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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Estimate and I am glad to be back again to bring forward this Estimate, which will ensure the progress we have made in recent years continues into 2024. For 2024, gross expenditure of €431 million is budgeted, which consists of €221 million in current expenditure and €210 million in capital expenditure. My Department also has a capital carryover of €20 million...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Joe O'Brien: Under Project Ireland 2040, the Department of Education is investing well in excess of €5 billion over the period 2021-25 to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost 1 million students and over 100,000 staff who learn and work in our schools every day. The Department of Education has a strong track record of delivery of school building...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...very significant scheme, which I introduced back in 1998. I have had a lifelong interest in special needs education and I am very keen that we continue to improve resources. Approximately 20,045 special education teachers will be available for allocation to schools in 2024. That is an increase of 20% compared with 2019-20, when the number was 16,626. By the end of this year, there...

Seanad: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (1 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: ...in certain donor or trust funds, subject to certain conditions, more rapidly and effectively. Should the legislation be passed, it is the Minister for Finance’s intention to seek approval for Ireland to contribute €7 million to the EIB’s newly established EU for Ukraine trust fund using this framework. I will now give an overview of the operation of the Bill, which...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

Mr. Robert Watt: We can set out the full list of projects that we have above a certain threshold, perhaps €3 million or €5 million. We will figure it out.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...2012 to 17% in the most recent result (6 months to September 2022). However, the recent growth in non-bank finance activity as a source of credit for SMEs is a contributing factor. The 5% of SMEs who stated they applied for non-bank finance in the 6 months to September 2022 is notable and reflects a growing market share for this source of finance, with further expected future demand....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (1 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Future recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. There are currently 343 remote and co-working facilities across the country on-boarded to the platform. Table 1 attacehd sets out the total number of hubs onboarded in each county. My department...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is not broken down into languages. About €5 million was spent on military education and training. Suffice to say, we do a lot of training in the Defence Forces. There is a lot of education, which is good. There is a lot of advancement and progress. I will check that for the Deputy. It is a fair point because people serve overseas and language is important.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...in 2024 and will be happy to take questions afterwards. For 2024, the overall gross estimate for the Department of Foreign Affairs group of Votes is €1.113 billion, including a capital allocation of €25 million. This represents an increase of €56 million on the initial 2023 allocation of €1.057 billion. With the committee's agreement, I will start with Vote...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: From the Seanad (31 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...affirmed by the District Court under section 6E and the rate of applications is expected to increase over time. However, this needs to be seen in the context of the current population of the State of over 5 million people. It is also worth noting that according to the www.missingpersons.iewebsite, approximately 9,000 people each year go missing. Overall, the number of requests made...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Joe Flaherty: Maths was never my strong point, but payments in ACRES average at about €4,000, so if there is an additional 5,000 farmers that could potentially be excluded based on what the Minister indicated so far to us and to media, we are probably talking in the region of an additional €5 million to generate an awful lot of goodwill in the farming community and to bring many of those...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister and her officials and thank them for coming before the committee. Obviously, we are supportive of the Revised Estimates. In particular, I welcome the fact that €5 million will be allocated as part of the Covid-related allocation and spent on counselling services for students in primary schools. Does the Department have a view on the long-term impact of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...for the provision of services to medical card and GP visit card holders, are required under their contract to make suitable arrangements for emergencies outside normal practice hours. Over 2,500 GPs currently hold a GMS contract, and while they are not obliged to, most GPs participate in GP Out of Hours cooperatives to meet their outside of practice hours service requirements. A robust...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (31 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: A national network of 5 TUs stretches across some 25 campuses, bringing the advantages and potential of university-driven skills and innovation to communities across the country. Higher education access is being provided in a far more balanced regional manner and TUs are driving regional development and socio-economic progress in places with no previous university footprint as diverse as...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

David Cullinane: ...been so low. We need to understand why this is the case. There certainly does need to be more communication. In his opening statement the Minister said that free GP care was extended to half a million people in 2023. It is funny to re-read this. It was made available but as of yet it is not extended because they do not have the cards. The Minister also said that it increases the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...;s benefit. Tapering of the nine-month payment is also included at three-monthly intervals, which will minimise the cliff-edge effect as benefit expires. The minimum rate of payment has increased to €125 per week, which is higher than the minimum under jobseeker’s benefit. The weekly rate of payment for people who have at least five years of paid PRSI contributions will be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (30 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Neale Richmond: ...waiting lists actually fell. On the core Sláintecare wait time target, an 11% reduction was achieved along with a 3% reduction in overall waiting lists. The target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%, with around 1.74 million patients removed. However, higher than anticipated additions to the waiting lists impacted on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...The Minister also met other stakeholders, including fishing industry representatives and environmental NGOs, to give a further opportunity to stakeholders to outline their positions. He presented the SIA to this committee on 25 October 2023. Regarding the Commission proposals, I will begin with COM (2023) 587. This is the proposal for the main TAC and quota regulation for 2024, covering...