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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...responding to the unmet early learning and childcare needs of families. My Department is progressing a range of actions to ensure the supply of Early Learning and Childcare meets demand. Some €69 million has been allocated over the period 2023-2025 to the early learning and childcare sector under the revised National Development Plan (NDP). This will enable significant capital...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2024, the allocation for early learning and childcare will be €1.109 billion, a €83 million (8%) increase on last year’s allocation. In 22/23 there were approximately 213,000 children in centre based early learning and childcare. This equates to approximately 150,000 families. All children in early learning and childcare supported by this Department will benefit from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and sets out a number of ambitious targets, including that:all Irish households and businesses will be covered by a Gigabit network no later than 2028;all populated areas will be covered by 5G no later than 2030, anddigital connectivity will be delivered to all schools and broadband connection points by 2023.These targets will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is responsible for the implementation of 54 specific commitments in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future. Significant progress has been made in all policy areas of my Department since 27 June 2020 and I believe that we are well on track to deliver on the Programme for Government commitments in all areas. I would highlight the following key...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: ...x2019;s goal has been to deliver high quality and inclusive education for all children and young people that addresses their needs, interests and ambitions. Significant achievements to date include:Funding of over €53 million in 2023 for the free primary schoolbooks scheme, which commenced in September 2023, providing schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks to all primary school pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...material, content promoting suicide, self-harm or eating disorders and pornographic material. Failure to comply with an online safety code can lead to the imposition of significant financial sanctions of up to €20 million or 10% of turnover and continued non-compliance can lead to criminal penalties. An Coimisiún expects to adopt this code in the first half of 2024. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...April 2021 and set out our strategic goals, objectives and actions. It is available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/9a047-statement-of-strategy-2021-2 025/. A new Statement of Strategy for the period 2023-2025 was published in August of this year and is available on my Department's website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: .... This has allowed for sustained, ongoing investment into Garda recruitment after the forced closure of the Garda College during Covid-19. Budget 2024 provides for funding for: - 800-1000 Garda recruits - A 25% increase in the overtime budget - A 66% increase in the training allowance (to €305 per week) to support recruitment - €6 million provided for Garda wellbeing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...in landings of pelagic species, including mackerel and blue whiting, reflecting the year-on-year fluctuations in quota allocations. Employment in the overall seafood sector has been stable in the last 5-10 years although employment in the fishing fleet has tended to fall with pressures from other sectors competing for employees. Exports showed an upward pattern in recent years but dipped...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the past eight budgets, investment in early learning and childcare has risen from €260 million in 2015 to €1.1 billion in 2024. The First 5 investment target for 2028 was reached 5 years ahead of time in 2023. Of this investment, the following amounts constitute direct funding to providers:Core Funding - €303 millionNational Childcare Scheme (NCS) and associated...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...2024, building on the increases in recent years and securing the achievements into the future. The full package of current funding for youth services and programmes in my Department is €77.95 million, an increase of €5 million, or 6.8%, on the 2023 budget. €74.45m is being provided for youth services funded under the existing funding schemes. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...2023 Waiting List Action Plan builds on the foundational work done in the 2021 and 2022 plans, both of which reversed the annual trend of rising waiting lists. For 2023, funding totalling €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists with €363 million of this being allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, to reduce hospital waiting lists by implementing...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...communities throughout Ireland”. The Department has two overarching policies which support delivery of this mission, firstly, Our Rural Future the Government's Rural Development Policy for 2021-2025, and secondly Sustainable Inclusive and Empowered Communities, the 5 year strategy (for the period 2019-2024) to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. The very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...but there are many other categories, which are listed. It is important to state that the Bill was tabled in 2020 and things have changed since then. For example, in Dublin, homeless HAP, which is 50% above the base rate, has changed. At one point, it was available four weeks before notice of termination, then eight weeks, and it is now available 12 weeks in advance of such a notice....

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...the policy of a given society. The truth is that the history of censorship has never ended well. It has been used throughout history as a tool of dictators who have stained the earth with the blood of millions of people. Censorship is authoritarian. It deletes the liberty of citizens to have that competition of ideas and reduces the ability of people to challenge and test the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

...the genetic merit of an animal, a star rating system was introduced in 2012. The idea was that the animals would be divided into quintiles based on their genetic evaluations. The top 20% would be 5 star, the top 40% would be 4 star, and so on. The system has been very successful for farmers quickly getting an understanding of the genetic merit of an animal and the use of the Euro-Star...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (13 Dec 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...with stakeholders at domestic, EU and international level in relation to the efforts to decarbonise aviation. The past year saw the successful conclusion of negotiations on both aviation specific ‘Fit for 55’ proposals, the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for aviation and ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation. Ireland pushed for environmental ambition in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As we approach year end, I am in a position to give you a detailed outline of the forecast year end for capital expenditure. The Department expects an underspend of circa 5% of the total budget of €2,622.254m for 2023. The Department has applied to carry this underspend, totalling €140.920m, into 2024 with an additional €4m being surrendered to the Exchequer as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (13 Dec 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...livestock production;The ACRES scheme, underpinned by a greater focus on results-based actions and on collective actions aimed at achieving landscape-scale benefits. The Government has committed €1.5 billion to facilitate the participation of 50,000 farmers.The Organic Farming Scheme aimed at more than tripling the area of agricultural land that is farmed organically. The budget for...