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Appropriation Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard O'Donoghue: ...That keeps me in tune with inflation, labour and material costs and all of the different sectors of infrastructure. I try to bring my experience to this. In 2021, a 1,700 sq. ft house cost €231,540. There is a 13.5% VAT rate cost of €27,540 included in that, meaning the cost before VAT was €204,000. Today, in 2024, that same house costs €350,000. It is...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...legislation is passed by both Houses. Under the terms of the inaugural Act, a three-year budget covering the period 2004 to 2006 was provided. Further Acts were enacted in 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2021, also providing for a three-year budget for the relevant periods. A new Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act is now required as a matter of priority as the financing provided...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (6 Nov 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...; sonraí faoin soláthar maoinithe breise don earnáil turasóireachta agus do TG4, agus tabharfaidh mé aghaidh ar na tionchair a bheidh ag níos mó fáltais ó cheadúnais chraolacháin ná mar a ceapadh ar fud réimse clár na Meán. First, in the tourism programme area, an additional €5.8 million is being provided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Transport (6 Nov 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...taking a lane of cars out of Donnybrook village in 1999 was apparent to most road users at the time, and certainly most drivers, yet it works. We have seen gigantic levels of traffic on the 46A, 145 and 155 routes, the latter two of which I do not think even existed as those routes prior to the opening of the QBC. There is work to be done there. All the route numbers are changing, with...

Carer's Allowance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ..., it is a pity she was not able to pop in for some of the debate, in particular in relation to the delay in threshold increases. Sinn Féin would have gone a lot further, committing €100 million to significantly increase the thresholds, than the Government did with a commitment of approximately €11 million. It is regrettable that the Government is delaying it until the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Jack Chambers: I thank Senator Gavan for raising this matter. As Senators will be aware, the credit was first introduced in the Finance Act 2022 at a value of €500 for single people and €1,000 for jointly assessed married couples. It has played a valuable role in providing financial support to renters right across the country. The credit was subsequently increased in 2023 by €250 to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2024)

James Browne: I thank the Deputy. Since 2020, the Department has invested more than €5 billion in our schools throughout the country involving the completion of more than 950 school building projects and with construction currently under way at approximately 350 other projects, which includes 37 new school buildings. These 350 projects currently in construction involve a total State investment of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (6 Nov 2024)

James Browne: ...with more complex needs require additional supports, special classes and special school places are provided. For 2024, €2.7 billion is being spent on special education, an increase of €113 million, and this is dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This will allow for, among other things, the opening of up to 400 new special classes in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: A Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions 2 and 4 together. On 25 October I received Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, for a bilateral meeting at Government Buildings. Prime Minister Mikati briefed me on the deeply concerning escalation of violence in Lebanon and the challenges faced by his government in managing the humanitarian consequences, including the needs of the very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (6 Nov 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 950 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 350 other projects, which includes 37 new school buildings. These 350 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.5bn. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Nov 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 950 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 350 other projects, which includes 37 new school buildings. These 350 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.5bn. The...

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...to get rid of the universal social charge. The reason is that it wants to give the benefits of the surplus, the unprecedented wealth that is being generated in this country, to the super-rich, the multimillionaires, the billionaires and the corporations who are enjoying a bonanza in profits and an unprecedented growth in their personal wealth. That is the truth. The Government has...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...'s consideration the Supplementary Estimates for the Department of Foreign Affairs. These relate to Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs. In total, the request we are making is for a net increase of €88.3 million in Vote 28. This will increase the total voted net expenditure ceiling for the Department of Foreign Affairs from to €272.791 million to €361.091 million in 2024. ...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...time available today to consider this request for Supplementary Estimates. I am seeking a Supplementary Estimate a €400,000 for the Central Statistics Office in respect of Vote 4; €4.667 million for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of Vote 5; and €3.58 million for the Chief State Solicitor's Office. A detailed briefing of each of these...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the development of the border control post in Rosslare, TB-related cost pressures and farm payments due under schemes such as the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES. An additional €200 million, representing an increase of 10.2% on my Department’s gross 2024 allocation, is required to meet costs that will arise in 2024. The Supplementary Estimate will also...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State gave me a note on the flood relief scheme in Kilkenny. He went back over the history of it. I recommend looking at the original tender, which was far less than €42 million. I am not saying this to embarrass anyone but we should explain to people how it can move from €4 million or €5 million to €42 million. It is worth showing the record of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP29: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

...issue of climate finance and, more specifically, the new global climate finance goal - the so-called new collective quantified goal, NCQG - that is expected to be agreed by countries at COP29. At COP15 in 2009, wealthy countries pledged to provide $100 billion per year in financial support to developing countries for climate action by 2020. The underlying rationale here was that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Nov 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 950 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 350 other projects, which includes 37 new school buildings. These 350 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.5bn. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Nov 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...yield. The table below sets out the indicative estimated costs from 2026 to 2030 on foot of the Minister's intended changes to SFT regime. There are no changes proposed for the SFT regime for 2025. 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 €10.5 million €14.5 million €8 million €5 million...