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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...are also made towards locum costs for various GP leave arrangements. The 2019 GP Agreement increased the practice support package for rural GP practices by 10% and introduced a €2 million annual support for GP practices in disadvantaged urban areas. Practices in receipt of rural practice supports attract the maximum allowable rates for practice staff support subsidies and locum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: .... In 2023, over €3.2 billion was spent on medicines by the State. This represents nearly €1 in every €8 of public funding being spent on health. The State has made an additional €128 million available for new drugs between 2020 and 2024. Up to November 2024, this has seen 194 new medicines approved for reimbursement by the HSE including 74 oncology drugs and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: Last week I was delighted to announce over €26 million in funding for 369 community centres under Category 2 of the Community Centre Investment Fund 2024. Funding of up to €100,000 will be provided to each successful community centre to support vital refurbishment and enhancement works. The projects include building renovations, enhanced amenities, accessibility measures and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: ...on but getting no supports. All, they are getting are more and more punitive charges. Many of the remaining retailers are struggling to hold on, with reduced footfall, higher rates - these went up again this year by 5% - the highest parking charges in the county, which is totally discriminatory against Clonmel, and huge issues involving antisocial behaviour. The latter have led to many...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the support we can make available in the future. What we are already doing, for example, includes the measures that we have put in place in relation to the retrofitting of homes. A sum of €230 million was invested in this scheme last year, helping over 7,000 homes. In the past two years we have seen 129,000 energy upgrades to homes across our country. This year's budget alone...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...way possible. Treatment for endometriosis ranges from everyday pain medication and hormone treatments to surgical interventions. Budget 2024 provided an allocation with a full year cost of €2.175 million for 2025, which brings the total investment for endometriosis care to more than €5 million since 2021. The development of a national endometriosis framework was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...the service commitments outlined in the HSE’s annual National Service Plan, and include the significant increase in funding received by the HSE as part of the last Estimates process. Budget 2025 provided €11.7 billion in pay funding for the HSE. This is €1.4 billion more than the 2024 Budget, and represents a 14.9% increase in payroll funding alone. This additional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., published in February 2024, includes recommendations for immediate implementation, as well as medium to longer term recommendations to be implemented on a phased basis from 2024 to 2026. €5 million was allocated to support implementation of recommendations in 2023 and 2024. The HSE established an implementation framework to support the delivery of the NCHD Taskforce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...the total approved budget to €2.24 billion. This includes a capital budget of €1.88 billion for designing, building and equipping the NCH and the two satellite centres. A separate €362 million budget is in place for the programme of integration and transition of services to the NCH from the three existing children’s hospitals, including commissioning, ICT,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ...;ir Seán Kyne, as ucht a phoist nua. Beidh sé go hiontach sa ról sin, is dóigh liom. I congratulate the Senator on his appointment and thank him for raising this very important matter of the N59. In total, €411 million of Exchequer capital funds was provided for national roads through TII through local authorities in 2024 with €14 million for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: ...to deliver. This was borne out by the recent chaos at Go-Ahead Ireland. In the response we received from the NTA, it agreed the service was inadequate and that Go-Ahead Ireland would be fined €5 million. It is not a new issue. Things are getting worse. Will the Minister outline why the contract has been renewed for a service that is so obviously failing to deliver?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...various transport modes in County Mayo. Air-Road-Rail Intermodal Connectivity Ireland West Airport is currently accessible primarily by road. The main road connections are via the N17 and N5, which link the airport to the region. The N17 Knock to Collooney project, which is in the design and environmental phase, would deliver a major upgrade to the existing N17 and improve connectivity...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (4 Mar 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...and supporting the expression of Irish culture. Currently, the credit is granted at a rate of 32% of the lowest of:eligible expenditure,80% of the total cost of production of the film, or€125 million. Finance Act 2018 introduced a short-term, tapered regional uplift under section 481 for productions being made in areas designated under the State aid regional guidelines (among other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 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. I am committed to delivering for these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: ...to the rural economy, there will be two dedicated supports for sheep farmers in operation again this year. In addition to the CSP Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS), which is worth some €20 million annually to sheep farmers, a sum of €22 million was allocated for the continuation and expansion of the National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS) measures in Budget 2025. The increased...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (27 Feb 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to consumers in the State are liable to Solid Fuel Carbon Tax and must register with Revenue. Revenue advises that of the 144 suppliers currently registered for Solid Fuel Carbon Tax, approximately 5 per cent are based in Northern Ireland. I am further advised by Revenue that over the last two years it has carried out significantly increased numbers of Solid Fuel Carbon Tax compliance...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: ...the details of an individual case here, I acknowledge what the Deputy has told me and am sorry to hear about this experience. As Deputies will be aware, eating disorders occur in approximately 5% of the population and have long been recognised as one of the most severe of the mental health conditions. We also know that it disproportionately affects adolescents and women. While some...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister. On the figures, I chaired the committee meeting last year in which Revised Estimates were gone through and there was an underspend of €158 million. It was listed as a saving and it was money brought back in this scheme. In fairness, it was expected a lot more would apply in the first year and that was fair enough. If there is such an underspend of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: The Government spent €5 million on the National Cyber Security Centre-----

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Norma Foley: .... Outcomes from the Joint Labour Committee process are supported by the Government through the Core Funding scheme, which has an allocation for this programme year (2024/2025) of €331 million. In Budget 2025, an additional €15 million was secured specifically to support employers meet the costs of further increases to the minimum rates of pay. This allocation, which is...