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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...by the Government of Ireland, through the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Transport. In 2023 the Agency’s total budget allocation is just under €600 million. SEAI is key to informing, supporting, implementing, and delivering Government energy policy and the Climate Action Plan. The programmes administered by SEAI have a major...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 May 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...schools. The annual current cost at entry of an additional full time Special Needs Assistant is €39,990 including provision for related substitution costs and employer PRSI. The estimated cost of a 5% increase (974 posts) in current SNA posts as of 12 May 2023 is therefore almost €39 million, the estimated cost of a 15% increase (2,922 posts) is just under...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the €5 million allocation in 2022 under the Winter in Dublin programme was spent; and the budget allocation for this programme in 2023, in tabular form. [25866/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (30 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...of the Commission have risen steadily over recent years. The Commission is funded under its own Vote as of the 1st of January 2020, the Commissioner now being Accounting Officer. The Commission received an allocation of €26.2 million under Budget 2023, an increase of €3m from 2022 and a more than seven-fold from its 2015 allocation of €3.6m. The Commission has seen...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Fund The purpose of the Communities Integration Fund (CIF) is to support communities across Ireland to play a greater role in promoting the integration of migrants. Each year, a total of €500,000 is available to local community-based organisations to carry out integration projects in their local areas. Organisations eligible to apply include local community groups, sports clubs,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...actions in the Plan, which are governed by the Waiting List Task Force, focus on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care and enabling scheduled care reform. For 2023, funding totalling €443 million is being allocated to tackle Waiting Lists with €363 million of this being allocated to the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, to implement longer term reforms and provide...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023)

Imelda Munster: ...need to be asked about it. This comes back to due diligence, oversight and that sort of thing. The Department approved that particular scheme in 2018. It was to consist of an investment of €8 million in the Nuremore Hotel and €2 million for refurbishment. It was to include the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk, which was to be purchased for €5 million, with €2...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...Forces redeployed to work in front-line Covid-19 exposed environments in the HSE; and paramedic staff employed by Dublin Fire Brigade to deliver services on behalf of the HSE. To date, more than 205,000 eligible healthcare workers have received the pandemic recognition payment. As of 5 May, HSE data show 142,918 staff were paid, made up of 90,228 HSE staff and an estimated 52,690 staff of...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...relating to some of the legislation he previously brought forward to clear the backlog. Is there also a wallchart to show where the issues are arising? Our population has grown from 3.6 million to well over 5 million in the past 25 years, but our systems and services have not grown at the same pace. Many of the services are stretched and our society has also changed considerably in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 17, inclusive, together. The priorities set out in the Department's Statement of Strategy 2021-2023, reflect the role of the Department to assist me as Taoiseach and the Government to ensure a sustainable economy and a successful society, to pursue Ireland’s interests abroad, to implement the Government’s programme, and to build a better...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...therapy in Kanturk, Sensational Kids in County Kildare, Neurodiversity Ireland in Sandymount and Rainbow Club Cork. They are already supporting kids. Rainbow Club Cork is already supporting 1,150 kids through giving interventions on a weekly basis. It needs more support. I need the HSE to move away from its model of what it believes is working to a more inclusive model of participation...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (24 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Nick Ashmore: I cannot give the Deputy the figure for invested but certainly about 5% of the economic activity and the employment we are supporting is in that region. It is quite small and admittedly so. To some extent, that reflects the availability of commercial investment opportunities. There are a lot of opportunities there but how many of them are actually able to provide that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of Moldova: Engagement with Ambassador of Moldova (24 May 2023)

...of Poland is present. The ambassador supports us here in Ireland and Poland, as a country, supports us a lot, as do other member states. I will focus on Ireland. We are grateful for the €5 million in assistance that was delivered to Moldova and for the previous assistance to help refugees. Bilaterally we discuss all Moldova's needs and how Ireland can help. Recently, two...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

...for the Protection of National Minorities which was ratified in 1999. Travellers are recognised by the State under this treaty which sets out rights and complementary obligations. Article 5 deals with promoting the conditions necessary to maintain and develop Traveller culture and the preservation of Traveller identity in areas of religion, language, traditions and cultural heritage....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (24 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period. Since the CLÁR Programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures. Funding of over €57 million has been approved for almost 2,100 projects since its relaunch. I launched CLÁR 2023 on 29 March 2023 and the measures to be funded are:Developing Community Facilities...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...when we had a committee that looked at the issue and came up with Sláintecare, so that we could stop this continuous raising of crises and waiting lists. That has not happened. Today, there are 561 patients on trolleys, 44 of whom are in Galway. Yesterday, there were 516 patients on trolleys, 46 of whom were in Galway. On 3 January this year, there were 77 patients on trolleys in...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Robert Troy: ...or perhaps persecution for their sexuality or their religious beliefs, we are very fortunate. Our President acknowledged and commemorated the Famine only last weekend. That was a time when one million people left our shores because of what they were facing. They went in their droves to Canada and the US. As a State, we grappled with so many challenges in the decades from the 1920s...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: .../documents/statistics/ready-recko ner.pdf Based on the volume of diesel for which rebate claims were received in recent years, the additional cost of using the Diesel Rebate Scheme to offset a 5 cent per litre increase for qualifying commercial transport is estimated to be in the region of €25 million.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the Cycle to Work scheme. This scheme was introduced in 2009 and provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee. The scheme operates on a self-administration basis. Relief is automatically available provided the employer is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (23 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...in areas outside the current main production hubs, to support the geographic spread of the audio-visual sector. The uplift originally provided an increased level of credit for four years, with 5% available in years 1 and 2 (2019 and 2020), 3% available in year 3 (2021), 2% available in year 4 (2022). However, in recognition of the detrimental impact the COVID-19 crisis had on the...