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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...committed to providing all citizens with reliable and realistic sustainable mobility options, and public transport plays a key role in the delivery of this goal. To support this objective, in Budget 2025, the Department of Transport secured €658.442 million of funding for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in 2024)....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Simon Harris: The military authorities,, who are responsible for recruitment, have advised that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF), as at 9 April 2025, the latest date for which this figure is available, stood at 7,545 personnel comprising 6,074 Army, 726 Air Corp and 745 Naval Service personnel respectively. A total of 708 personnel were inducted into the Permanent Defence Force in...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: ...statement the Minister, Deputy Foley, described the constituent parts of Together for Better - the Government's funding model for early learning and childcare, which has an allocation of €1.25 billion in 2025 alone. She also summarised how this funding model has brought significant benefits to children and their families, to educators and practitioners as well as to providers since...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 May 2025)

Neale Richmond: Two years of conflict in Sudan have resulted in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Over 15 million people have been forced to flee their homes and over 24 million people are in acute food insecurity, with some facing famine. Working with like-minded EU member states, Ireland has supported strong EU messaging on Sudan, emphasising the need for a ceasefire, humanitarian access, protection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (7 May 2025)

Martin Heydon: In 2006, the EU introduced a restructuring mechanism intended to reduce overall production of sugar, acknowledging the then global over supply and resultant low prices. Ireland received€353 million as part of the reform package with some €220 million being distributed to beet growers and a further €6 million to machinery contractors in the sector. Since 2006, a number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 May 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Kenny: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forgotten famer scheme that was announced in Budget 2025, how the €5 million will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...health assessment appointment, if the dentist determines that the child may meet the HSE's criteria. Children whose treatment need is assessed by a HSE orthodontist as being in Grade 4 or Grade 5 of the Index are offered treatment through the HSE. No medical card is required for this treatment. Service users may also avail of private healthcare services at any time. However, the HSE is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 May 2025)

James Lawless: ...research. The agency will be working with stakeholders to continue to engage, encourage, and support our excellent university researchers, and a strong research talent pipeline for Ireland. Under Budget 2025, additional funding was announced for Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, with its total budget funding research in the Irish Third Level system now standing at...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Heritage Projects (7 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...who take the lead role in individual projects. Longford County Council is the lead partner for the Historic Granard Motte Project. This project has been awarded Approval in Principle of c. €2.87 million in RRDF funding. In developing its plans, the Council has confirmed it is seeking to develop a major tourism and amenity attraction at the site of Granard Motte, a National Monument...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 May 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ...with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to identify ways to improve access to care. On 12 February this year, the Minister for Health published the waiting list action plan for 2025, representing the Government’s commitment to reducing waiting times for patients and improving access to hospital care. In keeping with this commitment, significant funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 May 2025)

Neale Richmond: Two years of conflict in Sudan have resulted in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Over 15 million people have been forced to flee their homes and over 24 million people are in acute food insecurity, with some facing famine. Working with like-minded European Union member states, Ireland has supported strong EU messaging on Sudan, emphasising the need for a ceasefire, humanitarian access,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 May 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Jerry Buttimer: ...approval of funding for new Local Link bus services, as with all plans any additional funding for Local Link services is subject to the annual Budgetary and Estimates process. Under Budget 2025, the Department of Transport secured a funding package of c. €658.442 million for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Cathal Crowe: ...country - is the definition of what constitutes a farmer has changed. In County Clare and perhaps other counties, the majority of a household's income must come from farming. In County Clare, 85% of farm families are suckler farm families. Each year, the cows calve, the calves are sold after nine months when they are weaned and the cycle continues. That is how it has gone for...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (30 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: ...story, particularly in onshore wind, but because of a lot of controversy around locations in certain aspects that narrative does not often get told. We get a greater share of our electricity, 35% on average, from onshore wind farms than anywhere else in Europe. We are world leaders in integrating renewables onto our grid which can now take up to 75% of total electricity demand from wind...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...accelerated delivery of special class places in mainstream schools and special school places with the number of special classes having doubled over the last five years, and 16 new special schools being established; — Budget 2025 provided for up to 2,700 additional special education placements to include, 400 new special classes in mainstream schools and 300 additional special...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (30 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...victim consideration is incorporated into pre-sanction assessment as well as supervision. At its core, restorative justice aims to enable all those affected by an offence to participate. In Budget 2025, the Probation Service received an additional €4 million, bringing the total budget to over €60m to cover Probation staffing and operational costs, to expand crime diversion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...However, this care pathway is currently not fully implemented. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have confirmed that €3m was ring-fenced in the Budget 2025 for targeted services for children under a number of projects. As part of this €3m funding, €125,000 in core-funding has been made available to Debra Ireland, a charity...

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig Rice: ...[in fear] like that when there is a treatment for it. She also referred to a meeting with a consultant who told her there was no timeframe for the surgery and "it could be two weeks or it could be 5 years." There are serious issues going back - that was the 2017 report from the Ombudsman for Children. In that report, the ombudsman said the previous spinal surgery waiting list targets...