Results 21-40 of 162 for 5 million speaker:Leo Varadkar

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...payment last year so it would not be unprecedented to do so. I have not heard of the suggestion before of a discretionary fund. It sounds like a very good idea. I am not sure that €5 million would be enough but I know that if it was more than €5 million, the Deputy would not object. We will certainly have regard to this in the context of the budget. The Government is not...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (28 Feb 2012)

Leo Varadkar: ...absence of a sufficient response from the airlines, to retain the air travel tax and to avail of part of the receipts from its retention to fund additional cooperative marketing activities. A €9 million overseas tourism marketing campaign over the 2011/12 Autumn/Winter period was led by Tourism Ireland, inclusive of matching funding provided by partner companies, including Ryanair, Aer...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Gathering Revenue (26 Jun 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ... engaged with the Irish diaspora worldwide and undertook an increased focus on the promotion of roots tourism. Tourism Ireland estimates that the international marketing of The Gathering Ireland reached 200 million people worldwide through a wide range of media and promotional activity. Publicity was an integral element of the promotional programme; 1,500 international...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I do not have those dates. It is reasonable to ask for them so I will check with the Minister and either he or I will contact the Deputy once I know what those dates are. I do know that the €11 million just transition fund for the midlands is there even if the ESB's €5 million has not yet arrived. The money is there and it is ring-fenced for just transition in the midlands....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,460 schools and organisations benefitting over 200,000 children at a total cost of some €47.7 million in 2017. The funding for the scheme was increased this year, as part of Budget 2017, by an additional €5.7 million (almost 14% over the previous year’s allocation) which will benefit over...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Budget 2021 (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...will be challenging, and help get as many people as possible back to work. The July Stimulus includes enhanced direct grants to businesses and improved access to low cost loans, worth more than €5 billion, with an additional €2 billion in loan guarantees. It is bigger in scale than most budgets and will be deployed at speed. It is designed to help businesses to open, to help...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Savings (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The approved level of non-capital expenditure for the HSE in 2015 was to be supported by the collection of an expected €131 million of outstanding private patient fee income. Negotiations are ongoing with private health insurers in relation to reaching agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding which will address this outstanding debt issue by introducing better payment terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (23 Jun 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...with children. FIS is designed to prevent child and family poverty and offers a financial incentive to take-up employment as compared to other social welfare payments. There are currently over 56,000 families with more than 122,000 children in receipt of FIS. Expenditure on FIS is estimated to be of the order of €410 million in 2016. To qualify for FIS average weekly family...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Total health expenditure for each of the last 5 years, by public, private health insurance and out-of-pocket payments by households, are detailed in the table below. Figures are presented in millions of Euro. Estimates of private health insurance and out-of-pocket health expenditure are compiled by the Central Statistics Office. Table: Total Health Expenditure in Ireland by public,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Exchequer Savings (16 Jul 2013)

Leo Varadkar: The 2012 outturn for my Department under the Travel and Subsistence subhead X02 was €1.069 million.  Applying the percentages prescribed by the Deputy would reduce this amount as follows:    - Amount saved 1% €10,690 5% €53,450 7% €74,830 10% €106,900 12% €128,280 15% €160,350 17% €181,730 20%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The HSA’s allocation for 2022 from Vote 32, under subhead C.5, was €26.471 million. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing funding to the HSA by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively. REV Allocation 2022 (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 15% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) ...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Dec 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...do not merit much consideration. We will certainly examine what is being proposed. In terms of what was announced in the budget, as the Deputy mentioned it, the budget provides an extra €75 million for disability services next year. A reduction in the prescription charge of 50 cent for everyone under 65 kicks in in a few weeks time. An additional 1,000 special needs...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The  expenditure outturn for my Department for all staff under the Travel and Subsistence subhead in 2013 was €1.181 million. The table describes the reductions on this amount based on the various percentages referred to by the Deputy. Impact on 2013 outturn of percentage reductions 1% €11,810 5% €59,050 7% €82,670 10%...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...honest and upfront with the country about it. The claim is for a 12% increase in pay, parity with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. It would cost about €300 million to deliver. Understandably, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists would not accept this and there would be a series of knock-on claims...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Expenditure (21 Mar 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The fuel allowance is a payment of €22.50 per week for 26 weeks from October to April, to 378,000 low income households, at an estimated cost of €229 million in 2017. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. It represents a contribution towards those costs and is not intended to meet them in full. Only one allowance is paid per...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...Questions Nos. 307 and 309 together. The cost of increasing the rates of Jobseeker's Allowance and Supplementary Welfare Allowance for those recipients under 26 years of age by €40 per week is €59 million in 2017 and a full year. This cost includes increasing the qualified adult rate to €124.80 per week. The cost of increasing the rate of the Qualified Child Increase...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...and passed by the Dáil and Seanad. That is intended to be a competitive fund. The idea is that people bid into it. What I am told about the ESB is that it has agreed to contribute an additional €5 million, and arrangements are being put in place by the Department to transfer the money to the just transition fund 2020. I assume that means it has not been done yet but that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: Of course, there is contact between serving politicians and their parties. I speak to Fine Gael and I do so very regularly, as do special advisers. The total budget for the unit is €5 million for this year and it is up to the directors to determine how it is best spent and spread across the various campaigns.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...390 together. The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,460 schools and organisations benefitting over 200,000 children at a total cost of some €47.7 million in 2017. The funding for the scheme was increased this year, as part of Budget 2017, by an additional €5.7 million (almost 14% over the previous year’s allocation)...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (27 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: The Strategic Communications Unit does not have a marketing budget. The Unit has a budget allocated of €5 million for 2018. This budget will be used on a variety of items within the strategic communications programme, such as the implementation of the new Government of Ireland identity, support of the migration to gov.ie and for various priority information programmes.