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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and the committee for this opportunity to present details of this Supplementary Estimate for my Department. The Supplementary Estimate is required to provide the necessary funding of €926.606 million for the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme and €12 million for the business solar scheme, both in the energy transformation programme area. The Supplementary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 12 together. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring the LIS is funded into the future. This reflects the important contribution the scheme makes to connectivity in rural areas. LIS was reintroduced by my Department in 2017 following several years with no dedicated funding. Since then, almost €130 million has...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

John Brady: ...Israel's efforts during the current wave of violence. Ireland needs to make a referral to the International Criminal Court for Israel's war crimes in Gaza. In 2022, the Government provided €3 million to the ICC investigation in Ukraine. The Belgian Government recently provided €5 million for the ICC to investigate the war crimes in Palestine. The Irish Government needs to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...and sustainability concerns felt among providers. Actions to address these issues are set out in the ten-year whole-of-government strategy for babies, young children and their families, First 5, which was published in 2018, followed by a detailed implementation plan for the first phase of the strategy in 2019 covering the period 2019-2022. Annual reports over this period set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Since its launch in 2016, over €156 million has been allocated to more than 1,700 projects supporting towns and villages across the country. As committed in Our Rural Future, Ireland's rural development policy, TVRS priorities are reviewed at...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...that the LIS is funded into the future. LIS was reintroduced by my Department in 2017 following a number of years with no dedicated funding. Since 2017, my Department has allocated almost €130 million to the scheme, which has upgraded some 4,000 non-public roads and lanes, benefiting over 16,000 landowners and residents in these rural areas. In 2023, Meath received a total...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: On 4th November, I announced funding of €1.3 million for the provision of new computers, laptops, iPads and other information and communication technology (ICT) in public libraries across the country. This funding will support the new public library strategy, ‘The Library is the Place’,which was launched in July, and it will enable public libraries to replace outdated...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...with screening processes which would offer protection in particular for vulnerable groups and existing holders of Pakistan residency cards. Last week the EU released an additional €61 million to support the people of Afghanistan and Afghan refugees within Pakistan. Ireland supports the EU’s response to the crisis in Afghanistan including the allocation of more than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...which is designed for Senior Cycle students. Way 2 Work Ireland (W2W) - This is a not-for-profit, registered charity established in 2019. W2W provides a support service to young people (aged 16-25) with a care-experienced background. Their mission is to support and empower young people to achieve their training and employment goals. W2W offers two bespoke programmes to support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...;2.3m was provided for the programme as part of Budget 2021 measures. The increasing of the SCP full year budget to €27m from 2022 encompassed the extension of SCP to an additional 28 schools and incorporated a 5% increase in budget to SCP funding overall. From September 2022, an additional €4 million (€5.9 million full year) was provided to allow access to SCP to new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing at least €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work in our schools every day. My Department has a proven track record of delivery. During the period 2018 to date, 172 projects were completed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...year-olds in full-time education was one of my key priorities as part of Budget 2024. The measure is expected to benefit approximately 60,000 18 year olds each year at an estimated cost of €21.6 million in 2024. With many children now starting primary school at age 5, together with the increase in pupils doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...year-olds in full-time education was one of my key priorities as part of Budget 2024. The measure is expected to benefit approximately 60,000 18 year olds each year at an estimated cost of €21.6 million in 2024. With many children now starting primary school at age 5, together with the increase in pupils doing transition year, there has been an increase in the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Significant additional resources have been allocated to the hospital in recent years to meet the needs of patients. Staffing at the hospital is now approx. 2,660 WTE (July 2023), an increase of 36.5% since December 2019. The hospital’s budget has increased by 30% since 2019 to €261.7 million, a significant increase in funding in this time period. The Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The focus of the 2022 Community Centres Investment Fund was the improvement and refurbishment of existing community centres across Ireland. Over €45.8 million has been committed to this important refurbishment work. This year the focus of the Fund moved tonew builds.I want to assist community groups striving to build their own community centre to service local needs. In March, I was...

Defective Dwellings Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ..., and can be as severe as not having an escape route or not having a fire-detecting alarm system. Other defects include water ingress defects, which adversely affect roofs. This defect is present in between 20% and 50% of homes. Structural defects which make the home quite literally uninhabitable, where the roof or walls of the home are defective and therefore a risk to the inhabitants,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...been developed by the then auditor of the charity. This raises very serious and obvious conflict-of-interest concerns. The level of homelessness has exploded under Fianna Fáil's watch by nearly 50% since July 2020. The State will spend over €240 million on homelessness services next year. Vital public services have been outsourced to homelessness charity corporates. What...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (9 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ...CPO, activation programme was launched in April which supports a proactive and systematic approach by local authorities to bringing vacant and derelict properties back into use as homes. Some €150 million is being made available under the urban regeneration and development fund for local authorities to acquire vacant or derelict properties for reuse or sale. In addition, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...be aware, this year is the first time funding has been provided to support the implementation of the national stroke strategy. We launched it last year and last year's budget provided nearly €5 million for this year to roll out the new stroke strategy. The Deputy and various of our party colleagues have been advocating for neurorehabilitation nurses, including in the Deputy's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Strategies (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a year, so it is clearly very important. As the Deputy said, I approved the national stroke strategy last year and allocated in the budget for this year a significant amount of money, nearly €5 million, to support the implementation of the strategy. This included the recruitment of two consultant stroke physicians, a consultant neuroradiologist and senior speech and language...