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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

...to the demise of a prime minister and her government. The point is that we need to look at this more broadly than the Deputy is doing. Even his proposal is discriminatory against those on fixed-rate mortgages who have the same loans and the same repayments. The average repayment across fixed, tracker and variable-rate mortgages is roughly the same but Sinn Féin is proposing to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...a much better transport system. The report praises free public transport and climate tickets as some of the most popular policy interventions to tackle the climate crisis. It states that if even 5% of car trips were shifted to public transport throughout the EU, oil demand could be reduced by around 7.9 million tonnes. We can already see what impact free public transport would have from...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move recommendation No. 4: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "Report on increase in rate of Vacant Homes Tax 7.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options to increase the rate of tax from 0.3 per cent of the value of a property to a rate of 5 per cent of the value of a...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

...is a particular risk with these EU funds because they have a system of flat rate disallowances. For example, if the EU concluded that we were operating not in accordance with the rules, a 2%, 5% or 10% correction could be applied right across the entire fund. In theory, you could come up with a 10% correction that exceeded €100 million. We have avoided that. Our net contributor...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (4 May 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...Ireland’s essential supply chains and acknowledges the recent cost pressures on haulage businesses. As announced in February the Government approved a new Scheme design, and funding of €18 million for the Licensed Haulage Support Scheme 2023 to assist licensed haulage businesses with cost pressures. My Department is now administering the Scheme which covers eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (4 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...recover from the impacts of the pandemic and the current energy crisis. At the end of March 2023, the value of debt warehoused was €2.216 billion for 63,600 businesses. Of this total, 19,758 (31%) have warehoused debts of less than €100, 9,767 (15%) have warehoused debts between €101 and €1,000 and a further 11,769 (19%) have warehoused debts between...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Prices (4 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...grants may be regarded as a common grant from which the Board of Management can allocate according to its own priorities. As part of the Cost of Living measures introduced in the Budget, €90 million has been provided in once-off additional funding to support increased running costs for recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme, in particular in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 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...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Annual Report 2021 and Related Matters: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (4 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...against financial service providers. I can look beyond the contractual terms and consider the fairness and reasonableness of the conduct complained of. I can direct compensation of up to €500,000 and direct a provider to rectify the conduct that is the subject of the complaint, noting that there is no limit on the value of the rectification. In addition, every spring I publish a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...we could better share the island; and commissioning research to deepen understanding of the whole island in economic, social, cultural and political terms. The Government has so far allocated €191 million from the fund. With this resourcing, we are moving ahead with long-standing commitments, like the Ulster Canal and the Narrow Water bridge, and with new investments that meet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...At a workplace level, this means the average spend on the NTF for companies per euro of wages has increased by 42% over the last four years. For 2023, the income of the NTF is forecast at €1,020 million, with expenditure forecast at €900 million, giving rise to an expected annual surplus of €120 million. This, in turn, will increase the accumulated surplus to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (3 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I understand that the development of Páirc na Mara is a priority project that it is central to Údarás na Gaeltachta's current 5-Year Strategy. It is an ambitious proposal, based on viable principles, and demonstrates the commitment of An tÚdarás to the circular economy, which brings together the community, the environment and employment. An tÚdáras has...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...) of the 2004 legislation, we now have, "Where the Minister is minded to take a Register action which, if taken, will cause a registered monument to cease to be a registered monument" in section 17(5). I object to the term "a register action". What a way to try and hide, through the misuse and abuse of language, the fact that this Bill will facilitate the Minister to demolish a monument...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...to support the culture and audiovisual sectors. The second Creative Europe programme for the period 2021 to 2027 was launched in May 2021 with a budget of € 2.44 billion. This is a welcome 50% increase on the previous programme budget. From this, €10.7 million has been awarded to Irish organisations in 2021 and 2022. Creative Europe Desk Ireland is the designated national...

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Verona Murphy: I would be fairly confident it was nowhere near the €5 million mark.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Forces. The Department is also providing consular support to people evacuated to Djibouti, Jordan, Cyprus and other cities in Europe. Even before the current outbreak of violence, some 16 million people in Sudan, one third of the population, were in need of humanitarian assistance. Humanitarian operations are now almost impossible, with most organisations suspending operations. A...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (27 Apr 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...provision of greater assistance to Moldova, a country that continues to be disproportionately impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In December 2022, the Government approved €5 million in support to Moldova, to be channelled via the World Bank Multi-donor Trust Fund. This funding is in addition to humanitarian aid provided earlier in 2022. The funds are...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I rise to support amendment No. 5 which was tabled by Deputy McNamara. I am bemused or intrigued. He mentioned the foresight that the former Minister, Deputy Bruton had. He was around the House a long time. I think he is an t'athair an Tigh. I would love to know why, when he was a Minister of State, Deputy Troy changed it. This is what intrigues me most about what is going on with this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Programmes (26 Apr 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...Monaghan and Cavan last year and was very helpful in directing those clubs as to how their applications should be completed. That was hugely successful. As a result, Cavan and Monaghan received record funding of almost €5 million. It is a huge amount, which I assure the House was well spent. I issue that same invitation to the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, whenever he gets...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (26 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ..., be implications in terms of our climate targets and aspirations and ambitions, which have been rightly set high. There is a frustration among foresters and farmers about the delays in the €1.3 million state aid plan that was unveiled by the Minister of State and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue. They are ambitious plans and I welcome the forestry...