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Other Questions: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (18 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: ...the credit unions in respect of SME lending? There has been speculation about this and there was a pilot programme in Kilkenny. Does the Minister envisage any role, maybe not at the level of €5 million but for smaller loans because credit unions are very interested in getting involved in this area?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 665 together. The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced following a Government decision in 2006 to cease, for conservation reasons, the commercial salmon mixed stock fishery.  Under the scheme, fishermen active in the commercial salmon fishery, could opt to voluntarily cease fishing and undertake not to seek a licence in the future. Payments...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Kyne: ...and undertake not to seek a licence in the future. Payments to individuals were based on verifiable track record and recorded catches in the five years prior to its introduction. In excess of €25 million was allocated to the scheme to facilitate payments to fishermen, with a further €5 million provided for community development projects. The average payment to former...

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: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (19 Jun 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced following a Government decision in 2006 to cease the commercial salmon mixed stock fishery for conservation reasons. Under this scheme, €25 million was targeted at commercial salmon fishermen, who were active in the fishery at the time, and funding was provided to fishermen for them to permanently cease fishing and diversify into new activity....

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: 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: 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...

Other Questions: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (9 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his reply. I also thank him and the Government for making €5 million available this year for the establishment of new schemes. I was contacted by the principal of Scoil Shéamais Naofa in Bearna who informed me that it had had a partial book rental scheme in place for the past two years. The scheme cannot be extended to the entire school as a result of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Seán Kyne: ...resource rent tax with a petroleum production rent tax in respect of new petroleum authorisations and linked to the profitability of discoveries. Also, maximum marginal rate rises from 40% to 55%, with a minimum petroleum production tax of 5% of revenues as soon as a field goes into production. The fiscal terms that apply to production from a petroleum lease are determined by the date of...

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...

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: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Tourism Industry (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Kyne: ...Study of Recreational Angling ever undertaken in Ireland.  The Study was published in 2013 and has since been reviewed and updated.The study estimates that recreational angling contributes €836 million to the Irish economy annually and directly supports some 11,000  jobs, many of which are located in the most peripheral and rural parts of the Irish countryside...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Communities (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Kyne: ...their individual conservation limits. The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced in 2007 under which fishermen active in the commercial salmon fishery could opt to voluntarily cease fishing and undertake not to seek a licence in the future. In excess of €25 million was allocated to the scheme to facilitate payments to fishermen, with a further €5 million provided for...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (21 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: ...conservation limits. The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced in 2007 under which fishermen active in the commercial salmon fishery could opt to voluntarily cease fishing and undertake not to seek a licence in the future. In excess of €25 million was allocated to the scheme to facilitate payments to fishermen, with a further €5 million provided for community...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: ...the payment of social welfare. It would also be a control measure because the client must go in and collect the payment. Some €19.63 billion will be spent on social welfare in 2014 and €18.5 million on capital expenditure. It is the largest spending category; almost €2 out of every €5 of Government spending goes to social welfare. It is important to have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Licences (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Kyne: ...salmon mixed stock fishery.  Under the scheme, fishermen active in the commercial salmon fishery, could opt to voluntarily cease fishing and undertake not to seek a licence in the future. In excess of €25 million was allocated to the scheme to facilitate payments to fishermen, with a further €5 million provided for community development projects. Payments to...