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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Projects (8 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Alison Comyn: ...centre investment fund, commonly known as the CCIF, for new community centre builds, allowing the community hub to apply for crucial capital funding. The project is estimated to cost €6 million in total and the group gratefully received €80,000 for preparatory work, with the community needing to raise €300,000 in matched funding to progress the project. I am going...

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: ...opening contribution that €3.2 billion was allocated to the HSE. She does not have another cent of access in any other Department. The only funding she has outside that €3.2 billion is the €3.5 million that is allocated to the disability participation and awareness fund. For the past three years, that scheme has been the definition of putting down green shoots in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...to teachers and school leaders. Supports for wellbeing include Child Protection, Anti-bullying, Junior Cycle CSPE, Junior Cycle SPHE, Senior Cycle SPHE and Wellbeing. In June 2023, The Minister for Education announced an investment of €5 million in piloting a programme of counselling and mental health supports in primary schools in selected counties. This further supports the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: .... This target is on track and will be met through a combination of commercial investment and State funding. The Programme for Government – Securing Ireland’s Future, published in January 2025, sets a number of targets which include the completion of a high-speed fibre network to provide broadband access to 1.1 million people, including homes, farms, and businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Darragh O'Brien: ...for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to increasing TFI Local Link services in rural areas to better connect villages, towns and cities. Under 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). This...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the integration of Local Link with other public transport services. And I am pleased to say that this Government has invested significantly in these services over its lifetime. Under 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). This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

James Browne: ...housing up to Quarter 3 of 2024, including completed acquisitions, is on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provis ion/. For 2025, rather than provided local authorities with an allocation for the number of acquisitions to be funded, instead I have made a total of €325 million available to them for their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme, administered by my department through the local Community Welfare Service, was activated on the 23 January 2025 to assist householders across the country affected by Storm Éowyn. Up to close of business on Thursday 3 April, the Community Welfare Service have registered 78,212 claims for Stage 1 of the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme. Just over 31,200...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Authorities (8 Apr 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...only new CCTV systems, but to also provide funding for the extension or upgrade of existing CCTV systems which are incomplete or obsolete. Applicants may now also seek a once-off grant of up to €5,000 for minor maintenance costs. Grants of over €950,000 for 36 Community CCTV schemes have been approved to date and a list of these CCTV projects is attached for the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (8 Apr 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...tillage farmers. The financial allocation for coupled support under the Protein Aid Scheme has been increased to €10m annually from 2024. The Straw Incorporation Measure has an allocation of €50m over 5 years with €10m allocated for this year. The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme under TAMS provides support for a broad range of investments to support farmers to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Martin Heydon: As part of Budget 2025 my Department secured an allocation of €5 million for 2025 to support the group of farmers commonly referred to as forgotten farmers. Work is ongoing to address a number of remaining issues, before the details of the eligibility requirements and benefits to successful applicants under any scheme can be finalised.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2025)

Simon Harris: ...Rose Garden, and that is what it was. One must then work through the legal detail. We are already seeing that things, which were announced as coming in at midnight last night, are not coming in until 5 or 9 April, so there is a fair bit of teasing through beyond the headline announcements. Certainly, the European Union does not impose tariffs of anything like 39% on the United States....

Seanad: International Trade and International Relations: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: ...if tariffs are applied. We believe in, and depend on, free and open trade. I hear many people saying that we need to expand the small and medium enterprise sector in our economy, and I fully agree. We need to expand those companies to enable them to sell to the world. Our Republic has a population of just over 5 million and the island has a population approaching 7 million. We do not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Apr 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 285D of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for a scheme of accelerated capital allowances for capital expenditure incurred on qualifying farm safety equipment, and adaptive equipment for farmers with disabilities. The aim of the accelerated capital allowance scheme is to incentivise the purchase of farm safety equipment, and the replacement of equipment that may be old or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Jack Chambers: ...for deciding on the priority programmes and projects that will be delivered under their remit within the NDP and for setting out the timelines for delivery. The Government committed €165 billion towards capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-30 published in 2021. This expenditure was considered and agreed in order to support those sectors that would be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (3 Apr 2025)

Neale Richmond: ...widespread loss of life and destruction. Some 3,000 people have so far been reported killed, and the humanitarian impact continues to grow. The Government announced an immediate package of €6 million in response to the impact of the earthquake and to support people in Myanmar already suffering huge levels of humanitarian need as a result of conflict, displacement and climate...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution: Value Added Tax (2 Apr 2025)

Emer Higgins: ...Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (No. 31 of 2010) and the supply of gas provided for by section 46(1)(caa) of, and paragraph 17(3) of Schedule 3 to, that Act, being 9 per cent until 30 April 2025, be extended until 31 October 2025 and that section 46(1)(caa) of that Act be amended accordingly. (2)  THAT this Resolution shall have effect on and from 3 April 2025. (3)  IT...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...of the CAP strategic plan 2023-2027. Under the CSP, an open call for proposals for European Innovation Partnership projects on the overall theme of environmental sustainability was launched on 5 November 2024 with an associated budget of €17.5 million. This was an extremely important EIP call which sought solutions for sustainable agriculture, soil health, horticulture, organics,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dairy Sector (2 Apr 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...second biggest market. We export €2 billion worth of agrifood and drink products to there, with butter and dairy being a key component of that, the butter market alone accounting for nearly €500 million. Of the 59,000 tonnes of butter that the EU exports to the US, 51,000 tonnes comes from Ireland. It is the pride of our Kerrygold brand that it is in such a premium...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (2 Apr 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the offer to meet. As the Minister of State knows, it is not even just the Donegal fisherman based in Greencastle and Killybegs who would be seriously impacted. I understand that 25% of the value of the fishery for Greencastle has been lost, but it also has an impact down in Castletownbere and the west of Ireland too, so this is an all-of-Ireland issue. I will engage with the...