Written Answers Nos. 118-137
118. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if the National Educational Psychological Service will be expanded to include therapeutic including trauma support for schools on site to enable them to support displaced Ukrainian students and for existing students in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58316/22]
View answerNENEPS has led on the overall approach to supporting the wellbeing of children and young people from Ukraine enrolling in schools in Ireland, taking a psychosocial approach, in line with international research and best practice. A psychosocial approach means that children/young people and their families need to be given time to adapt and adjust to their new environment, new home, new school, and to be given access to practical supports, clear information and assistance to settle in and make friends. The Hobfoll Principles are key evidence-based principles known to help people regain a sense of normalcy and wellbeing in the aftermath of emergencies/traumatic events.
NEPS has developed a number of resources to support the wellbeing of children and young people from Ukraine including.
- Supporting the Wellbeing of Children from Ukraine in your School
- Supporting Children and Young People in a time of War
- Guidance for Parents and Carers from Ukraine on Supporting the Wellbeing of their Children
- The response to stress: a guide for post-primary staff
- Normalising thoughts, feelings and behaviours: a guide for post-primary staff
- Managing stress and anxiety: a guide for post-primary staff
- Look, Listen & Link - A model of Psychological First Aid (PFA) to help teachers support students
NEPS in collaboration with Education Support Centres Ireland (ESCI) delivered Primary and Post primary webinars on Welcoming Children to Our Schools.
NEPS works closely with the HSE and its agencies to ensure those who may require the provision of therapy or counselling are referred on to the appropriate clinical services for intervention and support.
119. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will establish a digital support fund in order that Ukrainian students can complete their exams as per the Ukrainian curriculum; and if these students will be provided with adequate broadband connection and appropriate digital devices such as laptops or iPads in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58317/22]
View answerThe funding provision under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2027 has issued in full for the first tranche of ICT grant in December 2021.
As with funding under the previous strategy, the funding issued directly to schools as schools are best placed to identify the requirements of their own student cohort and to meet those requirements in the most appropriate way. It is a decision for the Board of Management of each school to determine how the ICT grant monies is spent, in line with the ICT circular that issued for the grant. Details of this ICT grant funding can be found at gov.ie - Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure – 2021/2022 School Year (www.gov.ie)
The first tranche totalling €50m, which has already issued is part of the total amount of investment of some €200m, under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2027. Subject to the available exchequer funding, the remaining amount of some €150m will issue over the lifetime of the Digital Strategy for Schools 2027, on an annual basis similar to the previous ICT funding under the Digital Strategy 2015 – 2020.
In the context of the current situation in Ukraine, and Ireland’s humanitarian response to the crisis in taking in refugees, this funding can also be used by schools to support the needs of Ukrainian children arriving in Ireland through access to digital technology infrastructure. This can include loaning devices to Ukrainian children enrolled in the school if needed, as well as providing appropriate software, app and tools to support their learning.
However subject to available exchequer funding, the next planned ICT Grant funding will issue to schools in due course for the 2022/23 school year.
The delivery of high-quality internet connectivity for all schools is a key objective of my Department. It is accepted that good connectivity is essential to ensure that schools are facilitated to progress the embedding of digital technologies in teaching and learning and for the implementation of new and revised curriculum.
My Department operates the Schools Broadband Programme at an annual cost of some €13m, providing connectivity to schools through a range of technologies at the best level of connectivity available based on local infrastructure. In relation to broadband for students, my Department does not have a role in the provision of residential broadband infrastructure. Provision for such services fall to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and this is being addressed through the implementation of the National Broadband Plan Intervention Area. My officials have an ongoing engagement with that Department on issues relating to broadband services for schools.
Schools are encouraged where possible to support students who wish to continue to engage with the Ukrainian curriculum online while at the same time providing opportunities to integrate with the school community.
