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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...to support cultural change within the Defence Forces through a well-designed and expertly implemented culture change programme, led and driven convincingly from the leadership of the Defence Forces. ii. That the numbers of personnel in the Defence Forces are stabilised, and thereafter increasing the strength towards the level of ambition arising from the Report of the Commission on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of schemes operated by my department are of critical importance to ensuring the on-going viability of Irish farms. In relation to the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme, which is a Pillar II Scheme, in 2024 my Department will commence payments from September 18th to ensure money flows as soon as practically possible to farmers. This payment date is in line with the traditional...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (15 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ..., neither I, nor the Central Bank of Ireland, can direct the pricing or provision of insurance products. This position is reinforced by the EU Single Market framework for insurance (the Solvency II Directive). Notwithstanding this, reforming the insurance sector is a key policy objective for the Government. Through the comprehensive Action Plan for Insurance Reform, targeted measures...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...to attend for questions pursuant to Standing Order 46(1), the SOS pursuant to Standing Order 25(1) may take place earlier than 1.49 p.m., with consequential effect on the commencement time for Government business; and (ii) the weekly division time may be taken earlier than 8.45 p.m., and shall in any event be taken on the adjournment of the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together. Directive 2023/959 extends the Emissions Trading System to the buildings, road transport and additional (mainly small industry) sectors (ETS II). The buildings and road transport sectors include the supply of fuels used for domestic heating and for road use. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be the competent authority for ETS...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (14 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...the Deputy is aware, neither I, nor the Central Bank of Ireland, can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products. This is set out in the EU framework for insurance – the Solvency II Directive – and limits the actions that Government can take in relation to insurance for thatched properties. Nevertheless, I can assure the Deputy that this Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (14 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...being progressed. The OPW is piloting a new delivery model for flood relief schemes in counties Kilkenny and Donegal. Schemes at Freshford and Piltown form part of what is termed the Tranche II Pilot, along with two schemes in County Donegal. The Tranche II Pilot will transfer the management of data gathering, as a first step in designing a scheme, from consultant engineers for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...been used to increase posts of responsibility (POR) in primary and special schools by 1,450 posts. Budget 2024 has also provided for an additional 500 posts of responsibility (Assistant Principal II) at both primary and post-primary level for the 2024/25 school year and a revised Post of Responsibility Schedule has issued to schools to reflect this increase in Assistant Principal II...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (14 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ..., as Minister, under the Act. My Department is currently working on drafting of such regulations and active consideration is being given to the appropriate inclusion of certain types of structures associated with the World War II period. In any event, such structures would be eligible for inclusion in the new Register of Monuments to be established under the Act of 2023, in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...person. The Convention sets out six prerequisites for transfers, which are mirrored in the 1995 Act: (i) The sentenced person must be a national of the state to which the transfer is sought;(ii) The order or judgement on foot of which the sentence was imposed must be final;(iii) At the time of the application, there must be at least six months of the sentence remaining to be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Type Compliance with Location Property Requirements (Mandatory Property Requirements (Desirable) i. Turnkey properties for immediate use ii. Properties that require upgrade/renovationiii. Planned building but not built i. Full Planning Permission ii. Building Regulationsiii. Fire Safety Regulations iv. National Standards ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...products, as this is a commercial matter which individual companies assess on a case-by-case basis. This position is reinforced by the EU Single Market framework for insurance (the Solvency II Directive). Regarding motor insurance, it is understood that firms will use a combination of rating factors in making their individual decisions on whether to offer cover and what terms to apply....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...by more recent circulars with regard to the allocation of Special Education Teaching support, but the criteria in relation to the categorisation of pupils with a Specific Learning Disability, contained in Appendix II, remain unchanged, and are as follows: “Such children have been assessed by a psychologist as: Being of average intelligence or higher; and Having a degree of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the provisions of Standing Order 34A(1)— (i)private members’ business may be taken later than 6.12 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Statements to mark Europe Day; (ii)questions pursuant to Standing Order 46(1) to a Minister other than the Taoiseach shall not be taken; and (iii)the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of topical issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...by more recent circulars with regard to the allocation of Special Education Teaching support, but the criteria in relation to the categorisation of pupils with a Specific Learning Disability, contained in Appendix II, remain unchanged, and are as follows: “Such children have been assessed by a psychologist as: Being of average intelligence or higher; and Having a degree of...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Committee Stage (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...those resources, directly or indirectly— (i) in equity or debt securities issued by a munitions company as defined in Part 4 of the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008, (ii) or any financial derivative instruments, insurance policy, exchange traded fund or collective investment undertaking, whose underlying assets include equity or debt securities issued by a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ... Stage I: Scheme Development and Preliminary Design Bantry Stage I: Scheme Development and Preliminary Design Bride River (Blackpool) Stage II: Public Exhibition / Confirmation Lower Lee (Cork City) Stage II: Public Exhibition / Confirmation Midleton Stage II: Public Exhibition /...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

David Stanton: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of solar PV installations which were granted aid under TAMS II, which closed to new applications on the 16 December 2022; the number of these which have been installed and have received payment; the number which have yet to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19984/24]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

James Browne: ...the age of 18 years, and (b) the licensee concerned has verified, in accordance with the means specified under subsection (4) or prescribed under subsection (5)— (i) the identity of the person, and (ii) that the person has attained the age of 18 years. (4) Subject to subsection (5), a licensee of a remote gambling licence verifies, for the purposes of subsection (3)(b), the...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ...the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) A person who trafficks a vulnerable person for the purposes of the exploitation of the vulnerable person shall be guilty of an offence.”, and (ii) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8): “(8) In this section, ‘vulnerable person’ means a person who...