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

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 — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (15 Nov 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The EU is collectively the biggest donor in the world. Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by the EU and its Member States reached €75.5 billion in 2016, an 11% increase compared to 2015 levels and bringing it to the highest level to date. This increase took place in a context of worsening man-made and natural disasters, an unprecedented migration crisis in Europe, and a...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jul 2017)

Ciarán Cannon: The ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria have forced millions of people to flee their homes. In Syria alone, an estimated 6.3 million people are internally displaced, while a further 5 million people have fled to neighbouring countries, including Iraq. Inside Iraq, a further 3.1 million people have been displaced through the conflict there. The levels of humanitarian need in the region are...

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,...

Topical Issue Debate: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (19 Feb 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...we have a good foundation to build on across the country, especially at primary level. We can achieve a position where every primary school has a book rental scheme in operation in the 2014-2015 school year. Budget 2014, as Deputy Hannigan indicated, provided additional funding which will involve an investment of €15 million to support the establishment of book rental schemes in...

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...

Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...in collaboration with the many people in industry who are more than willing to collaborate with us in the development of curricula in the future. Since 2011, the Springboard programme has provided more than 15,000 part-time, higher education places for unemployed and previously self-employed people. We have provided 6,000 Springboard places in 2013 alone, with funding of €22...

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)....

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Sep 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: The factual position is that the school transport scheme administration heading, within the Bus Éireann school transport independently audited annual accounts, has in fact reduced from €18.7 million in 2009 to €16.7 million in 2011 (-10.7%). This categorisation is a legacy from the original 1970's agreement and originally it was a charge of 13% on certain defined costs. This figure...

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...

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: 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...

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...

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...

School Transport (8 Jun 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...Fáil-Green Party Government and derive from recommendations in the 2010 Value for Money Review of the scheme. The wider context is that the budget for school transport increased from some €50 million to nearly €180 million between 1997 and this year. This massive increase, while heavily influenced by factors such as safety and the transport provision for children with special...

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....

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: 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...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (7 Oct 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: "Rural transport is a gift and a godsend that meets a huge social need in rural Ireland. The proposal on €11 million for the rural transport scheme does not seem to make sense, given the great and important good the scheme is doing right across the entire nation. Every Member of the House knows the value of rural transport. Under no circumstances will we stand by and allow rural...