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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jul 2025)

Neale Richmond: ...policy and Exchequer funding with regard to the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015 and in line with the NDP, the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for TII in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. 5 o’clock TII ultimately...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motions (3 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: ...in the UK was ridiculed at the time it was introduced as one of Boris Johnson's most bonkers policies and was withdrawn by the Labour Government. It is estimated to have cost the UK taxpayer £700 million and resulted in a total of four voluntary deportations. Surely we have made enough bad policy decisions in this country that we do not need to go back to neocolonial policy. ...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2025)

.... No. 3 is University College Cork for the period of account 2022-23. These received a clear audit opinion. However, I drew attention to a number of matters. First, I drew attention to €2.1 million of professional fees expenditure that was written off after the dental hospital and school construction project did not proceed to development. Second, I drew attention to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the State held 3.5 billion of preference shares in AIB. The interest payable on these securities was €280 million per annum and was payable in cash, or in ordinary shares in the event of non-payment in cash. AIB issued ordinary shares to the State in lieu of the dividend due each May between 2010 and 2014 but in 2015 received a cash dividend of €280m for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 to 189, inclusive, together. In relation to Dail Question No. 186 (Ref: 36792/25). I am advised by Revenue that the below table outlines the total number of residential units owned by the 187 landlords with over 100 properties each; the total number of residential units owned by the 186 landlords with between 50 - 99 properties each; the total number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...were accepted into the scheme provided they met the eligibility requirements. In the coming weeks, eligibility checks will commence on the new 630 applications following the submission of their 2025 BISS applications. To date, over €57 million has been issued in 2024 OFS payments. Less than 5% of farmers are due their 2024 balance payment. These outstanding payments are being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...of the National Oral Health Policy (NOHP). There are currently 34.7 whole-time equivalent posts vacant across the oral healthcare grades in the HSE, which the HSE is working to fill. In Budget 2025, an additional €2m in funding, increasing to €4m in 2026, was provided to continue implementation of the NOHP and support recruitment of 15 additional HSE oral healthcare staff...

Middle East: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: ...of civilian lives. I will turn first to the appalling and deteriorating situation in Gaza, where we continue to witness the unending horrors of a brutal onslaught - a clear genocide. More than 56,000 people are reported killed and over 132,000 injured. Behind these stark numbers are scenes of almost unimaginable suffering, both physical and psychological. In the first instance, let...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Canney: ...rail services. This will help to deliver a more frequent, efficient and reliable rail service to the people of Cork. These works all represent phase 1 of the programme, which received €164 million in funding from the EU recovery and resilience facility, and represents the largest ever investment in the Cork rail network in the history of the State. I am happy to say that...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Marie Sherlock: ...2023 PwC report entitled "Challenges for Nursing Homes in the Provision of Older Persons Care - Private and Voluntary Nursing Home Sector", documents a staff turnover rate in the private nursing home sector of up to 38 per cent for nurses, and 54 per cent for healthcare assistants; and — the Ombudsman's Wasted Lives: Time for a better future for younger people in Nursing Homes...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., when 108 children were waiting over three months, which means that, at that time, only 28% were within the Sláintecare targets. That is a very considerable difference between August 2024 and May 2025, and I recognise that. However, as a new Minister coming in and looking at the resources that have been put into this area, the sheer level of effort put in by my predecessor, his...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: ...the equivalent of the estimated fines we will have to face to buy the credits of other EU countries that do reach the targets? Should we not be rushing that into our ports now? We spoke about this before and the investment in Cork Port is €90 million. There is a good €300 million or €400 million we need to put into other ports and Cork Port itself to make the...

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
(2 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Super. Thank you. In addition, there seems to be a €5 million decrease in rural capital on 2024 in terms of the rural development LEADER programme. That is very worrying in light of what is happening in rural Ireland and in light of the administrative and governance costs on the LEADER companies. There seems to be a 5% drop in the community enhancement fund as well, if I am...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...We have increased funding to the non-Gaeltacht islands and to the co-ops and organisations on those islands in the previous number of weeks to bring them in line. The funding allocation is €11 million in current and €5 million in capital, which represents an increase. The majority of our current expenditure goes to subsidised transport to islands and we are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in rural areas, the Department of Transport has secured increased funding to improve rural transport services across the country, with funding increasing from €12m in 2016 to €76m in 2025. Passenger numbers have increased from 1.76 million passengers in 2015 to 5.8 million in 2024. Over 95% of passenger trips on Local Link are now accessible and the Community Transport Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ..., Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continuing the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan and continued investment in new town bus services. In 2025, with funding under the Climate Action Fund, the NTA will implement a pilot Smart DRT service in three areas as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. Under Budget 2025, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: ..., a number of initiatives in place to support departments in their use of innovative technologies more broadly. This includes the Public Service Innovation Fund, which has provided approximately €5 million in funding to support over 100 projects across Ireland with a strong focus on cross-organisational digital transformation, as well as the Digital Transformation Fund to support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a school (details supplied) is disposing of its premises for a reported €5 million and is to be accommodated in a publicly owned education building at another location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Details of this year’s School-based Summer Programme were published on the 13th of February 2025. Funding of €62 million was secured in Budget 2025 to ensure the continuance of the €40 million annual investment that has been provided for since 2021. As in previous years, all of the funding will be utilised to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children. All schools...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (1 Jul 2025)

Marian Harkin: .... She updated Government colleagues on the fact that suicide rates are declining in Ireland and that between 2000 and 2021, the last year for which we have official figures, the rate declined by over 25%. Preliminary figures record 302 deaths by suicide in 2023, the lowest preliminary figure in over 20 years, but, as the Deputy said, one death by suicide is one too many. We also need to...

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