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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Costello: ...proportion of ODA through the NGO sector than most other international donors. In 2011, the Government, through schemes managed by the headquarters of Irish Aid, provided over € 105 million for the long term development work of NGOs. Funding for NGOs is also provided for their work on emergency and recovery assistance, conflict resolution and peace building, and the promotion of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (18 Sep 2012)

Ciarán Cannon: ...contain amounts in excess of €80,000 is as follows: Contributory Scale Grade 1 - 189,115 Grade 3 - 134,523, 140,636, 147,262, 153,885 Grade 4 - 84,132, 87,595, 91,033, 94,496, 97,417, 100,446 (Long Service Increment 1), 103,472 (Long Service Increment 2) Grade 6 - 65,130, 67,700, 70,381, 72,904, 75,406, 77,899, 79,361, 79,540, 82,027 (Long Service Increment 1), 84,517 (Long Service...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: There was a powerful briefing yesterday in the audiovisual room by Long Covid Advocacy Ireland and Long Covid Kids. We heard about the devastating impact of long Covid on some of the hundreds of thousands of people who were affected by long Covid in this country, the children who were unable to attend school every day and the adults unable to work. It is almost a year since this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (14 Jun 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Government’s primary strategy to tackle long-term unemployment is through policies to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Reflecting the impact of government policy, and the overall improvement in the labour market, long term unemployment is falling. The long-term unemployment rate peaked at 9.5% in Q1 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (5 Feb 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Government’s primary strategy to reduce long-term unemployment is through policies to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth. This strategy has been succeeding, with an increase of over 80,000 in employment over the last 2 years. The long-term unemployment rate peaked at 9.5%...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Nov 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Government’s primary strategy to reduce long-term unemployment is through policies to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth. This strategy has been succeeding; in the year up to Q2 2015 the annual increase in employment was 57,100 (+3.0%). The long-term unemployment rate...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Government's primary strategy to reduce long-term unemployment is through policies to create the environment for a strong economic recovery by promoting competitiveness and productivity. Economic recovery will underpin jobs growth. This strategy has been succeeding; in the year up to Q1 2015 the annual increase in employment was 41,300 (+2.2%). The long-term unemployment rate peaked at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Government’s primary strategy to tackle unemployment – including long-term unemployment – is twofold. The Action Plan for Jobs support continuing strong economic recovery and employment growth. Policies and actions to ensure that unemployed people benefit from the increase in employment are set out in the strategy paper Pathways to Work 2016-2020. To date, these...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Oct 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, together. There are almost 8,500 public long-term residential care beds and approximately 17,600 private long-term residential care beds at present. Taking occupancy rates into account, this equates to approximately 7,700 public long-term residents and approximately 15,200 private long-term care residents. Of the private long-term care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have long-Covid recognised as an illness; if a general practitioner card will be made available for long-Covid sufferers; if long-Covid medication will be listed as a long-term illness to bring the medication for treatment under the Government scheme which is free for certain long-term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (26 Jun 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Department of Health carries out a survey of long-stay units each year. Each long-stay unit (public, private and voluntary) is sent a questionnaire and the responses are collated by the Department. The aim of the survey is to provide statistics on the number of beds available for long-term care, how these beds are used and the types of residents who occupy these beds. The results of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (3 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: The Government’s primary strategy to tackle unemployment – including long-term unemployment – is twofold. The Action Plan for Jobs supports continuing strong economic recovery and employment growth. Policies and actions to ensure that unemployed people benefit from the increase in employment are set out in the strategy paper Pathways to Work 2016-2020. To date,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (16 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My priority is to deliver on the Government’s goal to help create 200,000 additional jobs by 2020, including 135,000 jobs outside Dublin. The Government’s primary strategy to tackle long-term unemployment is to create the environment for a strong economic recovery through effective policies. In doing so it is hoped to promote competitiveness and productivity. I am working...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday Professor Jack Lambert addressed the health committee in relation to the effects of long Covid-19. He is an infectious disease consultant at the Mater hospital and he painted a stark picture in regard to those suffering the symptoms of long Covid-19. He was quite critical of the present policy around treating those with long Covid-19. He cited an ambivalence in relation to his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (5 Feb 2015)

Joan Burton: The latest data on the long-term unemployed are from the CSO’s Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) for Q3 2014. The number of long-term unemployed at that time was 139,000, down by over 60,000, or almost one third, from the level seen in 2012. The long term unemployment rate has fallen from a peak of 9.5% in 2012 to 6.4% in late 2014. The Pathways to WorkStrategy sets out a...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: In the discussion document, Immigration and Residence in Ireland, which I published in April of this year and circulated to all Members of this House, it is proposed that a new status of "long-term resident" should be introduced in the forthcoming Immigration and Residence Bill. There is currently no separate status of "long-term resident" in the Irish immigration system. While a person could...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Long Term Residency is granted on the basis that a non-EEA national has completed five years legal residency in the State on work permit / work authorisation / working visa conditions. Residency is calculated from the corresponding Stamp 1 or Stamp 4 endorsements in an applicant's passport and not by the dates of commencement and expiry of each work permit. Periods of time where a person has...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Catherine Murphy: On long leases, I assume the Department must give approval for long-leasing schemes to approved housing bodies and local authorities. How does it determine value for money on long leases, including where Part 5 is long-leased as opposed to purchased?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2022)

Marie Sherlock: I want to raise the issue of the closure of the Mater hospital long Covid clinic that is due to take place this month. The closure of this important clinic will deprive communities of the north inner city and across the north side of Dublin of a vital service for those who are unlucky to develop those enduring symptoms from Covid-19. Those symptoms can be debilitating both physically and...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: ...s emergency departments before being seen by a doctor during the three-month period from July to September this year; recognises that: — the World Health Organization has defined the post Covid-19 condition, also known as long Covid, as a condition which occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually three months from the onset of...