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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: It has been a long term tourism policy objective to ensure that all regions thrive from a tourism perspective and I am determined to continue this in the years ahead. In relation to future regional tourism policy, I am currently progressing the development of a new Tourism Policy Framework to mainstream sustainability across the entire sector in the period to 2030. While it will aim to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...to establish a baseline for existing tourism accommodation capacity for local authorities in each destination and region. This includes a quality and gap analysis for additional accommodation development on a county-by-county basis along with the projected accommodation requirements. Additional capacity supply growth projections have been identified for all counties based on best...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...service to the public. The issue of RTé’s future funding cannot be addressed in isolation. As I have stated previously, any new funding model for public service media will need to provide long-term sustainable funding, not only for RTé but also for the provision of public service content by other media providers, including independent producers, local and community...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís éireann (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...they have been submitted. The issue of RTé’s future funding cannot be addressed in isolation. As I have stated previously, any new funding model for public service media will need to provide long-term sustainable funding, not only for RTé but also for the provision of public service content by other media providers, including independent producers, local and community...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...tourism ecosystem. Of course, the tourism sector must co-exist and develop in a way that recognises and is complementary to the wider needs of local communities, both economically and socially. The long-term sustainable growth of tourism requires that an appropriate balance is achieved between the short and long term rental sectors. The proposed Registration of Short Term Tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...in the Government’s White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030, a well-functioning regulatory environment is an essential condition, underpinning a competitive and productive economy. Ireland has long been considered a conducive environment for enterprise to develop and grow and we continue to perform well across a range of indicators for the business and regulatory environment. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...a Shared Island funding allocation of €7.6 million out to 2025. The vision of the project is to connect the Causeway Coastal Route and the Wild Atlantic Way in such a way that the visitor is motivated to stay longer and spend more thereby bringing greater economic benefit to the region. A Project Team, including representatives from my Department, Fáilte Ireland, Tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The Policy was revised in March 2021 and comprehensive guidance was provided to local authorities at the time. Social housing is a long-term support intended to support households that have continuing, long-term difficulty meeting their own accommodation needs. This is reflected in the underpinning legislation and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...has been proven.’ This is a non-binding recommendation and recognition of occupational diseases remains a Member State competence. The Commission did not make a recommendation in relation to long COVID. Recognition as an occupational disease confers different entitlements in different Member States, with employers paying the compensation in some countries and social insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...of Justice. Any impact on a payment in respect of absence from the State depends on the conditions of the underlying scheme. Some social welfare payments, mainly contributory pensions and long-term benefits payable under the social insurance fund, are payable while the recipient is absent from the State. Other, mainly short-term and means tested payments, may be payable in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (18 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Helen McEntee: ...for citizenship would wish to have a decision on their application without delay. However, the nature of the naturalisation process is such that, for a broad range of reasons, some cases will take longer than others to process. In some instances, completing the necessary checks can take a considerable period of time. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (18 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (18 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the email service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...availability of the mobile BreastCheck mammogram service in Bantry; and whether he would ensure the provision of a mammogram service in west Cork to ensure access to care for those unable to drive long distances. [17106/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pauline Tully: ...and Skills if he will consider changing the eligibility criteria for the student grant scheme to enable students whose family was granted legal residency in Ireland through the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to apply using the total number of years they lived in Ireland, including when they were undocumented. [17239/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: ...name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in speech that might be regarded as damaging to the person’s or entity’s good name. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024) See 17 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: I think we are in for a long afternoon. We are told there is an ongoing review of the judicial review process in another Department, yet profound changes to the judicial review regime are being introduced in this Bill. That seems to me to make no sense whatsoever. Generally, we are told the reason we cannot have legislative reform, for example yesterday on compulsory purchase orders, CPOs,...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Patrick Costello: ...conversation to be had here. As has been said by other speakers, we are looking at the future Ireland fund. We need similar rules and similar thinking there. We are talking about the need for long-term thinking. Many people here have spoken about the need to think about the long term. For many people I know, it is hard to think in that way because of the crushing reality of climate...