120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will engage with the ETB sector fully and commit to progressing the required review of the organisation structures of the sector in relation to organisation design, phase II. [58318/22]
View answerI am pleased to advise the Deputy that a formal process to progress the required review of the organisation structures of the ETB sector and other associated work in respect of Phase 2 of ETB Organisation Design was commenced by my Department in September 2022. There are three subgroups within this process, progressing work in respect of organisational design review, FET Staffing Structures and ETB competencies and responsibilities. The subgroups encompass comprehensive representation across all relevant stakeholders, including officials from my Department, officials from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, ETB’s, ETBI, SOLAS and all unions representing various cohorts of staff across the ETB sector. Subgroups meet, on average, every 3 or 4 weeks, and a number of working groups have also been established within the various subgroups to consider specific aspects of the overall work of the subgroups. I consider that this comprehensive engagement addresses the commitment to progressing Phase Two of the Organisation Design.
121. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if a response will issue to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of child poverty figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58276/22]
View answerAs Minister of State with responsibility for social inclusion, I have a strong interest in addressing all forms of poverty and addressing child poverty is a Government priority. I am pleased to see the interest in poverty shown by the Transition Year student and brought to my attention by the Deputy.
The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 is the whole of Government strategy with the ambitious aim to reduce consistent poverty for the overall population to 2 per cent or less by 2025, and to make Ireland one of the most socially inclusive countries in the EU. The most recent official statistics on poverty from the CSO's Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC 2021) show that the rate of consistent poverty has fallen for the sixth consecutive year to 4.0%. The Government remains fully determined to continue this progress.
The numbers referred to in the email from the Deputy relate to the number at risk of poverty, which is a measure of relative income (60% of the median equivalised disposable income). The national social target for poverty reduction is based on consistent poverty, which is the combination of being at risk of poverty and experiencing material deprivation.
The current national child poverty target requires a 66% reduction in the number of children in consistent poverty by the end of 2020 (from its 2011 level of 107,000). Against the 2011 baseline, the number of children in consistent poverty has fallen by 45,000 (from 107,000 in 2011 to 62,000 in 2021) and the consistent poverty rate has fallen by 4.1 percentage points (from 9.3 per cent in 2011 to 5.2 per cent in 2021).
Social Protection Budgets over the past number of years have prioritised the introduction of measures that have had and will continue to have a direct and positive impact on poverty, and in particular on child poverty:
- Increases in weekly child-related payments (qualified child increases);
- Increases in the Working Family Payment thresholds aimed at supporting working families and ensuring that work pays;
- Improvements to means-testing of payments for lone parents;
- Increases in the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance;
- Increases in the weekly rates of payment for all schemes;
- Introduction and expansion of hot school meals, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to ensure no child goes hungry;
- Increases in the earnings disregard for lone parents in receipt of One Parent Family Payment and Jobseeker Transition payments.
In this regard, Ireland has one of the most effective systems of social transfers in the EU at reducing income inequality and protecting people from being at risk of poverty.
In addition, the Government last month introduced the largest social welfare Budget in the history of the State and is supporting those most vulnerable with measures worth almost €2.2 billion. In this regard, recent post-budget analysis by the ESRI found that Budget 2023 combined with one-off measures to address cost of living pressures will be effective in protecting most low-income households against rising costs this winter.
122. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if changes will be made to allow persons between 66 and 70 years of age to enter community employment schemes given that the optional retirement age has recently been extended. [58181/22]
View answerThe Community Employment Scheme (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis.
The programme is delivered through independent CE sponsor organisations that receive state funding from the department to cover certain costs including CE participant wages.
CE is a working age activation scheme and CE participants who continue to be funded through CE must be of working age. As a consequence, funding for CE participants is provided up until a CE participant reaches the state pension age.
As the Deputy is aware, in response to the recommendations from the Commission on Pensions, a set of new pension measures were approved by Cabinet back in September of this year.
The set of reforms agreed include maintaining the state pension age at 66, introducing a new flexible pension age model which will mean that from January 2024 people will have the option to continue working up until the age of 70 in return for a higher pension.
