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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to decide to disregard income that is temporary, short-term or once-off in nature. The income bands are expressed in terms of a maximum net income threshold for a single-person household, with an allowance of 5% for each additional adult household member, subject to a maximum allowance under this category of 10% and separately a 2.5% allowance for each child. The income bands and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...from my Department’s Vote is expected to be submitted to the Dáil for approval shortly. It is expected that the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) will be provided with a gross allocation of €52.781million for their use in 2021. On the basis of the LEOs’ expected allocation for 202I, increasing their budget by 5% would cost some €2.639million, an increase...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...my Department’s Vote is expected to be submitted to the Dáil for approval shortly. It is expected that Companies Registration Office (CRO) will be provided with a gross allocation of €7.964 million for its use in 2021. On the basis of the CRO’s expected allocation for 2021, increasing its budget by 5% would cost  €398,000 and an increase of 25%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 176 together. An exercise to estimate the budgetary requirements for the establishment of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) commenced in 2018. At that point, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement’s (ODCE) annual budget was €5.057m. Following an assessment of the CEA’s resourcing needs upon its establishment,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...en/publication/04c69-social-housing-support-table -of-income-limits/ The income bands are expressed in terms of a maximum net income threshold for a single-person household, with an allowance of 5% for each additional adult household member, subject to a maximum allowance under this category of 10%; and separately, an allowance of 2.5% for each child. The income bands and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Regulatory Bodies (24 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...There has been a continued year-on-year increase in funding for the Commission over the last four budgetary years to reflect this commitment. The Commission has received an allocation of €19.1 million in funding under Budget 2021. This represents a 13% increase on the €16.9 million that was allocated for 2020 and a more than five-fold increase from its 2015 allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...considering how best to conduct a regulatory review of the licensing system. While these initiatives are being worked on, we continue to issue licences and engage in a process of continuous improvement. To 18thJune, a total of 1,594 licences have issued, which is 27% ahead of the same period last year, accepting that last year was low in terms of licencing output.  In terms of timber...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...Budget 2021 outlined an expectation that the State will collect €77.6 billion in tax and social insurance contributions this year. Data from the Revenue Commissioners for 2018 show approximately 85 discretionary tax expenditure measures costing a total of €15.8 billion in revenue forgone. These are measures which are not structural to the taxation system but which have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

...opportunity to come before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters to discuss the findings of the Ombudsman's report arising from his investigation into the placement of people under 65 in nursing homes. The publication of the report is very timely given work under way to implement the programme for Government commitment to reduce and to provide a pathway to eliminate the...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...payment, one month in advance and one month as deposit. The Bill also sets out provisions around student accommodation and notice periods. Even though evictions were banned during Covid-19 when the 5 km restriction was in place, more still 1,100 households were still served with eviction notices over the past ten months. In an article in theIrish Examiner, by Aoife Moore, it is reported...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Mary Butler: .... To ensure we can deliver on that aim, the Government has provided a significant increase in funding for women’s healthcare in 2021, reflecting our commitment to improve services in this area. The €12 million that has been allocated to the national maternity strategy and to gynaecology services this year, and the additional €5 million provided to the women’s...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Just Transition Fund (23 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe Flaherty: ...realities in particular, no viable solution was found to repurpose the plants." The region is growing sceptical about the ESB's role in this process. The company has made much out of its €5 million contribution to the just transition programme and yet we are hearing that it is already seeking this money back via a refund from the energy regulator. There is a real fear that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (23 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, together. The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty.  To date over 142,000 homes have received free upgrades...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (23 Jun 2021)

Catherine Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106, 107, 111, 112 and 116 together. I allocated €50 million in 2021 to a suite of measures to assist the arts and culture sector. As part of that funding, on Tuesday June 15th I announced the allocations for the €25m Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS 2021).All allocations of funding for arts, culture and entertainment purposes made by my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (23 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the application process will open for the €5 million fund of capital supports for the commercial live entertainment sector; the criteria for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33641/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2021)

Catherine Martin: ...reopen sectors, services and activities, including the entertainment sector.  In particular, restrictions on performances at licensed venues, such as restaurants, pubs and hotels, is being reviewed at present. From 5 July, if the public health situation allows, organised indoor events can recommence, permitting a maximum of 50 attendees at the majority of venues and 100 in larger...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (23 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...is a household based payment of €28.00 per week for 28 weeks (a total of €784 each year), paid from October to April, to 370,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €300 million in 2021.  The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs.  The allowance represents a contribution towards the energy...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Remote Working (23 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...development of remote working facilities through the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the Town and Village Renewal Programme in 2020. Since 2016 my Department has invested more than €50 million in the development of remote working facilities through the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. Investment in new remote working...