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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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (9 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 to 81, inclusive, together. The response below provides a composite answer to Questions 40385/24, 40386/24, 40387/24, and 40388/24. In Budget 2020, the Minister for Finance announced that the projected revenue raised by a €6 increase of the carbon tax in 2020 would be ring-fenced to protect those most exposed to higher fuel and energy costs, to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: In Budget 2025 I am pleased to say that I secured funding to continue to support measures that assist small businesses on their digital journey. Funding secured for the 31 Local Enterprise Offices in 2025 will be made available to provide for the Digital for Business programme, which has been extended to small businesses with up to 50 employees. This free consultancy support helps...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: ...to by the Deputy. It is open to the school authority to make an application for capital funding and application forms are available at . Since 2020, the 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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: In budget 2025, we made a significant investment of €77.4 million to grow apprenticeship, a valued option for those who wish to gain a skill or improve their skills across many sectors of the economy. There are currently 77 national apprenticeship programmes available from levels 5 to 10 of the national framework of qualifications, NFQ, across a diverse range of skills from plumbing...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The past four budgets have successfully balanced the dual challenge of remaining responsive to economic and social developments while ensuring the sustainability of our public finances. Budget 2025 will build on and continue the enhanced investment in recent years in our society. The budget strategy generally has been framed in the context of a growing population and elevated price levels...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Examination of the Drivers of Violence and Criminality: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

...that is useful if we are also tackling the problem at the same time. If the Deputy said there is an issue with challenging behaviour in a certain town at nighttime, and it was decided to give €5 million to policing but €5 million is not given to mental health and addiction in schools, I would say that €5 million is wasted because it has created a perception of safety...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

...had to flee. They have had to go because, as Ms Walsh described, it is no longer safe to be in the region. We work in the north with Syrian refugees and have done so for a decade. There were 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a country of 5 million. It is estimated that 400,000 have gone back after a decade. The committee knows why they have left. It was not because Syria was a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Byrne: ...than getting people involved in a parkrun where they can run or walk. It is a wonderful community and since it has been established in Ireland, more than 300,000 people have taken part in the 5 km parkrun, with 3.2 million finishes while more than 40,000 volunteers have been involved. All around the country every Saturday morning, we see these people involved. It is appropriate we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: ...2022 2023 IDA Client Companies 23 23 23 21 21 Total number of IDA Jobs 2,652 2,794 2,824 2,771 2,673 EI Client companies 156 159 126* 133 128 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: ...and this was achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: On 5th March this year I announced details of a new scheme which provides free schoolbooks to Junior Cycle students in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme. Special schools who have Students enrolled in Junior Cycle programmes will also receive this funding. More than 213,000 students enrolled in approximately 670 post-primary schools and 70 special schools, are already...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, the Department of Education has invested around €5 billion in schools throughout the country. Around 950 school building projects have been completed and 350 other projects are under construction, which includes 37 new school buildings. These 350 project currently at construction involves a total state investment of over €1.5 billion. The Department announced...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The October bonus and Christmas bonus will benefit approximately 1.38 million social welfare recipients. An estimated breakdown of recipients by county requested by the Deputy is shown in the attached tabular statement. County Recipients % Carlow 1% Cavan 2% Clare 3% Cork 11% ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548, 549 and 550 together. Since my appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People in 2020, I have worked to progressively increase funding for dementia services and supports so that every person with dementia, and their families, has the support that they need to live as well and as independently as possible. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Oct 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Following on from improvements made to the Student Grant Scheme in both Budget 2023 and 2024, a range of further measures were announced as part of Budget 2025 to enhance the scheme and other supports. Improvements to the Student Grant Schemes effective from September 2025 include: Increasing the Special Rate of Maintenance Grant threshold from €26,200 to €27,400. Increasing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: ...misuse, community mental health services and acute services. It recommends the development of 12 adult specialist dual diagnosis teams nationally and four adolescent teams. A total of €2 million has been provided for the service to date, with recruitment for adult teams in the mid-west and Cork and adolescent teams in Dublin at an advanced stage. I have allocated a further...