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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...to the players in the construction value-chain in Ireland, my Department with Enterprise Ireland has established a new Construction Technology Centre, Construct Innovate with initial funding of €5m over 5 years. The Centre is a consortium hosted by University of Galway that also includes Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork and the Irish Green...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Harris: ...initiative benefited from a once off reduction in the Student Contribution rate of €1,000 for the 2022/2023 academic year;PhD students funded by the SFI and the IRC benefited from a once off payment of €500 in the current academic year; andPost Graduate Students who met the eligibility criteria for a Postgraduate Fee Contribution Grant benefited from a once off increase in...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: ..., it is important to note the regulation goes way beyond agricultural land. Article 4 relates to terrestrial coasts and freshwater systems under the birds and habitats directives. Articles 5 covers marine ecosystems. Article 6 covers urban ecosystems, which will be challenging. Article 7 deals with the restoration of our rivers and getting back our free-flowing rivers, which is very...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Niamh Smyth: I welcome the announcement the Minister, Deputy Foley, has made about a €5 million pilot project for counselling and mental health support services in primary schools in Cavan-Monaghan. We are thrilled about that and we know it is much needed. I take the opportunity to ask the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, whether she will consider my plea for a Jigsaw service for Cavan-Monaghan....

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Joan Collins: ...of public housing. We had no money but we did it, and we can do it again. What is lacking is the political will to do so. The idea that the Government is now building the most public houses since 1975 is a joke. Putting aside the fact that Dr. Rory Hearne’s figures showed that only about 3,000 homes were planned and delivered by a local authority or an approved housing body last...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

...to deal with this money in the early 1970s. There was a White Paper on how the petroleum sector would affect the Norwegian economy in the 1970s. The petroleum taxation act was introduced in 1975, which was very important. The source of government income from the oil sector is taxation and direct ownership in the oil sector. The first proposal for creating a fund was in 1983. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

...or something like that, these guys maybe set up their businesses at the back of a house and they become extremely large. The have machinery sitting in their warehouses that is worth maybe €5 million or €6 million. When I ask them about how they fix these machines when they break down, they say that they are connected and that a company in Germany or wherever comes in and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...s lives. Prioritisation of women’s health is further supported through the significant investment contained within Budget 2022 and 2023,which allocated €31m and €69.2m respectively in funding for new developments in Women's Health. This includes: 2022:€8.66 million additional funding for the National Maternity Strategy. €9 million to fund access to free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (31 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...dementia; to improve diagnosis and provide integrated services, supports and care; and to improve education and research on dementia. The National Dementia Office was established in the HSE in 2015 to provide leadership on, and coordinate the implementation of, the Strategy across the dementia care spectrum Work has continued in 2023 to further implement the National Dementia...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (30 May 2023)

David Stanton: ...in place has been there since October 2022. This means residents cannot rely on their water supply. Up to 10,000 customers are affected. They have to spend between €1.39 and €1.49 on 5 l of water from local supermarkets. This adds up to a minimum of €16 per month for a recommended consumption of 2 l of water per day and a minimum of €64 per month for a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (30 May 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: ...a diagnostic assessment. In the last month, the new clinical guidance has been submitted to the Department for consideration by me and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. The HSE has been allocated €11 million in budget 2023 to facilitate additional assessments through a suite of measures, including the establishment of dedicated AON assessment teams; private procurement and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The reduction in excise duty on fuel is due to lapse in two days' time. This will put an extra 5 cent on diesel and an extra 6 cent on petrol, which is a significant jump. It will hit families extremely hard. Hiking excise duty when so many families are in poverty and so many families are in arrears on energy bills is the opposite of what must be done at the moment. Figures released to me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...strategies. The Scottish autism strategy seems particularly relevant to us here in Ireland given the similarities between our two Celtic countries which also have a similar population of more than 5 million. We met with representatives of Autism Scotland at the national AsIAm conference on autism, Same Chance, held in Malahide, County Dublin, in February. Unfortunately, we did not get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Francis Noel Duffy: Is there anything relative to our population increase? Last year, the population of Ireland was recorded as 5 million people. While my son was studying for his junior certificate examined, he learned that in 1997 there was only 3.7 million people living in this country so the population has increased by 38% in 25 years. Has the increase in population stretched our capacity? I ask because...

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...