. Athlone Table 1 FÁS...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (25 Nov 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...from FÁS or the employer while participating on the programme. As of the 27th October 2010, 2,200 individuals had commenced their placements under the Work Placement Programme. Of these, 1,085 individuals have commenced on the graduate stream and 1,115 individuals have commenced on the non-graduate stream. My Department is monitoring the progress of the Work Placement Programme on an...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2010)

Seán Haughey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 67 together. As part of Budget 2010, the Government announced the creation of a €20 million Labour Market Activation Fund, intended to deliver 3,500 places on training and education programmes for the unemployed. Its objective was to stimulate innovation in the provision of training and activation measures for jobseeker's seeking to up-skill and get...

Seanad: Criminal Prosecutions (19 Oct 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...can be refused entry on the grounds that "[T]he non-national's entry into, or presence in, the State could pose a threat to national security or be contrary to public policy". Overall, more than 25,000 non-nationals have been refused permission since the Act came into force, although the majority of refusals would be for immigration related reasons rather than criminality. Similarly, in...

Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...among the unemployed, namely, the low skilled, and those formerly employed in declining sectors, such as the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors, with particular emphasis on the under 35s and the long-term unemployed. Following an open tender competition in which 370 tenders were received, offers of funding were initially made to 26 organisations across the private,...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Jun 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...currently in place for school transport annual charges, namely €300 per eligible and concessionary post primary pupil, €200 for concessionary primary pupil, or a maximum family charge of €650 will remain in place for the 2010/2011 school year. Discussions on the 2011 estimates have begun and the recommendations in the McCarthy report, including school transport charges, will be...

Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...of the need for people to continually upskill with the necessary skills for the jobs of tomorrow. This commitment is manifested in the creation of the labour market activation fund, worth €20 million. The fund is intended to support the provision of training and education programmes for the unemployed, prioritising the low skilled and those formerly employed in declining sectors such...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 May 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...who might otherwise experience difficulty in attending regularly. The school transport scheme, which is operated by Bus Éireann on my Department's behalf, facilitates the transportation of over 125,000 children to primary and post-primary schools each day including approximately 8,000 children with special educational needs. The allocation for school transport in 2010 is €186...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Apr 2010)

Seán Haughey: Bus Éireann is responsible for the day to day operation of school transport services throughout the country. This is a complex national operation supporting in the region of 65,000 post primary pupils, 52,000 primary and 8,000 special needs pupils. The number of Bus Éireann vehicles operating within the School Transport Scheme varies throughout the course of a school year. The following...

Seanad: George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (23 Feb 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...made by US Senator George J. Mitchell to the Northern Ireland peace process, the Government established the George Mitchell scholarship fund and in 1999 agreed to contribute an endowment of IR£2 million to the fund. Throughout the long journey of the peace process in Northern Ireland we have benefited from the continued support of our friends in the United States. The Government...

George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Feb 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...States Senator George J. Mitchell to the Northern Ireland peace process, the Irish Government established the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund and in 1999 agreed to contribute an endowment of IR£2 million to the fund. I wish to recall at the outset, in regard to the Northern Ireland peace process, that throughout the journey we have benefited from the continued support of our friends in...