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Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...Minister shall, within 2 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on increasing the size of the VAT Compensation Fund for Charities to €40 million per annum.". The VAT compensation scheme was introduced by the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, in budget 2018 to reduce the tax burden on charities. It helps to partially offset the VAT...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...this Commencement debate this morning on the issue of dental services. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Health. The Irish Dental Association came before the Joint Committee on Health on 5 July regarding issues within the dental service. The chief executive of the association, Fintan Hourihan, and others have expressed on the record their concern about the medical card scheme and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Deputy Leader. I also welcome the official opening today in County Mayo of the new 25 km stretch of the N5 from Westport to Castlebar. It is part of a €250 million investment and, as I said, it runs from Westport to east of Castlebar, with 20 km of dual carriageway and 5 km of single carriageway. I acknowledge the work of the former Minister, my colleague, Deputy...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Apr 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...cost of living for all our citizens. The Government has responded. Prior to this becoming a major issue the Government acted by increasing the standard cut-off rate for a single person by €1,500, by raising it from €35,300 to €36,800.There was a €50 increase in personal tax credits and a remote working deduction of 30% of vouched expenses for heat, electricity...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...and political achievements of women but of course not everyone is going to enjoy this day in the same way as others. The second theme that emerged as a major issue was Ukraine. Clearly, there are millions of women and children in Ukraine that are having a very pitiful, worrying and sorrowful International Women's Day and our thoughts and prayers go to all of them. I commend Senator...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...this year but, of course, it has been postponed because of Covid-19. It is now due to be held on 3 April 2022. In April of this year, the Central Statistics Office estimated the population at 5.01 million. This means that the population has risen above 5 million for the first time since the 1851 census, when the comparable population was 5.11 million, or more than 6.6 million for the...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...are left to provide care on their own or with just one other person. I welcome the increase in income and capital disregards for carers as well as the increase in the earnings limit from €350 to €375. I also welcome the increase in the general weekly means disregard for the disability allowance and the provisions for certain treatment benefits.The tax changes I discussed...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Projects (26 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: ..., like my own in Moycullen in County Galway, or Newcastle in Galway city, there is no one fund, of scale, that a community or, indeed, a local authority can apply to for a project that may cost in the order of €3 million to €5 million. For smaller projects, the Leader programme can step in to provide supports and one can build smaller centres. However, projects on the scale...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Projects (26 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...funding in the county. Applications in respect of Moycullen and Newcastle were made to the URDF and the RRDF but got nowhere. A specific fund for large community centre projects that cost €3 million to €5 million is needed. Will the Minister of State engage with the Minister on providing for same through the review of the NDP?

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...ready to go. In respect of projects, I find it hard to advise groups seeking to build community centres. I am referring to larger projects in urban areas that could be valued in the order of €3 million to €5 million.There is no Department to which that group can be sent to get a large chunk of funding to provide a community centre. These are in large urban areas. If the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: Beanachtaí na Féile Phádraig daoibh go léir. I also mention the excellent news of €62.5 million of investment announced under the urban regeneration development fund by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, this morning. This fund was put in place a number of years ago by the then Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and this...

Seanad: Budget 2021: Statements (14 Oct 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...as testing, contact tracing, personal protective equipment and extra hospital capacity. The budget also provides for extra hospital beds, extra critical care beds and community beds. It includes €38 million for mental health services, an area that has been sorely tested during the pandemic. The budget also includes €100 million for disability services, including supports...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State's Response to Impact of Covid-19 on Gaeltacht Areas and the Islands (18 Jun 2020)

Seán Kyne: I will start off by referring to the arts. I am aware that the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan, and the Taoiseach published a €25 million package for the arts during the week. I do not have the details to hand but I will ask the Minister's office to send the Deputy details on that. Regarding the vision for the islands, that is the plan that we...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Supplementary)
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...are high profile, sensitive, capable of attracting publicity, and sometimes involve emergency applications to court, strict time limits and complex issues of law. A Supplementary Estimate of €5 million is sought to cover extra expenditure on fees to counsel in 2019. The management of expenditure on counsels' fees is a key activity for the Office of the Chief State Solicitor....

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...for a future Government to decide the trajectory of the carbon fund as set out by the committee, and where that money will be focused. Whether that will be peatlands will be up to them but the €5 million commitment we have made is a positive start and will allow that important restoration and rewetting work to commence. One of the main aims of the habitats directive is to ensure...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Daly for his amendment. In budget 2020, €5 million has been allocated to the carbon fund and €7 million has been allocated to an accelerated programme of peatlands restoration within the raised bog designated sites network. The injection of this funding is intended to restore more than 1,800 ha of protected raised bog in 2020. This programme will also...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Data (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...from Ireland are presented in the following table for years 2009-2017. The CSO is currently investigating new approaches to deriving remittance information. Personal remittances payments € millions Country 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Brazil 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Bulgaria 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 China 15 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 15 Czechia 28 24 21 19 17 17 17...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...a number of initiatives, including the midlands fund that was announced in the budget, the re-wetting of bogs and the carbon fund, which is going towards the rehabilitation of bogs. Some €5 million will come from that and money will come from the environment fund to create a package of €7 million for peatland rehabilitation. I know one of the committees will be engaging...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Seán Kyne: These sites complement the 53 areas of protected raised bog and 50 areas of protected blanket bog in Ireland which have been selected for conservation as special areas of conservation, SACs, in accordance with the EU habitats directive. In recognition of the fact that the same legal regime did not apply to NHAs as to SACs, in April 2011 the then Government decided to carry out a scientific...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (20 Feb 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030which represents the state's policy on the Irish language. Since the Strategy was launched in 2010 following cross-party approval, circa €400 million has been invested by the Exchequer via my Department in support of the language and the implementation of the strategy. This significant figure which represents year on year...