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Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Jennifer Whitmore: In the data, of the pelagic species, sprat is indicated with a 400% increase in total landings. It has a value of €5 million. There is quite a discussion at the moment about the sprat fishery and calls for controls on size limits for boats or a total moratorium. Does Ms Bocquel have any concerns about sustainability when she see a species like sprat and the increase in catch,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (17 Jun 2025)

Norma Foley: ...-and-baby-institutions-pa yment-scheme/#payment-scheme-statistics-summary. The Deputy has sought particularly detailed statistics pertaining to the scheme and I provide them here to end May 2025 with the caveat that there are complexities not easily captured in their presentation in this way, such as those applicants who were present as both a child and a mother in institutions and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Norma Foley: ...to all registered providers subject to their agreement to the terms and conditions of the funding. As of the 11 June, 13 services have withdrawn from the current programme year. Of those services 5 submitted an application but withdrew before the programme year began. As per the latest data, there are 140 services who remain open and operational, who had previously contracted into...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jun 2025)

Neale Richmond: The Government remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis as a result of the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, over 15 million people have been forced to flee their homes and over 24 million people are in acute food insecurity, with some facing famine. Working with like-minded EU member states, Ireland has supported strong EU...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts. The Department of Transport secured €658.442 million in Budget 2025 for funding for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in 2024). This includes funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in conjunction with the relevant transport operators. The Department of Transport secured €658.442 million in Budget 2025 for funding for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in 2024). This includes funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jun 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ...for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to increasing Local Link services in rural areas to better connect villages, towns and cities. Under Budget 2025, the Department has secured a funding package of €658.442 million for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in 2024). This package...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...to its own priorities, except for the employment of relevant secretaries as per Circular 0036/2022. The current standard rate of capitation grant is €200 per pupil in primary schools and €345 per student in post-primary schools. Primary schools with fewer than 60 pupils are paid the capitation and the ancillary grants on the basis of having 60 pupils. As part of the...

Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)

Norma Foley: ...honest right from the start in saying there have been significant challenges in terms of getting the appropriate level of staff in place and everything else. I am pleased to confirm that, as at 5 June, no children were awaiting a special care bed. While this is positive progress, it is not at all to say that we do not need to do much more in the space of attracting people into this area...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Mr. Brendan Byrne: On Senator Boyle's question about the €213 million, while the previous Government did set up a task force, those of us who were part of it found it nearly impossible to get any scheme that could focus money from the BAR fund to the various sectors that were in critical need of it. If we did succeed, as I said in my opening statement, the Brexit transition fund for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Simon Harris: The strength of the Air Corps, as at 30 April 2025, stood at 724 personnel of an agreed establishment strength of 886 personnel. A General Service recruitment competition for Air Corps recruits specifically, was launched in November 2022 and remains open all year long for applications. In 2024 46 General Service Recruits were inducted into the Air Corp, which compares favourably to the 10...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Jun 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Mobility Plan. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continuing the roll-out of Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. Under Budget 2025, the Department has secured a funding package of €658.442 million for Public Service Obligation (PSO) and TFI Local Link services (an increase from €613.813 million in 2024). This...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The planning and implementation of the A5 upgrade project is the responsibility of the authorities in Northern Ireland. The funding arrangements in relation to the A5 were governed by the 2014 Stormont House Agreement and Implementation Plan - A Fresh Start, and under this Agreement the Government had committed to provide funding of £75 million towards the cost of the A5 upgrade...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997. The DCPL was introduced by section 99 of the Finance Act 2022, and was amended in section 93 of the Finance (No.2) Act 2023. The levy is calculated at 5% of the open market value of products within the charge of the levy on the date of their first supply. The concrete products within the scope of the levy are concrete that is ready to pour...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...range of supports and is additional to the universal supports provided to all schools, such as the introduction of free school books and free hot school meals. My department invests over €180 million annually to provide additional supports to almost 1,200 schools in the DEIS programme which supports approximately 260,000 students. The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cross-Border Co-operation (12 Jun 2025)

James Browne: ...fields. The work of the AICBRN includes the facilitation of knowledge sharing, expertise mapping and gap analysis, and policy and funding applications workshops. 2. PEACE PLUS is a €1.145 billion North South cross-border EU programme for the 2021-27 programming period. It succeeds the outgoing 2014-20 INTERREG VA and PEACE IV North South EU programmes by combining these two...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...of the enormous trauma that has been endured by survivors of all abuse. Nothing we can do now and nothing I can say here will ever undo the hurt that has been caused. It has been nearly 25 years since the then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, on 11 May 1999 apologised on behalf of the State to the victims of childhood abuse. That apology arose from the important recognition of the extent and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (11 Jun 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Ms Maureen Kennelly: There are four primary contractors and they account for €5 million of the €6.675 million spend.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

...problems. There is Dr. Brendan Dunford's great work in the Burrenbeo, and an organisation I am involved in myself, the Lough Carra Catchment Association, which brought in a LIFE grant of about €5 million. In both cases, you are dealing with a local group that tries to recruit members locally and acts as the ginger group, for want of a better word. In the Lough Carra LIFE project,...