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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: .... The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan and New Town Services. Under Budget 2025, a funding package of c. €658.442 million of funding for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in 2024). This package includes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Mobility Policy (SMP) was published in April 2022. At the time of publication, the Policy sought to support the achievement of targets set out in Climate Action Plan 2021 (CAP21), namely at least 500,000 additional daily active travel and public transport journeys by 2030 and a 10% reduction in the number of kilometres driven by fossil-fuelled cars. It was noted in the SMP that those...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: For the transport sector, we are required to pursue a decarbonisation pathway to achieve a 50% reduction in transport emissions by 2030 in a manner that is consistent with sectoral emission ceilings that were agreed by Government in August 2022. The transport chapter of the annually updated national Climate Action Plan (CAP) sets out the policy pathway to achieve these emission reductions...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to increasing 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 Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Mar 2025)

John Lahart: 385. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain significant changes in budget 2025 to the tax relief annual contribution limits for PRSAs; if the identification by the Revenue Commissioners be outlined where 125 companies had each transferred at least €100,000 into individual PRSAs to exploit generous tax reliefs, with 17 of these cases involving contributions exceeding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department has done considerable work on all the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services Report of April 2017. In relation to Chapter 5 dealing with issues related to water conservation, the work undertaken is set out in the table below. JOC Chapter 5 Recommendations Update 5.1 The Committee recommends...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (HAS), administered by my department through the Community Welfare Service, was activated on the 23rd January 2025 to assist householders affected across the country by Storm Éowyn. Humanitarian assistance is available in three stages. Stage 1 of the HAS is available to people while they are directly impacted by the storm. It targets people who need...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...individuals. Support is also available under Stage 2 for the replacement of white goods and basic furniture, and under Stage 3 to repair damage to homes. Income limits for these supports are: €50,000 for a single person; €90,000 for a couple and €15,000 per dependent child. Reduced or tapered levels of support may be provided in cases where a household‘s...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1074 and 1075 together. The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (HAS), administered by my department through the Community Welfare Service, was activated on the 23rd January 2025 to assist householders affected across the country by Storm Éowyn. Humanitarian assistance is available in three stages. Stage 1 of the HAS is available to people while they are...

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?