Results 41-60 of 63 for 5 million speaker:Hildegarde Naughton

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (27 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...resulted in one of the most sustained and deepest periods of suppression of international travel. Globally, aviation is experiencing its most challenging crisis in its history. In Europe there were 5 million flights in 2020 as against 11 million in the previous year. Restrictions on international travel this year have further suppressed passenger numbers, which are down as low as 3% of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...Support Scheme, the Credit Guarantee Scheme, and the SBCI Working Capital Scheme, with some of these now extended to 30 June 2021. In 2020, Irish airlines and airports availed of over €200 million through these supports. Liquidity funding is also available through the ISIF Pandemic Stabilisation and Recovery Fund for medium and large enterprises. As regards supports...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...Support Scheme, the Credit Guarantee Scheme, and the SBCI Working Capital Scheme, with some of these now extended to 30 June 2021. Irish airlines and airports have availed of over €200 million through these supports to date. Liquidity funding is also available through the ISIF Pandemic Stabilisation and Recovery Fund for medium and large enterprises. As regards supports...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ..., the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme, the Credit Guarantee Scheme, and the SBCI Working Capital Scheme, with some of these now extended to 30 June 2021. Irish airlines and airports have availed of over €200 million through these supports to date. Liquidity funding is also available through the ISIF Pandemic Stabilisation and Recovery Fund for medium and large...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...policy decisions required in the coming weeks and months to ensure the viability of the network. I reiterate the commitment from An Post to have a post office in every community of more than 500 people and that 95% of the population will be within 15 km of at least one post office in rural areas and within 3 km in urban areas. This is very important, particularly for rural communities....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...A of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The set of transport Estimates before members provides an overall gross allocation to the Department of Transport of €3.556 billion, which constitutes €1.029 billion in current and €2.527 billion in capital. In addition, €151.48 million in capital carryover from 2020 will be invested in 2021....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...scheme and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, working capital scheme, with some of these now extended to 30 June 2021. Irish airlines and airports have availed of more than €200 million through these supports to date. Liquidity funding is also available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, pandemic stabilisation and recovery fund for medium and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (10 Mar 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...a Strategic Plan, covering the period 2017 – 2021, in response to the structural challenges faced by the postal sector. In order to implement the Plan, the cost of which was estimated to be in the region of €150m, the Minister for Finance provided a loan of €30m to the company in December 2017 to support the renewal of the post office network (€15m) and the...

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...scheme, and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, working capital scheme. In addition to these general business support measures, the Government has also agreed a revised €80 million funding package specifically for Irish aviation. Subject to state aid clearance, which is being worked on as a priority, this funding will be made available primarily to our airports...

Proposal re Agreement with Danish State on Statistical Transfer of Energy from Renewable Sources: Motion (16 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...at their meeting yesterday afternoon. A number of Deputies have rightly remarked on the significant costs to the State associated with these agreements and what an equivalent investment of €50 million would have achieved in retrofitting our housing stock, or in education or public health. The solution to avoiding future costs for statistical transfers or other such measures is not...

Proposal re Agreement with Danish State on Statistical Transfer of Energy from Renewable Sources: Motion (16 Dec 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...among member states which will fall short of its binding renewable energy targets. Luxembourg, Malta and the Netherlands have all concluded similar arrangements in recent years. As to costs, the State will pay €37.5 million to Estonia for the purchase of 2.5 TW hours of energy and €12.5 million to Denmark for a volume of 1 TW hour of energy. In total, the State will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 Nov 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ..., covering the period 2017 – 2021, in response to the structural challenges faced by the postal sector. In order to implement the Plan, the cost of which was estimated to be in the region of €150m, the Minister for Finance provided a loan of €30m to the company in December 2017 to support the renewal of the post office network (€15m) and the continued...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...elderly and vulnerable customers, delivery of newspapers and a recent commitment to free mail to residents in care facilities until January next; — that transactions within the post office network are down by an estimated 25 per cent due to the Covid-19 pandemic; — that post offices provide crucial public and financial services to communities all around Ireland, especially...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...for 1 January. All this is being done, despite the greater crisis represented by battling Covid 19. Today's set of transport Estimates provide an overall gross allocation to the Department of Transport of over €3.05 billion. We are using the funding to provide ongoing services, protect services that are impacted by the Covid-19 emergency and to continue to invest in maintaining...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (29 Sep 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...company put in place a Strategic Plan for the medium-long term future of the company. The Plan covers the period 2017 – 2021. In order to implement the Plan, the cost of which was estimated to be in the region of €150m, the Minister for Finance provided a loan of €30m to the company in December 2017 to support the renewal of the post office network (€15m) and...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...cannot be expanded owing to restrictions on its current site. I will cite two of the most recent capital projects to illustrate this point. This year will see the opening of a new 75-bed ward block. For some time, this prospect gave people in the hospital's catchment area hope that it would go some way towards alleviating the seemingly perpetual overcrowding crisis. However, it...

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...for DEXA and other technologies, running International Society for Clinical Densitometry, ISCD, courses and certification examinations, which qualifications are recognised throughout the world. 5 o’clock GUH was a centre of excellence for bone densitometry with the only DEXA specialist radiographer in post in Ireland, Professor John Carey, who is the vice president of the ISCD....

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...and achieving ambitious private-public collaborations. A key ambition of the strategy is to increase total investment in research and development in Ireland, led by the private sector, to 2.5% of GNP. On current official projections, this means that more than €5 billion will be invested per year in research and development by the private and public sectors by 2020. This will...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...morning's announcement from the European Commission's winter economic forecast which predicts Ireland remaining as the fastest growing economy in Europe, with an announcement of a GDP growth of 3.5% which will exceed expectations this year. This is very positive news for Ireland and shows the recovery which is continuing here. I welcome also this morning's announcement of more than 150...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...legislation. It is the first budget in seven years where we have started to give back what was taken from the citizens due to the mismanagement of the previous Administration. The increase of €5 in child benefit will impact on more than 600,000 families. It is the start of what I believe will be the end of the sacrifices that families have made over the past three years. The...