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Report on Energy Poverty 2024: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...of €200 to be applied to all domestic electricity accounts. This was followed by two subsequent rounds of emergency credits announced in budgets 2023 and 2024. Together, these credits facilitated a transfer of €1,250 to more than 2.2 million households at a cost of approximately €2.75 billion. This is in addition to one-off increases to certain social welfare...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...previous year? I believe it has. Second, the Minister of State mentioned the double allocation, and obviously that additional funding is welcome, but Cork County Council requested more than €5 million last year and received just €1.7 million. Such a massive shortfall leads to the expansion of the waiting list, not the cutting of it. Third, Deputy O'Rourke touched on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...number of flights every week from Dublin Airport were to Spain. Even the ambassador was surprised to learn there were 300 flights a week from Ireland to Spain. Ours is a population of only 5 million people, yet we have 300 flights a week to Spain and 56 flights a week to Malaga alone in the summertime from Dublin Airport. Obviously, there are also flights from Shannon, Cork and other...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...bills, following the success of the previous electricity costs emergency benefit schemes in 2022 and 2023. The electricity costs emergency benefit scheme IV, will see two payments of €125 made to approximately 2.2 million domestic electricity accounts between November and February. Following successes of the previous schemes, this scheme continues to use low electricity usage...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...as is practical after receiving the request, this provides the flexibility required for dealing with requests. It is proposed to reject these amendments and in relation to the proposed section 6(5)(b), the Deputy proposes to provide an extended 60 day for a review decision to be referred to the CRU. The Bill has provided 28 days for this referral. The scheme will end on 31 August...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...'s humanitarian funding will continue to target the most vulnerable, including women and children, displaced persons and those closest to conflict lines. In 2024, Ireland is providing €23.5 million in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine. This funding is part of an overall package of €36 million of support announced recently by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste in advance of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 60 together. I am deeply concerned about the surge of violence in Lebanon in recent days, including continuing Hezbollah rocket fire on Israel, Israel's massive aerial bombardments and ground incursions across the Blue Line by the Israeli Defence Forces. Recent developments in Lebanon represent a further dangerous escalation in an already tense and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...is committed to working with partners, such as UNICEF and the ICRC, who play a key role in supporting the re-integration of children and wider family reunification. In 2024 Ireland is providing €23.5 million in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, including €5 million to the ICRC, €3 million to the UNFPA and €2 million to UNICEF. Ireland has consistently...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...funding schemes. My Department’s Annual Report also provides an overview of the work of the Department each year, including funding commitments and project approvals under each scheme. The last 5 years has seen huge funding growth for both rural and community development, with a commensurate increase in the volume of projects funded. While the specific issue of multiplier effects...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (10 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...and vehicle and driver regulation generally. My Department also has responsibility for the regulation, monitoring, and licensing of the commercial road transport sector and issued approximately 750 road haulage operator licences and 300 road passenger transport operator licences in 2023. My Department’s Marine Survey Office delivers an important service as the maritime transport...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (10 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Claire Kerrane: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide further information on the allocation made in Budget 2025 of €5 million for a forgotten farmers scheme; the details of the scheme; when these details will be published; when the scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40790/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... The family only needs to agree with the provider the number of hours It is however a matter for the provider to decide their service offer and their fee structure. They may choose to offer a 5 day only service. They are private businesses and they are free to run their model as they see fit within the parameters of the scheme. Decisions to charge parents on this basis are matters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that. I want to discuss the shellfish sector. We had a bottom-growing mussel industry worth about €40 million 20 years ago. This will be its second year in a row of zero. I want to get a sense of the plan the Department has to rejuvenate the industry. One of the big concerns is that even though the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Act was brought in following the Supreme...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...", which is what the legislation states, after receipt of the request provides the flexibility required for dealing with requests. It is proposed to reject the amendments. Under section 6(5)(b) proposed by the amendment, the Deputy seeks to provide an extended 60-day period for a review decision to be referred to the CRU. The Bill has provided 28 days for this referral. The scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...get anymore people onto trains and we cannot get any more trains for them. It is happening right across the network for us. Just this week, we launched with the NTA the fact that we are now at 1 million passenger journeys a day in the Republic of Ireland throughout the whole public transport family. This is a new milestone reached and we are seeing people migrating onto it. We have...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The impact of the sharp rise in energy costs experienced in 2022 is still being felt. Households are paying on average 59% more for their electricity, and 90% more for their gas, than they were pre-crisis. This is despite the multiple rounds of price reductions announced by suppliers since 2023. Households are still in need of support...

Seanad: Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (9 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...located locally. We expect that there will be hundreds of jobs in Waterford and Wexford as a result of this DMAP, which is something to be celebrated and welcomed.Senator Byrne asked whether the 5 GW target for 2030 is realistic; it is. The first 3 GW have already been contracted. We also have other targets, such as 8 GW of solar, which we are definitely going to reach. This is our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...medical workers who take exceptional risks to provide vital aid, and who should be protected. The level of destruction and displacement in Lebanon is shocking. Current estimates are that over 1 million people have been displaced, further exacerbating already acute humanitarian needs. This is an extraordinarily challenging time for the Lebanese people. I last met Foreign Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Oct 2024)

Jack Chambers: I announced on Budget Day that a new 6% rate of Stamp Duty will be applied to the value of residential property in excess of €1.5 million (so increasing the rate applied to that element of a property's value from 2% to 6%), and that the higher rate of Stamp Duty on bulk acquisitions of houses is to be increased from 10% to 15%. Both of the increased rates apply to all relevant...