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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2024)

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...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Frank Feighan: ...hoped it would host Republic of Ireland underage matches and when the League of Ireland has an off-season, it could be a location for provincial rugby matches given this new hybrid surface, which is 95% grass and 5% artificial. Sligo Rovers Football Club is owned by the community and it is the cornerstone of the League of Ireland. I see what is happening in the capital city....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Butler: ...was really welcome. As I said, we have five full teams in place with two more being recruited at the moment in CHO 8 and CHO 7. Currently, there is none in CHO 2 Galway, Mayo, Roscommon; in CHO 5 Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny - my own area - or in CHO 9. There is a partial team in Cavan-Monaghan. We are currently looking at the €10 million spend. I have prioritised ADHD because I...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...important to reiterate that the Constitution does not say that a woman’s place is in the home. I will leave it there. This week and this past month, I have been advocating for two ladies of 85 years who are entitled and eligible for a home care support package. One lady is in receipt of some hours five days a week, but she is now entitled to and due seven-day care. Her family...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...role of women in the home. A new Article 42B will be inserted to recognise family care. The Electoral Commission is undertaking its public information campaign, with printed information being distributed to all 1.8 million households in the State. Ballot papers and polling cards have also been printed for the entire electorate and voting and counting arrangements are being made at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...and made available to the committee. That can be done in a matter of the next few weeks. I hope we can move on from this. We need a strong RTÉ in this country. We are a small country of only 5 or 6 million people. We need to produce our own news content, our own current affairs content, our own drama, our own entertainment and our own children's and Irish-language programming....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 61 together. Under Our Rural Future, Ireland's 5 year rural development policy, Government has committed to increasing the level of investment in the repair of non-public roads thorough the Local Improvement Scheme. This reflects the important contribution which the scheme makes to connectivity in rural Ireland. There is no other source of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...achieved 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: An implementation plan for Cineáltas was published on 10 April 2023 and commits to implementing each of the 61 actions contained in Cineáltas within a 5 year period. Work is well underway to implement many of these actions. An Implementation and Evaluation Group has been established to oversee implementation of the actions and the publication of annual implementation and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: From 2020 to Budget 2024, Exchequer funding for youth services and programmes increased from €61.8 million to €77.95 million, a 26% increase overall. My Department has not been allocated any capital funding for youth services in 2024. The funding made available for capital investment in youth services under the National Development Plan for the period 2021- 2023 was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...that waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida services are unacceptably long. I am acutely conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. I committed €19 million under the 2022 and 2023 Waiting List Action Plans to tackle these waiting lists. This investment has supported an increase in the number of spinal procedures undertaken in both 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)

Carol Nolan: 693. To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent in the way that it was intended; if the remainder of this money is still ringfenced to target dental waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10284/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2024)

David Cullinane: 778. To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent in the way that it was intended; if the remainder of this money is still ringfenced to target dental waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10776/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

...homelessness and I am pleased that our colleagues from the DRHE and Cork City Council are attending today. Eradicating homelessness is a priority for the Department. This year, funding of €242 million will be made available for the delivery of homeless services. This funding will ensure that local authorities can provide emergency accommodation, homelessness prevention and...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...economy to an annual value of approximately €1.6 billion. IBEC estimates that having the current patent system means it costs an individual or small business somewhere between €7,000 and €15,000 in terms of translation and other costs to register a patent at the moment. That is before they have to go and enforce it if someone tries to replicate their idea. Then they...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: I wish to comment on computerisation, especially regarding home supports. There is currently a split in that the 22 million home support hours last year were delivered between private, public and voluntary services. Approximately 55% of all the home support last year was delivered by private sector services, which all use IT to deliver their supports. Unfortunately, the HSE is lagging but...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)

Mr. Pat Smyth: It was less than €5 million at that stage four years ago. It emerged as a post-Covid issue for us.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...Government. As additional CAMHS teams have been established, staffing has increased in parallel. More specifically, the HSE has increased staffing in community CAMHS from 388.76 WTEs in 2011 to 659 in December 2021 to approximately 820 posts by the end of 2023. This is an increase of more than 50% over the last 12 years. In addition, I announced a further 68 posts for youth mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...disabilities to intellectual disabilities and autism. The home support service for children with disabilities assists the child with various activities and supports the parent/family. Over 3 million home support hours are delivered to almost 7,200 people annually. PA services provides one-to-one support to people with physical disabilities in their homes and communities by trained,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Public investment in Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare rose from €345 million in 2016, to €1.108 billion in 2024. Investment as a percentage of modified GNI (based on the most recently available modified GNI figures, 2022) increased from 0.20% in 2016 to 0.26% in 2022. For illustrative purposes investment as a percentage of modified GNI (using 2022 figures) is...