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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...plays an important role in supporting the well-being and mental health of our young people and is currently funding a range of initiatives and supports in this area. I recently announced a €5 million pilot programme of counselling and mental health supports for primary schools, which will run for the 2023/2024 school year. The new pilot includes two strands and will work to mitigate...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2023)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, to delete lines 8 to 11 and substitute the following: "(b) the cumulative value of the transaction and each transaction between the parties to the transaction, or persons connected with third country undertakings that are parties to the transaction, in the period of 12 months before the date of the transaction is equal to or greater than— (i)...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister coming to the House to speak to us on the opportunities and places at third level. He recently announced funding of more than €5 million for the further education and training, FET, sector. That is topping up funding he issued in April into the FET sector. Under his watch in this new Department we have seen a phenomenal focus on the opportunities under further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. Mr. Delany spoke to the committee earlier in the year about €1.3 billion. The announcement - as we got a bit baffled - is €304 million of aid from Brussels and the rest will be grants over 15 to 20 years. It was thrown out in the media that it would be thrown out in the next five years. The public needs to know that. On planting, if I want to apply for a licence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...whether it could be involved in a centre of excellence. I have dealt with SETU in a very positive way. Its representatives came to me with a proposal for funding for quantum computing. It got €5 million from Europe and we matched that with another €5 million. SETU is now a centre of excellence for quantum computing and networking in Ireland. I was very impressed by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...actively promotes the western region through initiatives such as Westernjobs.ie and our television programme "Moving West" on TG4. Collaborative efforts with stakeholders and agencies have garnered millions of euros in PR value in recent years, emphasising the region's work-life balance and career opportunities. Under our EU team, we have leveraged EU funding and the team has...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...and put it beyond our reach in the committee. Following up on Deputy Griffin's point, in the first meeting we had with the group from RTÉ, what I learned from that day was that it spent €1.4 million, I think, on settling with Revenue. It answered some of the questions. It said it had probably four times that much, which would go to €5 million or €6 million....

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...indicators that show together for better is bringing enormous benefit to children, their families, educators, practitioners and providers. Among the achievements in year one was: a fee freeze among 95% of the services, which meant an increase to the national childcare scheme, NCS, subsidy that was fully felt by parents; a 15% increase in the number of services offering the NCS; and...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...there are lot of moms, dads, and guardians relying on the scheme to bring their children to and from school. To give a sense of the scale of the scheme, in the 2022-23 school year, more than 154,000 young people, including more than 18,000 children with special educational needs, SEN, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The decision on the moratorium with regard to energy is made by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, and not by the Government, as the Deputy may know. This will be a budget for the 5 million people who live in the State. It will include an income tax and USC package, which will reward work and ensure that more people get to keep more of the money they earn. There will be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: As I said earlier, rare diseases taken all together are not that rare but some rare diseases are very rare. When we have conditions that are one in a million or one in 5 million, it is not possible for us to treat those patients on our own; we have to co-operate internationally and particularly at European level. We definitely need better patient registers. There are many conditions for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

...on the use of modern methods of construction, which is consistent with the Government’s overall direction of travel in this area. Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing in excess of €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025 to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost 1 million students and over 100,000 staff who learn and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (3 Oct 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...in its unity, firmness and determination. It has encompassed political, financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support for Ukraine. EU Member States have agreed approximately €5.6 billion in military assistance to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility to date, consisting of approximately €5.22 billion for lethal equipment and approximately €380...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2024 (3 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: I understand that Deputy Nash 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 Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (3 Oct 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...is a priority for this Government and one that is reflected in a range of policies and legislation, as well as unprecedented increases in Budget allocations. In June of last year, we published a 5 year ambitious Zero Tolerance Strategy. This is a €363 million strategy, and is built on the four pillars of Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Policy Co-Ordination. The accompanying...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Regulation Orders published last year were a significant milestone in efforts to improve pay in the sector. The Orders are being supported by Core Funding – which has an allocation of €259 million in its first year – to support amongst other things, improvements in staff wages, alongside a commitment to freeze parental fees and support for sustainability of services....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...early learning and childcare in 2023 – a clear demonstration from Government of the value of the sector. Over the past eight budgets, investment in early learning and childcare has risen from €260 million in 2015 to €1.025 billion in 2023, reaching the First 5 investment target 5 years ahead of time. This unprecedented investment speaks to the commitment of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (3 Oct 2023)

Marian Harkin: 640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make funding of €5 million available in Budget 2024 to enable increased access to continuous glucose monitoring for people with Type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: .... Unfortunately, tabular format is not suitable to capture in full all the provisions of the Agreement. For participating GPs, the Agreement sets out:increased capitation fees, an approximate €35 rate increase for GMS patients aged 6 and 7 and a 10% rate increase for GMS patients aged 8 to 69 inclusive. a substantial increase to the existing practice staff subsidy rates and a new...

Labour Exploitation and Trafficking (Audit of Supply Chains) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Sep 2023)

Gerald Nash: ..., work in an unhealthy environment or for long hours or during the night, or work where the child is unreasonably confined to the premises of the employer. The International Labour Organization says that more than 25 million people across the world are in forced labour. To our shame, this includes millions of children who are still making goods and providing services across the supply...