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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 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 Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: In recognition of the difficulties experienced by the tillage and horticultural sectors this year, I secured €9.53 million from the EU Agricultural Reserve of which €7.147 million will go to support the tillage sector and €2.382 to the horticulture sector. The tillage allocation will be distributed as a one-off flat rate payment of €28 per hectare on the area...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...tonnage of 6,300 GT representing 80% of the original target of 8,000 Gross Tonnes to be voluntarily withdrawn from the Irish fleet as recommended by the Seafood Taskforce, at a total cost of €60 million. Of the 39 vessels proceeding:35 vessels have been decommissioned.4 are currently being dismantled and will be completed in November.To date, 34 of the 39 vessels have been paid...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Nov 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...termed Horizon Europe, specifically under Cluster 6 ‘Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment’ and the associated Soil Mission. For my own Department, over €245 million has been committed since 2010 to research conducted across the agriculture, food, forestry and bioeconomy sectors. The research is currently supported through five strands...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Funding provided to ETBs to end October 2023 Laois & Offaly ETB Scheme Amount € Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) €82,544.00 ETB Youth Grant €128,125.00 Youth Information Centres (YIC) €0.00 Capital funding for youth services/clubs ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Simon Harris: ...Agency (HFA) to provide finance directly to Irish public higher education providers to develop student accommodation. This deal will further the Government’s priorities, as this new funding will form 25% of the Housing for All commitment made by the HFA. The funding is ring fenced for 5 years and is now open for applications. The initiative is separate to the Government...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023) See 8 other results from this debate

Michael McGrath: ...stimulus plan, the scheme was amended so that the level of support available to first-time buyers was increased to the lesser of €30,000, which was up from €20,000, or 10%, which was up from 5%, of the purchase price of a new home or self-build property or the amount of income tax and DIRT paid in the four years before the purchase or self-build. The scheme was extended in...

Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...were, where they would like to attend school, what they would like to do at another level and what sort of training they would like to receive. This year in the community healthcare organisation, CHO, 5 area, 116 children did not have to attend day services. They were given the opportunities with either the national learning network and education and training board, ETB, to actually...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (26 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...requested and secured support for the sector from the EU agriculture reserve in light of the significant challenges relating to the weather and harvest this year. A support package of €7.1 million has been allocated to the sector under this fund. A one-off flat-rate payment of €28 per hectare will be made on the area of oilseed rape, winter and spring barley, wheat and rye...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Seamus McCarthy: The 2022 Appropriation Account for Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage records gross expenditure of €5.632 billion. Appropriations-in-aid of the Vote amounted to €71.4 million. The surplus of the amount provided over the net amount applied in the year was €586.7 million. Of this, the Department received permission to carry over to 2023...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

...but they were late for the list. They received a clear audit opinion, but, as members will remember, I drew attention to a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners of slightly less than €1 million in March 2022 in respect of underpayment of relevant contract tax and professional services withholding tax. The second item is the National Tourism Development Authority's, or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...manure nitrogen per hectare. However in return, our derogation farmers are subject to stricter environmental conditions, including a higher inspection rate. Last year saw the introduction of Ireland’s 5thNitrates Action Programme where the scope of some existing measures was broadened, other measures were expanded, and a number of new measures were introduced to drive improvements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (26 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...deal with the difficult trading conditions that have arisen because of Brexit. It also aimed to help the sector transition to longer-term restructuring measures. The scheme had a budget of €3.5 million, with payments of between €2,700 and €4,000 available to eligible inshore fishers. As of 25 October 2023, a total of 737 applications have been received with a total...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (26 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...is an important and integral component of the Agri-Food industry which I have strongly supported in recent years. I doubled the annual budget for the Protein Aid Scheme from €3 to €7 million. The Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) has paid €19.5 million to tillage farmers since it was launched as a pilot in 2021. I announced €7 million in additional...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Peter Burke: ...to take place to ensure a sustainable and comprehensive peace. The Taoiseach met with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in the margins of the European Political Community meeting in Granada on 5 October and expressed his concern that Karabakh Armenians have felt forced to flee their homelanden masse, and outlined EU and Irish assistance. Some €10.45 million in EU funding has been...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Financial Resolutions (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution and, for that purpose, that the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 be further amended, by the insertion of Chapter 5 of Part 33, in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution. 5. THAT the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended in respect of the taxation...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...with the Government’s overall direction of travel in this area. Between 2018 and 2023, nearly 1,000 school building projects were completed. Through Project Ireland 2040, the Department is investing in excess of €5 billion over the period from 2021 to 2025 to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost 1 million students and more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...... if significant civilian infrastructural damage is not addressed, no further escalation is required for the situation to worsen from dire to catastrophic...; ...just confirmation that between 5 October and 9 October air attacks and shelling were intensive. The impact of those attacks has now been documented. There were 11 power stations hit affecting more than 2 million people; 18...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (25 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...applying from 1 January at the level advised by ICES. In previous years, the Commission developed a plan for provisional TACs for the first three months of the year. That saw TACs for most stocks set at 25% of the previous year's total allowable catch level, with the full total allowable catch applied for coastal state stocks such as mackerel and blue whiting. While this situation is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (25 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...services. The number, by county, of organisations currently supported is set out in the table below. A new call for applications under the CSP was launched on 6thMarch last with a budget of €1 million in 2023. 197 stage 1 Concept Notes were received, following which 33 successful stage 1 applicants were invited to submit a full application under stage 2. Of these 33 organisations,...