Results 21-40 of 41 for 5 million speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...community and allocating very significant funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA. This is a relief and human development agency that supports 5 million registered Palestinian refugees. Ireland's total contribution last year to UNRWA was €9 million, with total funding from the Government to the Palestinian people at more...

Seanad: Conflict in Yemen: Motion (19 Dec 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...by many, the cross-party support for the motion reflects the importance that Ireland attaches to Yemen and the widely felt concern of the Irish people about the risk of famine that hangs over millions of Yemenis. Let us not underestimate the very significant task that lies ahead. Yemen is still reeling from a conflict that is multifaceted, as Senator McDowell pointed out, and incredibly...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: Applying a very conservative interest rate of 5% to that figure, our nation of 4 million people will have to come up with over €15 billion per annum to service this debt. Bearing this in mind, it is difficult to comprehend why the Government's four year plan makes no provision for servicing that debt. It is like preparing a household budgeting plan and leaving out the mortgage payments....

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: ...role to play in that regard, as do our local authorities. Another issue, which is welcome in one sense, is the demographic challenge of a growing population. Our population has reached 5 million and is predicted to reach many more millions in the decades to come. Our national planning policy is beginning to dictate, from which there are many positives arising, that the majority of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Data (17 Jan 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...and compiled. These totals do not include the imputed figure in respect of core support to UN agencies which is ultimately attributable to the respective ODA recipient country. Bilateral ODA 2011 to 2016 inclusive Country € millions 1 North Korea 3.26 2 Afghanistan 23.18 3 Somalia 43.11 4 Sudan 36.90 5 Pakistan 5.96 6 Eritrea 2.66 7 Libya 2.28 8 Iraq 5.58 9 Yemen 7.50...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 185 together. Changes to the Primary School Transport Scheme were announced by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from recommendations in the Value for Money review of the scheme. The decisions announced include the uniform application of the distance eligibility criterion, the cessation of the Closed/Central School Rule...

Seanad: Third Level Grants (28 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...grant schemes announced in budget 2011 by the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government, which increased the qualifying distance criterion for the non-adjacent rate of grant from 24 km to 45 km. I understand that a number of issues were taken into account in arriving at this decision. The over-arching need was to find savings to manage additional cost pressures arising from a...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...her intention to introduce a new requirement that all staff caring for children in an early years service hold a minimum qualification at Further Education and Training Awards Council level 5. In addition, the minimum requirement of FETAC level 5 currently in place for preschool leaders delivering the preschool year programme will be increased to level 6. The new requirements will apply...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (25 Jan 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Fellow and who on his return home was sharing the knowledge and experiences gained here. Ireland’s work in the digital education space, in particular Africa Code Week, which I launched during my visit to Tanzania, reaches over 1.5 million people in Africa each year. The impact of Irish development assistance is reported on annually. As demonstrated in the 2016 Irish Aid Annual...

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes. (22 Apr 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...this House, asked when phase 2 of the Loughrea regional water supply scheme would be developed. He was told in reply that it was intended to commence construction in 2006 at a cost of over €35 million. That did not happen. The Government then produced a water services investment programme in 2007, in which it was indicated that the scheme would go to construction in 2009. That also...

Higher Education Grants (7 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...and institute of technology sector. Reliance was also placed on the fourth round of the Irish Eurostudent Survey which provides information on where students live. The statistics indicate that 45% of all full-time students now choose to live in their own or their parents' home during term time, yet 77% of grant holders are currently on the higher non-adjacent rate. Clearly, this is a...

Seanad: Diaspora Affairs: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...system for decades, with pronounced disagreements, sometimes in the same political party, on the best way to deal with an issue that affects not only the Irish undocumented but also over 11 million people across the US. The Government, our special envoy, Deputy John Deasy, and our ambassador in Washington, Dan Mulhall, have consistently engaged with both parties in a bipartisan way to...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...will lose their transport eligibility. In such cases, these children may apply for concessionary transport at an annual charge, currently of €200 per pupil, subject to a family maximum of €650 per annum. The second element of the change is scheduled to take effect in September 2012 and will apply only in the case of children commencing their primary education from that date. This...

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...phase 2 of the Loughrea scheme would be developed, which in turn would supply Kilrickle. He was told in reply that it was intended to commence construction in 2006 at a cost of more than €35 million. This did not happen. The Government then produced a water services investment programme in 2007 in which it was indicated that the scheme would go to construction in 2009 but that did not...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: ...the barriers to returning, voting rights in presidential elections and our undocumented citizens in the United States. Through the emigrant support programme, the Department provides almost €12 million to Irish organisations abroad each year, which is a tangible expression of the strong and enduring commitment of the Government and the Irish public to the global Irish. Our priority...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of live fire from the Israeli Defence Forces guarding the border fence between Israel and Gaza. The UN reports also that the cumulative number of injured persons has exceeded 12,600, of whom 55% have been hospitalised. Particularly worrying has been the high percentage of those killed and injured by live ammunition, which points to the excessive use of force and the use of live ammunition...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (28 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...fortnight the Governor of the Central Bank must report to Frankfurt to state that our fortnightly returns, in terms of Revenue and cost reductions, are meeting their targets. We are borrowing €350 million per week merely to keep the public services functioning and if we do not meet those fortnightly targets, then we will not have any reason to transport our children to school because...

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...will be financed from the outset by a mix of funding from KfW, the European Investment Bank, EIB, and the directed portfolio of the National Pension Reserve Fund, NPRF. The NPRF will provide €10 million in equity capital and a loan facility of up to €240 million, which can be converted to equity if necessary. KfW and the EIB combined will more than match that amount and,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Sector Strategy (12 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme (RAPS) provides supports for redundant apprentices to be placed with an employer to complete the minimum duration necessary to complete the on-the-job phases at Phase 3/5/7. Employers can apply to FÁS to participate in RAPS subject to meeting the eligibility criteria. FÁS has also introduced a Competency Determination Mechanism (CDM)....

Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: ...as being slightly worse off than this country but in the UK unemployment is heading towards 8% while in New Zealand, a country with similar circumstances to Ireland's, it is hovering between 5% and 6%. The CSO figures produced today show that the number of people signing on in June was almost 90% higher than in the same month last year, the biggest increase since records began in 1965. Of...