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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...but is not intended to meet those costs in full. The allowance is €33 per week and is added to a person’s primary payment during the 28 weeks of the fuel season, which this year runs from 25 September 2023 to 5 April 2024. There has been a significant increase in the cost of the scheme, which has more than doubled in the past five years and now stands at more than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

...of 600 points. The working group recommendations have been adopted for implementation for the 2024 intake by a number of universities while the remaining institutions will implement this for the 2025 cohort. This will be monitored over the next few years, and it will be interesting to see the impact of this adjustment on the number of A-level students coming to Irish universities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Harris: ...services Strand 3: Enhancing student participation and success with a focus on under-represented groups Strand 4: Create a unified knowledge and skills system which is balanced and integrated Strand 5: Address cost as a barrier to higher education and improve student supportsFollowing engagement with stakeholders from across the higher education system, it was determined that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Harris: ...of key improvements including:- Providing €3m of funding to support universal design in higher educations with projects currently ongoing. Increasing the Fund for Students with a disability by 5% for 2024 bringing funding available to over €8millon. I have recently provided funding to 10 Higher Education Institutions who will provide courses for students with an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (27 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO data, the value of our goods imports from Qatar was €4 million in 2023. The value of our goods exports to Qatar was €132 million in 2023. The top goods exports to Qatar from Ireland in 2023 were power generating machines & equipment, essential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...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 that learn and work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...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 that learn and work...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 254, inclusive, together. Ireland has been chosen to host the Ryder Cup in 2027 at Adare Manor in County Limerick. On 26 July 2019, after an extended period of consideration and negotiation, including an assessment of the costs and benefits, the Government approved: (i) an offer to the European Tour for the event of up to €31 million which...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to by the Deputy is part of the National Federation of Arch Clubs, which is funded by Department under the Youth Service Grant Scheme (YSGS). The National Federation of Arch Clubs received €64,275 in YSGS funding in 2023, and this has increased by 5% to €67,488 in 2024. In addition, my Department is providing total funding of €2.5 million in 2024 to the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Harris: ...2022, I have taken a number of measures to support access to Higher Education for target groups, including increasing the annual allocation for the Fund for Students with a Disability for 2024 by 5% to over €8 million. The Department is committed to ensuring all students can actively participate in third level education.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding
(22 Feb 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Mr. Seamus McCarthy: The appropriation account for Vote 33 records gross expenditure of €1.23 billion in 2022. Expenditure programme D, sports and recreation services, accounted for €213 million, or 17% of the total spend in the year. Within the sports programme, the most significant area of spending relates to grant funding for Sport Ireland. In 2022, the grant funding...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, there are a couple of issues. On page 5 in the second paragraph, it reads, "In respect of the oversight of exceptional funding being provided to the Peter McVerry Trust, the Department has put in place an Oversight Group made up of representatives from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive." Obviously, the Dublin Region...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...6% from 2021 to 2022. This reflects the continued growth in economic activity following the pandemic years, coupled with continued demographic growth. During the first two years of Ireland’s first carbon budget period 2021 to 2025, the transport sector has used approximately 42% of its 54 Mt CO2 eq. budget. Initial indications are that the rate of increase is slowing and 2023...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 5 o’clock I welcome this Bill. The Regional Group has been campaigning for the rent-a-room relief. It made a proposal to the Government in this regard and, as a direct result, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, moved swiftly to implement the relief for social welfare beneficiaries. This is notable. The agreement facilitated the extension within one month,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

...with anaerobic digestion is the mix one has between silage and slurry. That is fairly crucial for a successful outcome. Let us be honest about the land because if one is talking about using up 5% of the agricultural area of Ireland for growing grass for anaerobic digestion, one will not have cattle on that land or be using fertiliser on that land. In a sense, it creates another...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...from the first of May. In the region of 60,000 children are expected to benefit from this measure annually. The additional estimated cost of bringing the commencement date forward to May is €21.6 million. In the case of a child who turned 18 after May 2023 and who is still in full-time education, Child Benefit will be payable again from May 2024 up to their 19th birthday, or until...

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