Results 1-20 of 50 for cork speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (25 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...poverty. Following a procurement process, the pilot programme commenced in September 2023 and is provided by organisations involved in emergency food provision in three regions of Ireland: Crosscare in Dublin, Feed Cork in Cork and Mid-West Simon in Limerick. The pilot programme seeks to help address the underlying reasons that people have found themselves experiencing food poverty...

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

Joe O'Brien: ...x20ac;23,811.23 €142,867.38 Cavan €120,917.23 €24,183.45 €145,100.68 Clare €138,380.55 €27,676.11 €166,056.66 Cork City €193,504.02 €38,700.80 €232,204.83 Cork County ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Brien: During 2023 more than €16.5 million was allocated to Cork city and county through the schemes administered by my Department, such as the rural regeneration and development fund; the LEADER Programme; the town and village renewal scheme; the community centre investment fund; the community services programme; and the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, programme....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (14 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...budget of 6% under SICAP. I acknowledge the amazing work being done by SICAP via local development companies throughout the country. I will briefly mention an interesting initiative that ETBs in Cork and Dublin have established to assist international protection applicants and Ukrainians who have qualifications in the areas of gynaecology, palliative care, neurology or dermatology, as...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (7 Dec 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...Following a procurement process, the pilot programme commenced in September 2023 and is provided by organisations involved in emergency food provision in three regions of Ireland: Crosscare in Dublin, Feed Cork in Cork and Mid-West Simon in Limerick. Food poverty is a complex problem and while food banks address an immediate need, by providing food packages to those experiencing food...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...Communities programme is an approach we would like to grow going forward. We have the new deprivation index now as well that will tell us even more about those places around the country, and in Cork city as well, which I know need extra resourcing in terms of community workers at least.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Discrimination (7 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...orientation and induction, and to enhance local supports available to staff, particularly in the first weeks of their employment in the HSE. With regard to the article that the Deputy is referencing, Cork University Hospital has confirmed to the Department of Health that an independent external investigation is under way into a series of allegations. I understand that HSE management...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (25 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...to organisations in early 2024. County No of Organisations Carlow 3 Cavan 4 Clare 11 Cork 27 Donegal 41 Dublin City 27 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 5 Fingal 16 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Suicide Prevention (31 May 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...Clare Suicide Bereavement Support Clare €8,353 West Clare Mental Health Association Company Limited By Guarantee Clare €3,313 Cork Counselling Services Company Limited By Guarantee Cork €63,583 Sli Eile Housing Association CLG Cork €26,126 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...by Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) across the country, with support from their Local Authority. The Community Support Fund is now closed to applicants and details of successful projects for Cork East will be published on my Department’s website www.gov.ie/drcd, in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...-community-deve lopment-committees-lcdcs/ (LCDCs) across the country, with support from their Local Authority. The Community Support Fund is now closed to applicants and details of successful projects for Cork will be published on my Department’s website www.gov.ie/drcd, in the coming weeks.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for raising the matter of the provision of Gallium scans in Cork. Gallium scans are a type of nuclear medicine and are used to find cancer, inflammation and infection in the body. Cancer services in Ireland are provided in line with the national cancer strategy 2017-26, which is overseen by the Department of Health and the HSE. Effective prevention, early...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...x20ac;44.3 million. And additionally, €10 million is being provided under SICAP from Budget 2023 to allow Local Development Companies (LDCs) to continue to support arrivals from the Ukraine. The constituency of Cork East extends over two SICAP Lot areas covered by Avondhu Blackwater Development and South and East Cork Area Development. These have been allocated funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...Make Change in Dublin 8. - Treo Port Lairge CLG (aka Renew Enterprises) in Waterford. - The Life Cycle Consortium in Galway – Westside Resource Centre and An Mheitheal Rothar. - Sign & Cycle in Cork – Cork Community Cycles & Deaf Enterprises Four of the applicants are in contract since 22nd July 2021 with the final contract issued on 1st October 2022. Both...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...for the Deputy.   Table 1- Overview of the total paid per county in 2022 County Total Paid in 2022 CARLOW €6,340,718.04 CAVAN €5,507,372.73 CLARE €6,913,771.94 CORK €28,298,725.44 DONEGAL ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Isolation (15 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...groups will be through the allocation that we are giving to local authorities, which they will disburse through their local community development committees. We have allocated €362,000 to Cork County Council. I am not sure what stage the county council is at in opening that. It should be soon if it is not open already. People should be able to submit applications to that. I ask...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (14 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...development of the CE participants employed on the scheme. Currently there are 46 supervisors and 6 assistant supervisors employed by CE schemes that have participants working in locations in the Cork City area. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (7 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Senator for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to give some clarity on the current position relating to post-primary school provision in Clonakilty, County Cork. For school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a geographical information system to anticipate school place demand....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...with the N25 near Dungarvan in Waterford to the N70 in Killorglin in Kerry. The N72 passes through a number of towns, including Lismore, Fermoy, Rathmore, Killarney and Killorglin. TII allocated €3,000 to Cork County Council for minor works at the Ballymaquirke Cross in 2022. Cork County Council has recently tendered the works contracted for the development of a new junction at...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Recycling Policy (27 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...Make Change in Dublin 8. - Treo Port Lairge CLG (aka Renew Enterprises) in Waterford. - The Life Cycle Consortium in Galway – Westside Resource Centre and An Mheitheal Rothar. - Sign & Cycle in Cork – Cork Community Cycles & Deaf Enterprises Four of the applicants are in contract since 22nd July 2021 with the final contract commencing on 1st October 2022....