Results 261-280 of 1,017,484 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Michael Moynihan: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19791/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Michael Moynihan: What progress has there been to date under national strategic outcome 10 of the national development plan? I am especially interested in hearing an answer in the context of disability matters.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is aware of the value of the overall national development plan and the number of years over which the money will be spent, so I will not go into those facts and figures now. Rather, I will cut to the question he asked about national strategic outcome, NSO, 10. NSO 10 refers to access to quality childcare, education and health services and aims to ensure that the co-ordination...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister. There are a number of issues with the strategic outcome, particularly relating to childcare. Huge sums have been rolled out in respect of the development of the capacities within childcare facilities, whether preschool, afterschool or full childcare. To make sure moneys are spent and capacity is developed, it is important that in every review of the outcomes and of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy pointed out the important role special schools play with regard to the movement of pupils from primary to post-primary. I can absolutely assure him that in my engagement with the Minister, Deputy Foley, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and formerly with her predecessor, Deputy Madigan, the importance of special schools is fully recognised by the Department of Education....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Michael Moynihan: On that point, when I meet families, as I am sure the Minister has done, whose child has completed primary education and has nowhere to go for post-primary education, the challenge has to be addressed in large part within the mainstream schools but also within special schools. The National Council for Special Education has been doing great work in looking at where in the country the special...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: I have visited such a school myself and am absolutely aware of their importance. So many girls and boys who have additional needs need to be supported and educated in a very different school environment. I have seen the impact a couple of these schools have made and the difference they can make to the life journeys of students and their families. I again assure the Deputy that in all the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Michael Moynihan: Very briefly-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Sin é.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Michael Moynihan: On the funding that was allocated on the capital programme last year, does much of that, if any, remain unspent?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: I am not aware of any of it being unspent. The urgency of this is appreciated and I can assure the Deputy that whenever I meet the Minister and her Department to discuss capital funding, they give the focus to special schools that he is seeking.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Questions Nos. 83 and 84 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which progress on the national development plan remains within expectations; whether any measures are needed to ensure the meeting of targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I am seeking an up-to-date position on the strategic development requirements in education, roads, transport, agriculture and drainage, whether arterial or otherwise, and the degree to which it will be possible to meet the targets within the time identified.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy knows, we have a national development plan of €165 billion over the coming years, which was published early in the lifetime of this Government. We have added to that with the allocation of a further €2.25 billion between 2024 and 2026, which follows the conclusion of more than 30 meetings between me and ministerial colleagues. In 2024, we now have €13...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes, I am, but it continues to be a challenge, one I and my predecessors have faced over many years because in some cases, Government spending can be ahead of profile. Despite the best efforts of all involved, that has required Supplementary Estimates. All that being said, however, we have to look at where overall Government expenditure has been in the last number of years. It has grown...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I will ask the Minister about the degree to which inflation has been a contributory factor in the year to date and is likely to continue in the future. What are the sources of that inflation if it is impacting?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: The inflation would be on two different levels. It would relate to supply where, undoubtedly, from a capital point of view, we have seen cost pressure and pressure with tendering and supply chains, which is driven by all the economic developments of which Deputy Durkan will be very aware. For want of a better phrase, I would not at all use inflation with regard to demand. I do not think...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.