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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...132 together. The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) supports improving non-public rural roads and laneways not usually maintained by local authorities. Since its establishment in 2017, almost €170 million has been provided by the Government to local authorities for LIS. In April 2024, €40 million in funding was announced for LIS across all local authorities to cover 2024/2025....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 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 Data (27 Mar 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...financial and other assets including shares, bonds, derivatives, loans, deposits, commodities, plant and machinery and invoices and other types of receivable.The value of qualifying assets is at least €10 million at the time they were acquired by the section 110 companyApart from the holding or managing of the qualifying assets, the company is not carrying on any other activities.In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

James Lawless: ...the new Programme for Government. This work will be progressed via a number of national policies and strategies, under the national research and innovation strategy Impact 2030. Under Budget 2025, additional funding was announced for Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, with its total budget funding research in the Irish Third Level system now standing at €309.2...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government talks about the need for stronger defence systems in this country. It spent €5 million on the National Cyber Security Centre following the attack on the HSE. In the same year, the Department of the Taoiseach spent €15 million on press statements. Three times the money was spent on press statements by one Department than all the money on the National Cyber...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Robert Troy: ...its statutory functions in line with the Constitution. Many will have heard the ombudsman, Mr. Liam Sloyan, on RTÉ this morning speaking on the FSPO's new report on complaints in 2024. That 6,185 complaints were received by the FSPO and €5.7 million was delivered in outcomes for consumers last year highlights the importance of the ombudsman as a service in demand. It also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Michael Collins: ...the Taoiseach was going to do anyway. He has to be straight and honest. What is the deal he has done with Deputy Michael Lowry that has him spellbound? We know the deal has cost more than €5 million already with extra super junior Ministers, extra junior Ministers and extra payments for them alone over five years. Is it going to cost the honest and hard-working taxpayer...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2025)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...more explicitly directly related to that, whereas, in fact, the wording is quite wide and fossil fuel companies are explicitly included. That inclusion lies at the heart of my concerns around Part 5. It is not that I am not concerned about safety issues relating to offshore renewable energy; these are also very important, and some of my amendments would be relevant in that context. My...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: ..., accessible, sustainable and, above all, safe. The Government is committed to reducing road deaths and creating safer roads for everyone in Ireland. I am sad to report that as of this morning, there had been 35 fatalities on Irish roads this year. That is 35 lives lost. We offer our sympathies to the families of those who have tragically lost their lives. While this statistic marks...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Martin Heydon: Budget 2025 allocated a sum of €22 million for the continuation and expansion of the National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS). The increased funding will provide for an additional €5 breeding ewe payment bringing the total scheme payment rate for participants to €13 per ewe this year. The increased payment rate will ensure that, when combined with the €12 per ewe...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (25 Mar 2025)

Neale Richmond: ...protect aid workers and stress that attacks on UN facilities are a violation of International Humanitarian Law. Damage to civilian infrastructure has been immense. Ireland contributes €3 million annually to the Palestinian Authority's Department of Education. This includes support to school buildings in the West Bank. The February 2025 damage assessment for Gaza and the West...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to providing all citizens with reliable and realistic sustainable mobility options, and public transport plays a key role in the delivery of this goal. To support this objective, in 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: Bus Services (25 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: Customs and Excise (25 Mar 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: As outlined in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 5 February 2025, I am aware that Revenue uses a range of measures to tackle the smuggling, supply or sale of illicit tobacco products with a view to disrupting the supply chain, seizing the illicit product and, where possible, prosecuting those involved. Revenue’s strategy involves developing and sharing intelligence on a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 Mar 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of talent in areas outside the current main production hubs, to support the geographic spread of the audio-visual sector. The uplift provided an increased level of credit for five years, with 5% available in years 1 to 3 (2019, 2020 and 2021), 3% available in year 4 (2022), and 2% available in year 5 (2023). The uplift has now ceased. As the regional uplift was an approved State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...to its own priorities, except for the employment of relevant secretaries as per Circular 0036/2022. The current standard rate of Capitation grant is €200 per pupil in primary schools and €345 per student in post-primary schools. Primary schools with fewer than 60 pupils are paid the Capitation and the Ancillary grants on the basis of having 60 pupils. At post-primary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 521 and 522 together. The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme, administered by my department through the local Community Welfare Service, was activated on the 23rd January 2025 to assist householders affected across the country by Storm Éowyn. In the context of the particular circumstances of Storm Éowyn, and as an exceptional measure, additional...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: ...was announced with great fanfare by the then Minister of State, Anne Rabbitte, in October 2023. This grant was to urgently provide services and therapies for children and was to be allocated within weeks. We were told that 52 organisations around the country would benefit from this fund. The Tánaiste confirmed today that applications worth €8 million were signed off by the...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Simon Harris: .... If we do not do this, we will surely pay a much higher price down the line. Together with our EU partners, we are rising to this challenge. Earlier this month, the Government approved a significant €100 million package of military support for Ukraine including non-lethal elements of air defence, anti-drone devices, IT provision and demining. We are working to deliver this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste mentioned in a previous response the eye-watering budget the HSE has at its disposal. Some €5 million was promised in 2023 as part of budget 2024 and was approved by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in December 2024. This budget of €5 million related to transport initiatives, accessibility, provision of...