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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

Ms Suzanne Campion: In terms of the increase from €27 million to €34 million between 2021 and 2022, the Department withdrew close to €5 million from us at the end of 2021 because we were holding cash in our bank balances. That is reflected in the €27,000 in drawdown. Therefore, in effect, the difference is €2 million year-on-year.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Chairman for the invitation to attend and for the opportunity to appear before the select committee to consider the 2024 Revised Estimates for Votes 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5 and 6. A detailed briefing document for each of these Votes has been supplied to the committee in advance of the meeting. While I have certain responsibilities for the Oireachtas for the administrative...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...will continue its capital expenditure, but the answer indicates that will fall short of the level of ambition outlined in the national development plan in 2021. Even with the increase of €2.25 billion over three years that has finally been announced, the underspend will reach approximately €11 billion by the end of 2026. The stability programme update, SPU, was published...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: ...nationally and internationally, as highlighted by Senator Higgins, so we should take on board its concerns. One of the points it makes, which is very reasonable, is that Impact 2030 proposes a budget in the region of €270 million for the new agency, and that is only going to grow. It is more than a quarter of a billion euro and, therefore, issues around governance, consultation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Helen McEntee: ...is calculated via GDP and population, only applies to the reallocation or solidarity mechanism. What is clearly set out is that 30,000 is the figure that can increase. It will not increase to 5 million people. I cannot envisage a situation ever arising where that figure would increase to 5 million people.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual sponsoring Department in each case. The Government has committed €165 billion funding for capital investment, as set out in the NDP published in October 2021. This expenditure was considered and agreed in order to support those sectors that would be key in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. In relation to overall funding, the Department of Children, Equality, Integration and Youth have an allocation of 20 million euro for capital projects in the childcare sector in 2024. The funding will go towards the Building Blocks capital programme, with plans in 2024 focused on expanding the capacity of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...are funded from Councils' own resources, which are supplemented by State grants for regional and local roads. As outlined in the 2024 Regional and Local Roads programme which I released on the 15th of February this year, the Government is strongly committed to protecting the existing regional and local road network. This network is fundamental in connecting people and places across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...with more complex needs require additional supports, special classes and special school places are provided. For 2024, €2.7 billion is being spent on special education, an increase of €113 million, and this is dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This will allow for, amongst other things, the opening of up to 400 new special classes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...;na is provided through Vote 20, the Garda Vote and is not accounted under my Department's Vote. The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) and is accountable for the economy and the efficiency of the Garda Síochána in using its resources. As Minister, I have no role in such matters. We...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...networks that impact on our communities and prosecuting those involved at every level through Operation Tara. Some recent successes of Operation Tara include the seizure last week of cannabis worth an estimated €1 million across two separate raids in Donegal and Galway, as well a string of search operations across Dublin at the start of the month that saw over €5 million...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Regulation Orders (ERO) for the sector and increasing wages for over 70% of staff working in services. I understand that the JLC has submitted new draft EROs to the Labour Court proposing a 5% increase in minimum rates for all grades and the removal of 3 years experience requirement for graduate minimum pay rates. Outcomes from the JLC process are supported by the Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of skills and apprenticeships. Very significant progress has been made. The Covid-19 pandemic created very significant backlogs in respect of apprenticeships but those are reducing. The number of apprenticeship registrations to the end of 2023 was 8,712, an increase of 5% on the end of 2022 and of 41% on the 2019 figure. There has been a very significant change in respect of people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...that is not registered with Fáilte Ireland is also contracted to the State. My colleague, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, has made up to €10 million available for a programme of supports targeted at tourism businesses experiencing particular challenges linked to the reduction in footfall in regions most impacted by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: ...did not purchase them but that is not how the model worked. I am speaking about the IPAS centre operators. Properties in my constituency that had been sold in the preceding decade for under €1 million were sold for over €4 million or €5 million for the purpose in question. The business model for the operators is so lucrative that the taking of such decisions can be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...Arts Council which is independent in its funding decisions under the Arts Act 2003. I have successfully secured increased funding for the Arts Council in recent years, with a record breaking €134 million being allocated in 2024. The Arts Council operates within a published ten-year strategic framework entitled Making Great Art Work. The Arts Council supports and develops the arts...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: ...that demonstrate the capacity for rapid growth and entry into export markets. This support is crucial for stimulating job creation and economic development in the regions. In 2023, EI made payments of €2 million to client companies based in County Louth, and an additional €630,000 in payments towards infrastructural investments in entrepreneurship and innovation. 504 jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...market. Action 1 My Department was originally responsible for the publication of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform on 8 December 2020. The Report detailed 66 actions. Action 2 95% of these actions have now been implemented according to the 4th Implementation Report on the Action Plan for Insurance Reform which was published on 29 February 2024. Previous Implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Under its current strategy, ‘Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth 2021–2024’, IDA is committed to delivering 19 Advance Building Solutions across six regions in 15 locations. Eight buildings are now complete, a further 5 buildings are expected to be "on site" in 2024 with the remainder in the planning and site selection stages. Moreover, the IDA has made considerable...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...into the future. The Scheme was reintroduced by my Department in 2017 following a number of years with no dedicated funding. Between 2017 and 2023 my Department has allocated almost €130 million to local authorities under the Local Improvement Scheme. This has upgraded, up to end of 2023, over 4,000 non-public roads and lanes which has benefitted almost 20,000 landowners and...