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Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce this afternoon to Dáil Éireann the Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025. This Bill is a significant and necessary step forward in our efforts to ensure that Ireland's framework for tackling organised crime is robust and effective. The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach will recall that 29 years...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...tend to congregate in our inshore areas and the fishing for them is primarily in September. They are not hugely economically valuable. The entire sprat fishery in Ireland is worth less than €5 million per year, because most of the sprat that are caught are essentially crushed up and used in fish meal or pet food. Sprat are not used for human consumption. The value of sprat is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (17 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Colm Burke: ...it and delivering a comprehensive service in areas and giving support. I must compliment the Department on the amount of work it has done in this area. In real terms, while it is spending €5 million, it is a huge saving in the long term for the State. All these projects really benefit the children and families and the State in the long term in respect of assisting people at a...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to speak in support of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025, which is a timely and necessary step to strengthen governance, transparency and accountability in our health service. This Bill delivers on a core commitment in the programme for Government to embed productivity and ensure full transparency in how healthcare services are delivered. It recognises that strong,...

Seanad: Sport: Statements (16 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: .... We define ourselves in tribal terms, whether this is by club, by county or by province. We punch above our weight as well and find creative ways to make a bigger impact globally than the small but mighty population of 5 million that we are. Sport, though, means different things to different people, and I hope during the debate we give voice to the many ways and means in which sport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: ...a Summer Programme or a place on a school-based programme is unavailable, the Home-based programme is also available for pupils with complex special educational needs. Between 2021 to 2024, €40 million in funding had been allocated each year to the Summer Programme. For this year’s programme, funding of €62 million was secured in Budget 2025 to ensure its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (16 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...that schools can meet the elevated day-to-day running costs. The commitment in the Programme for Government builds on the progress which has been made in recent years, including an over €30 million permanent increase in capitation funding to assist schools now and longer term with increased day-to-day running costs through Budget 2025. This represents an increase of circa 12% on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Budgets (16 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Capital Allocation 2024 Following a Supplementary Estimates a final Capital allocation of €142.82 million was provided in respect of my Department for 2024. Please see table below for a detailed breakdown. Capital Allocation 2025 Following a transfer of functions and a Further Revised Estimates for Public Service 2025, a Capital Allocation of €99.50 million was provided in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (16 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: ...of enrolments increased by approximately 19% from the 2021/22 programme year. Core Funding application data shows that between Year 1 and Year 3 of the scheme, annual place hours increased by over 15%. The Tusla register of services demonstrates a net increase in the numbers of registered early learning and childcare services in 2024. However, it appears that demand for early learning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Currently, all babies (between 3 and 5 days old) are offered newborn bloodspot screening (generally known as the ‘heel prick’), which tests for nine rare but serious conditions that are treatable if detected early in life. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Food Security (15 Jul 2025)

Robert Troy: ...landscape. It recognises that healthy environments, ecosystems, communities and economies go together. Irish agrifood exports reached a record €19.1 billion in 2024, which is an increase of over 5% by value on the €18.1 billion achieved in 2023 and an increase of a third by value, that is, €4.8 billion, on the €14.3 million achieved in 2020. This...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: I thank the Minister. In my county, Wicklow, €3 million of the €23 million tax raised will not be kept locally next year. This is an improvement on the €5 million in 2025 but it needs to be eliminated. I do not suggest it be taken from the other counties which receive more than what is collected but that it ultimately comes from Exchequer funding. Two aspects of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2025)

Shay Brennan: In light of the urgent issues in housing supply, IBEC recently proposed that the Government address apartment construction viability directly by reducing VAT on new-build apartments by 5% and discontinuing development levies on such projects. Its analysis suggests these actions would reduce direct State-imposed costs at a cost of about €86 million, which is less than the shortfall...

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...; notes that: — the Health Service Executive established the National Women and Infants Health Programme (NWIHP) to lead the management, organisation and delivery of gynaecology services in Ireland; — just over €5 million has been invested in developing endometriosis care and management in Ireland since 2021, and the Programme for Government commits to continue to...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: ...health issues as a result of the heinous trauma inflicted upon them. The scale of abuse that was revealed in the scoping inquiry that led to this commission is simply astounding. A total of 2,395 allegations of abuse have been made against 888 alleged abusers but, again, this was in a very small range of schools. Shockingly and sickeningly, almost one quarter were in schools for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 to 34, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on housing last met on Thursday 5 June and is due to meet again on Monday 21 July. The committee works to ensure a cross-Government approach to the implementation of our commitments in respect of housing policy. Housing supply has increased significantly over the past number of years, with almost...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Media Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: ...Many of these events were fuelled by online ecosystems suggesting and spreading falsehoods. A 2023 study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue revealed that between 2020 and 2023, over 13 million disinformation posts were detected across 1,600 accounts in Ireland alone. Shockingly just ten of those accounts were responsible for 14% of that content. The drivers of that content...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Martin Daly: ...healed. I have done that house call on Christmas Day with alcohol-fuelled violence, an injured wife and terrified children. These figures are deeply troubling. In Ireland, one in three women - 35% - have experienced abuse by an intimate partner. Since 1996, 275 women have lost their lives to violence, mostly in their own homes. These are not just statistics; they represent lives...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ...projects. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, was here earlier to discuss the importance of public transport and the strategic importance the Government places on connectivity, for example, at Shannon Airport. Senator Conway spoke about Waterford, and Senators Boyle and Blaney raised the issue of the A5. I would not mind being in Gweedore today as it would be nice in that part of the world,...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

...the question. I share the sentiments she expressed in her comments about how much we depend on the work that is done by community and voluntary organisations. Tusla spends approximately €200 million of its budget on community and voluntary organisations. That is out of the €5 billion that the State spends in total on community and voluntary supports. We are restricted...