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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (8 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...and of an entrepreneurial culture, there has been some suggestion that particular stresses are emerging in some sectors of the economy. My Department is working with the Department of Social Protection on a report that examines the impact of forthcoming changes to working conditions. This report is supported by evidence received from both employer and trade union perspectives and will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Programme (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...the General Scheme to Government for approval in early 2024. All Other LegislationProtection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill - General Scheme to be published in Q1 2024.EU Data Bill - Work expected to commence on drafting the General Scheme in Q1 2024.Co-operative Societies Bill 2022 - Pre-legislative Scrutiny published in May 2023. Drafting is ongoing with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...with the relevant state bodies on matters relating to cross-border working, including remote and hybrid working. -My Department is continuing to engage with the Department of Finance to obtain better data on the nature and extent of cross-border working. The Department of Finance has commissioned the ESRI to undertake research into the prevalence of cross-border working, including remote...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of the evaluation work undertaken across Departments. This process involves individual Departments choosing an expenditure or policy area to review and conducting analysis that improves our knowledge of and the data around that policy or programme with the aim of making it more effective and efficient. From 2017 the formal evaluation process, through the foundation of the Spending Review,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (8 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Coastal protection and localised flooding issues are matters, in the first instance, for each local authority to investigate and address. To assist local authorities in managing the coastline for coastal erosion, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has undertaken a national assessment of coastal erosion (including erosion rates) under the Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...programme. Cork County Council is leading the design of the scheme and in 2017 appointed engineering and environmental consultants. Designing any flood relief scheme is complicated and requires data on the flood sources and their associated risks. Midleton has proven to be one of the most complex schemes. It has flood risks from four sources, fluvial, tidal, groundwater and pluvial. In...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The latest data available from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, relates to 2021. According to Eurostat, in 2021 35.2% of General Government Expenditure in Ireland was on the Social Protection function, 21.2% was on the Health Function and 12% was on the Education function. This compares to an equivalent EU average of 39.9% on the Social Protection Function, 15.8% on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (8 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Dillon: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on data protection issues in relation to CCTV which are funded by community groups and used by the gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...but which particularly targets vulnerable people and businesses who may not be aware of or vigilant to the risks of online and telephone fraud in particular. The proposed shared fraud information database for the banking sector is an initiative brought forward by the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, who have engaged with my Department and with the Office of the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...inserted prior to their 32nd birthday, to ensure continuity of care. It is important to note that prescription contraception, while being very effective at preventing unplanned pregnancy, does not protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The National Condom Distribution Scheme supports both STI prevention and accessible contraception for men and their partners. Free...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement on data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his Department; and, in particular, if he will make a statement on the National Transport Authority’s ability to share anonymised information about speeding and other traffic offences with residents associations. [5002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (7 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 69 together. As I indicated in the House on 23 January last, the matter of the sharing of collision data is being addressed by a specialist group chaired by the Road Safety Authority, which reports to the Road Safety Transformation Partnership Board, the senior officials' group established to ensure delivery of the Action Plan under our Road Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (7 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: As I indicated in the House on 23 January last, the matter of the sharing of collision data is being addressed by a specialist group chaired by the Road Safety Authority. This group reports to the Road Safety Transformation Partnership Board, the senior officials' group established to ensure delivery of the Government's Road Safety Strategy. The RSA and other stakeholders are in ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The total permanent headcount for the Department of Social Protection as sanctioned by DPENDR for 2024 is 6,464 (up 100 from 2023). At the end of 2023 the Department was 22.52 under the permanent staff allocation of 6,364. Departmental staff (Social Welfare Inspectors, for example) may undertake work across both social assistance and social insurance schemes. In addition, staffing levels in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...there is a full range of supports and services available nationwide to support and empower victims and survivors. I can assure the Deputy that creating a criminal justice system that supports and protects victims at every stage of their journey through it, is and will remain a priority and to ensure this is the case, An Garda Síochána and my Department are continuing to work hard...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The nutrient values for poultry manure, as stated in Tables 7 and 8 of the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters (GAP) Regulations (S.I. No. 113 of 2022, as amended), cover litter/manure from egg producing birds (known as layers) and meat producing birds (known as broilers). The tables represent manures of varying dry matters and litter types. Both of these parameters have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to separated children seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Chairperson and Future Contributions of Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Board: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Feb 2024)

...paper. That is my personal background, which is probably relevant to deliberations today. Regarding my strategic vision, traditionally, the view of IFI was that it was an organisation devoted to protecting fishing resources with a particular focus on poaching and illegal activities around rivers and lakes. That will continue to be the case. The organisation runs thousands of patrols...

Report of Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands: Motion (1 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe O'Brien: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I thank the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands for its report on the progress being made on the SDGs. Achievement of the SDGs is essential if we are to ensure a sustainable future for all. They address the global and local challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change,...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

John Brady: ...or the HSE. I will start with a couple of questions posed to Mr. Watt about the secret dossiers compiled by the Department on children with autism. I refer to the ruling last year by the Data Protection Commissioner, DPC, on what was an unlawful practice of serious, "excessive and disproportionate" gathering of sensitive personal information about people, and who then were forced into...