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Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

James Reilly: ...product. It is the only product that is legal, that we know of, that when used as directed by the manufacturer will kill one in two of its habitual users prematurely.In the European region, 1.6 million deaths related to smoking occur every year and second-hand smoke causes 890,000 premature deaths globally every year. All of the statistics I have mentioned might just seem like figures, so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: ...those looking for loans are still having huge difficultly in getting them. Interest rates - and this has been touched on by Senator Humphreys - for non-financial corporate loans, below €0.25 million stood at 5% in July 2017, that is higher than in comparator countries, while the interest rate gap between loans below €0.25 million and loans above €1 million stood at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: ...suggest that we as legislators address it? What needs to change in order for the credit union movement to achieve what it wants to achieve? Mr. Johnson spoke about the amount of funding available and 50% of lending that could be commercial, with 10% or 5% of assets of €16.5 billion. Perhaps he could give us the figure that he believes is still available to the credit unions under...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

James Reilly: ...We now have a situation where we continue to discriminate against women, in their pensions, who care for our children - the future of this nation. It has been mentioned that it will take €290 million to correct this matter but it is not available. I think the Minister has done a very good job in terms of the budget. There will be issues around stamp duty on farms, and that is...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

James Reilly: ...a finite amount of money. This budget goes a long way towards spreading that in a way that supports workers but also looks after the more vulnerable in our society. Widening the tax bands by €750 and changing the entry point for single earners from €33,800 to €34,550 is a big help to people. It will also be reflected in the 2.5% USC rate being reduced to 2% and the...

Seanad: Horticulture Industry: Statements (22 Nov 2016)

James Reilly: ...that we are trying to address, and vegetables form a huge part of addressing the issue in people's diets. I welcome, however, the grant support given in recent years by the Government: €4.5 million this year and €5 million next year. Although many sectors of horticulture do not export to the same extent as the mushroom industry, they now face serious problems as well...

Seanad: Economic Growth: Motion (28 Sep 2016)

James Reilly: ...House and wish her well in her portfolio. This motion has several parts to it and I agree with the first paragraph. I welcome the official figures, according to which there are now more than 2 million people employed for the first time since 2009. That is an annual increase of 56,000. The forecasts are that this increase is set to continue. My constituency of Dublin Fingal has...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (4 May 2016)

James Reilly: Capital funding of more than €420 million was provided by the State to support the development of childcare infrastructure in the period up until 2008. Since the economic downturn the limited funding available to this Department has been targeted to support the refurbishment and maintenance of childcare facilities in which there has already been considerable investment. I...

Other Questions: Child Protection Services (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: I welcome all the young people in the Visitors Gallery who have joined us. In 2015, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provided funding of €5.8 million to voluntary organisations offering a range of counselling and support services to children and families, including marriage and relationship counselling, child counselling and bereavement counselling. The funding provided by Tusla...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (17 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: ...Several recommendations of the Group, which relate to after-school childcare, were considered as part of the Estimates process for the Budget and will be funded in 2016. These include a €3 million capital fund, which will be provided to enable both community/not-for-profit and private providers to develop after-school childcare services using existing school and other accessible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: ..., on which I hope to consult shortly with the Attorney General and then to revert to the Government for permission to draft the Bill. Just last week, the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 passed its final Stages. It provides, for the first time, for a legal right to an aftercare plan. I believe this legislation will be important in ensuring appropriate planning is taking place to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: I would like to reiterate what I was saying about ICT. Capital moneys that were given to Tusla in 2014 and 2015 remain unspent. I met the chair and the CEO during 2015 to discuss this issue and the national child care information system, which I mentioned earlier. I do not think money is the issue hereper se. Tusla wrote to the Department in late November about the HSE-Tusla service...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (2 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: ...Several recommendations of the Group, which relate to after-school childcare, were considered as part of the Estimates process for the Budget and will be funded in 2016. These include a €3 million capital fund, which will be provided to enable both community/not-for-profit and private providers to develop after-school childcare services using existing school and other accessible...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education Standards (2 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Major progress has been made in improving qualifications in the early years sector in the past 5 years. Prior to the introduction of the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE) Programme in 2010, there was no minimum qualification for staff working in the early years sector. Under the ECCE programme, all pre-school leaders were required to hold a Level 5 qualification. In...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education Standards (2 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Major progress has been made in improving qualifications and supporting the professionalisation of the early years sector in the past 5 years. Prior to the introduction of the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE) Programme in 2010, there was no minimum qualification for staff working in the early years sector. Under the ECCE programme, all pre-school leaders were required to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: .... There are in the region of 4,300 early years services participating in the ECCE programme and more than 1,400 of these services were in receipt of the higher capitation in the 2014/2015 programme year. The Deputy will be aware that, in Budget 2016, the Government committed a further €85 million to the early years sector in 2016. This additional funding, which will support...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: ...is funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla provides core funding to Family Resource Centres to cover the employment of two to three members of staff and some overhead costs. In 2015, Tusla provided €13.09 million in funding for the Family Resource Centre Programme. Family Resource Centres (FRCs) are front-line services rooted in the community they serve. Acting as...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: ...programme and to the expansion of services by existing providers. However, as I also indicated in my previous reply to the Deputy, under Budget 2016, I lifted these restrictions and provided €16 million in additional funding to further expand the CCS programme, to include its roll-out to private providers, in a targeted manner. During 2016, work will also commence on developing a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (19 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: The total budget for Tusla in 2015 is €643 million. This is made up of €631 m in current funding and €12 m in capital funding. In the Budget 2016 announcement I was successful in securing significant additional resources for Tusla. In 2016 Tusla will have an overall budget of some €676 m, which includes €662.4 m in current funding and €13.6 m...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (18 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: ...school. This number ranges from 38 weeks (for children born between April and August who start school at age 4) to 88 weeks (for children born between January and March who start school at age 5). This equates to an estimated 23 additional weeks on average. My Department estimates that the number of children benefiting from the ECCE programme will increase from 67,000 to over...