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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an organisation's (details supplied) recent call for a wealth tax of graduated rates of 2%, 3% and 5% on wealth above €4.7 million, with the organisation stating that such a wealth tax would raise €8.2 billion annually and has the potential to transform Irish public services in health, housing and education; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: ...agencies to ensure those who may require the provision of therapy or counselling are referred on to the appropriate clinical services for intervention and support. I also announced in the budget that €5 million will be invested in piloting a programme of counselling supports for primary school students. This will serve to support the very positive work which already takes place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The current status of all projects, including those in Mayo, are listed on a county by county basis at www.gov.ie/en/service/c5b56b-major-projects/ and is updated on a regular basis to reflect their progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction. The description of architectural planning Stages 1-5 of Large Scale Projects and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., accessibility and contributing to addressing disadvantage in a privately-operated system through increased public funding and public management. In December 2021, Government approved the 25 recommendations contained in the Expert Group report, Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. The recommendations were accepted in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: That is far higher than what it is in Ireland in real terms, considering that the population of the UK is 56 million. If we divide that figure by 5 million, we get around 11. If 513 million is multiplied by 11, we will only get around 5.5 billion. In other words, the UK has a far higher level of claims in real terms if the annual cost there is £13.3 billion.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (2 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...to funding for regional and local roads during the post 2008 recession resulted in the build-up of a substantial backlog of works across the country.  The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. Because of the pressures on the regional and local road network, approximately 90% of available Exchequer grant assistance to local authorities for regional and local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: .... The next ten years are critical in order to address the climate crisis and we have significantly stepped up our climate ambition by committing to reduce our overall greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030, and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The updated Climate Action Plan is led by the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications on behalf of the Government. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...habitats. That needs to be addressed because if we have more farmers in the co-operation areas and proper results-based agri-environment schemes, we will see results. On feed imports, more than 5 million tonnes of feed was imported in 2018. The Minister mentioned that he wanted to address this matter by having more homegrown feed. We are importing products such as soya, maize, palm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mick Barry: ...put forward by the representatives of AIB. If it is the case there is consistency right down the line, then there is still a bias against ordinary people. As the old saying goes, "If you owe €5,000 and you can't pay it back, you've got a problem. But if you owe €5 million and you can't pay it back, it is the bank that has the problem." Despite the fact no rules of...

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: ...and training at UL. When they do their on-the-road training, they have to go to the NHS in the UK. Then they find it difficult to come back here and get jobs. We are a small country with 5 million people which, as the Deputy pointed out, is the size of Birmingham. We should be able to ensure that we do the on-the-road training here. That is something I would ask the Minister to look...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (1 Mar 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...current Government, but this dates back to 2018. It was about putting plans in place, and ensuring there is a reserve of funding to deliver on projects that are crucial. There are now more than 5 million people in the Republic of Ireland and there is such a dire need for infrastructure. I welcome seeing the logo of the NDP in my area because it means the delivery of roadways. An...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a bother about it? Could Ms Gray explain this to me whether Coillte is concerned about Ireland's climate targets? My understanding on the Coillte-Gresham House deal is that there is going to be 7,500 ha or 8,000 ha of standing forest. They are already accounted for; they are not going to help Ireland in its mitigation. Let us not be trumping the card that it is going to help Ireland....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

...a half times greater than imports. This implies that Dublin Port is not only an important hub for domestic trade but also a central pillar of Ireland’s export strategy. The port handles almost 50% of all mercantile trade in the Republic of Ireland, with its share of volume driven by three key factors. The first is the location of the port relative to the main population centre of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

John McGuinness: ...their side of the story, that is, to explain themselves and explain how best we can engage with the funds to get information for customers who have come to us or to the IMHO. It is not right, in a small market of 5 million or 6 million people, that a set of financial entities would not engage in a public forum. That beggars belief, and I am disappointed with successive Ministers for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...programme has to date delivered 1,000 new homes with a further 2,700 units in the pipeline. In terms of progress to date, construction was completed on Bundles 1 and 2 in 2021 which delivered 534 and 465 homes respectively across 14 sites. The procurement process for Bundle 3, which will deliver 486 new social houses and apartments across six sites, commenced in Q4 2022. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Ossian Smyth: I thank the Deputy. The community climate action programme will see more than €60 million from the climate action fund invested in supporting communities to run direct climate action projects and initiatives under strand 1 as well as capacity building under strand 2 of the programme. The 18 projects selected for funding under strand 2 of the programme are currently moving to...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...The credit unions can perform that role. I would also say that we need a different approach in these areas. Credit unions have the potential to be a genuine community banking system. They have 3.5 million members across the State and there is real potential in that the credit unions hold over €16 billion in savings and only hold over €5 billion in loans. Unlocking the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...pipeline of capital projects is being developed by the HSE and the Department of Health, including several new hospital projects and significant new facilities in existing hospitals. Budget 2023 includes €443 million in funding to treat tens of thousands of people on waiting lists and to reduce the waiting times faced by all. Our multi-annual approach to reducing and reforming...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Members of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, including some from County Kerry, had to come here today to protest. They are demanding an urgent €50 million support package for sheep farmers to be funded from the Brexit reserve fund. They also want the sheep improvement scheme to be increased towards €30 per ewe and an extra €5 per ewe for the correct...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: A €5 million project management fund has been put in place to assist local authorities in the administration and management of the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP). This funding, available as part of the yearly allocations, was introduced to cover consultancy costs, tendering costs, training costs to upskill staff, such as becoming qualified BER assessors, for resourcing...