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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Budget 2024 Expenditure Report set out €4.5 billion in non-core expenditure. Approximately €1.3 billion is categorised as Covid-19 expenditure relating to direct and indirect impact of the pandemic. Allocations of this funding by Department, as shown Chapter 2 of the Budget 2024 Expenditure Book, are set out below. All funding has been allocated. €...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. As part of Budget 2023, I secured over €8 million to specifically enhance school attendance, participation, and retention. I had previously allocated a 5% increase in funding for the School Completion Programme, and in September I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...Implementation Plan for Cineáltas commits to implementing each of the 61 actions contained in Cineáltas within a five-year period and sets out timeframes and information about how my Department is going to implement the actions. One million euro has been provided in 2023 to progress a number of the actions contained in the plan. An Implementation and Evaluation Group has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...to state that the Irish labour market is performing extremely well. The employment rate has been rising and now stands at 74.2 per cent, the highest in the history of the series, with over 2.6 million people in employment. Since Q4 2021 the unemployment rate has been below 5 per cent - beyond this level the economy is conventionally considered to be at full employment. Currently,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Oct 2023)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 to 409, inclusive, together. I am advised by officials in the Irish Prison Service that on 30 September 2023 there were 4,581 people in prison and the bed capacity was 4,515. Of the 4,581 people in prison, 3,197 had previously been committed into custody. The Deputy will wish to be aware that the officials in the Irish Prison Service and in my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Oct 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...doing. Budget 2024 has provided funding for up to 800-1000 new Garda recruits next year. We have also increased the training allowance and provided a package of wellbeing supports. It is worth noting, however, that on average, 25% of roads policing enforcement is carried by regular Garda members, with the exception of drug/drink driving checks, 75% of which are carried out by regular...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This Budget continues to improve investment for early learning and childcare with funding increasing by 8% or €83 million in 2024, to €1.108 billion. Through this funding, there will be improved affordability for parents, improved availability of early learning and childcare places and additional supports for children with a disability and for children experiencing disadvantage....

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: First of all, I recognise the presence of many staff members of section 56 and 39 organisations in the Public Gallery. I also recognise that they have been joined by many service users, who will be impacted by industrial action, and their family members. I know that the threat of industrial action is not one that is made lightly by any of these incredibly dedicated staff members. The...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Steven Matthews: ...costs. I thank my Green Party colleague the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, for steadfastly delivering that commitment in this budget. Parents of young children at that very expensive time in life will see a 50% cut in childcare fees delivered within the lifetime of this Government. Those highly trained, brilliant and committed childcare workers will also be supported. I hope to see...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Inflation Rate (12 Oct 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...pressures, input costs have gone up for many businesses. However, wholesale price inflation has levelled off across a number of areas in recent months. Irish wholesale electricity prices were 72.5% lower in August 2023 than in August 2022, and while wholesale prices for construction products rose by 2.1% in the year, overall, manufacturing producer prices were 0.3% lower in August 2023...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023) See 17 other results from this debate

Paul Donnelly: ...We would have gone much further in tackling child poverty to ensure that parents got one parent family payment to the age of 12 instead of the existing age of seven, and jobseeker's transitional payment until the age of 15. We would have given fuel allowance to low-income families on working family payments, and increased qualifying child payment by €10 and €5 for over and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...development of all aspects of mental health, in line with our national policy, Sharing the Vision, remains a priority for me and for Government. This includes CAMHS, which receives around €137 million in dedicated funding annually. I was delighted yesterday to increase the budget for mental health to almost €1.3 billion. On the day of last year's budget, mental health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Mr. Lorcan Bourke: There is no research but we are supporting Teagasc's lead on a €5 million food waste proposal under Horizon 2030's farm to fork strategy. It is providing marketing solutions to reduce food waste. It is in the negotiation stage at the moment but is hoping to estimate the amount of food waste along the fruit and vegetable chain. It is all very new and tentative....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Budget 2023 for year two of Core Funding provides further opportunity to invest in an additional 3% growth in capacity. For Year 2 of Core Funding, the budget has increased by 11% to reach €287 million, providing a sustainable platform for investment with increases for all services. The additional funding for Core Funding Year 2 is being allocated as follows:€8.47 million...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

...condemn racism in any form. It has no place in sport or society. A wide range of Government funding is invested by Sport Ireland to deliver an inclusive sport sector in Ireland. In 2023, Sport Ireland will invest €10 million in the network of local sports partnerships and €2 million in funding in disability-focused governing bodies in sport. This is an increase in 2022...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I move Financial Resolution No. 1: (1)THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 11 October 2023, by the substitution of the following for Schedule 2 to that Act: “SCHEDULE 2 Rates ofMineralOilTax Light Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres Heavy Oil:...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023) See 14 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...within the document. This demonstrates just how troubling the Government's priorities are. There has been a serious decline in the mental health budget in Ireland from 13% of the overall health budget in 1984 to just 5.1% in 2023. This is despite a rise in those experiencing mental health difficulties to around 40% in Ireland and the fact that Ireland’s prevalence rates of...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., the pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and a rate of inflation not seen in decades. Despite these significant challenges, we have an economy operating at full employment with a record high of 2.64 million people at work, and an unemployment rate of 4.2%. This positive economic performance is a testament to the resilience of the Irish people and the success of the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: I understand that Deputy Creed is referring to the chargeable excess tax and Standard Fund Threshold (SFT) regime. I am advised by Revenue that the SFT was introduced in Finance Act 2005, with the purpose of addressing excessive pension accrual, and it applies to all private and public sector pension arrangements. It is provided for in Chapter 2C of Part 30 of the Taxes Consolidation Act...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Agriculture Schemes (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As per Sections 27, 28 & 29 of the Finance Act 2020, the carbon tax will increase by €7.50 a tonne as part of Budget 2024. The increase on transport fuels is effective from 11 October 2023, while the increase on home heating fuels will not take place until 1 May 2024. In the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future, the Government committed to ring-fence all revenues raised...