However, as the Deputy will appreciate, any extension to participation on CE beyond the State Pension age could significantly impact on the opportunities for those who are long-term unemployed and could undermine CE as an active labour market programme.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
123. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58199/22]
View answerThe person concerned applied for Fuel allowance on 21 October 2022. Following a means assessment, it was determined that the household means were €490.30 which is within the permissible weekly means limit of €610.30 for the household. Fuel Allowance was awarded from 21 October 2022, and the person concerned was notified in writing on the 21 November 2022.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
124. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that persons who were receiving a disability payment from her Department and have then commenced training or entered into further education and were transferred to a training allowance for the duration of their training and education, will not be eligible for the €500 lump sum one-off payment; the measures that she is taking to address these anomalies which will impact persons who are on community employment schemes or who are in receipt of the back-to-work education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58208/22]
View answerThe Department of Social Protection acted very quickly to deliver the Disability Support Grant and other budget measures within an exceptionally short timeframe. Wherever possible, budget measures that are usually implemented in the January to March period of the year following a budget announcement, have been brought forward and implemented within a period of weeks. While this early issue of payments was very challenging it was possible to achieve for people paid directly off the Department’s own payment systems.
However, when undertaking training courses, recipients of Disability Allowance move off the Department’s payment systems and transfer to a Department of Further, Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science funded Training Allowance. As a consequence, it was not possible to process early payment of the Disability Support Grant to these recipients in the same manner as was implemented in respect of people paid directly through the Department’s own systems.
I can confirm, however, that it is absolutely the intention that people on training courses, having previously been in receipt of a Disability Allowance payment, will receive the €500 Disability Support Grant.
Officials in the Department of Social Protection are examining this issue in conjunction with their colleagues in the Department of Further, Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure the payment is made to those who are on training courses as soon as possible.
In relation to Community Employment schemes, Community Employment is an active labour market programme designed to provide people with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis.
Participation on the scheme is part time - 19.5 hours per week. Participants can also work outside of the 19.5 hours that they participate on Community Employment, income from this employment does not affect their Community Employment payment rate.
The minimum rate of payment on a Community Employment scheme is €230.50. In addition, a participant may be eligible for payments in respect of any qualified dependent adult and children.
Community Employment participants are not eligible for the €500 disability lump sum.
As part of the measures announced in Budget 2023, Community Employment participants will see an increase of €17 being applied, increasing the minimum payment from €230.50 to €247.50 per week from January 2023.
In addition, weekly payments for qualified child dependents will increase by €2 to €50 for children aged 12 or over and to €40 for children aged up to 12.
A number of once off bonus payments were announced in Budget 2023, which will benefit eligible Community Employment participants, including a once off payment of €400 for those in receipt of the Fuel Allowance. These are in addition to the Autumn Cost of Living double week payment, the double payment of Child Benefit in November and the Christmas double payment in December 2022.
The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme has been designed to support persons, including persons with disabilities, to take up self-employment opportunities. It allows a person to retain 100% of their payment in year one and 75% in year two, with no restriction on the number of hours worked. There is no restriction on the income that a person can earn in their self-employment during the two-year period.
Persons in receipt of Back to Work Enterprise Allowance are not eligible for the €500 disability lump sum.
125. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is fair or logical that the benefit payment for 65 year olds can only be applied for when the person has turned 65 years of age and is no longer in work (details supplied); her further views on whether this policy is a barrier to entry for the payment; her further views on whether this is best practice or a reasonable policy to implement in order to provide fair access to this payment for those would qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58342/22]
View answerThe Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds, provided under the Jobseekers Benefit scheme, was introduced in line with the Programme for Government commitment, to address the position of people who are required to or choose to retire at age 65 before the pension age of 66.
The payment is designed to bridge the gap for people who retire from employment or self-employment at 65 until they qualify for the State Pension at age 66. The social insurance contribution requirements are not as high as for receipt of the State Pension, and people retiring at age 65, given they have a recent attachment to the workforce, should, in most cases meet the required PRSI conditionality.
The qualifying conditions of the scheme, including the PRSI social insurance contribution requirements, can be found on Gov.ie.
Where a person is unsure as to whether they may qualify for the payment they can contact their local Intreo Centre for assistance.
I trust that this clarifies the position.
126. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58351/22]
View answerThe person concerned applied for Fuel allowance on 07 October 2022. Following a means assessment, it was determined that the household means were €352.57 which is within the permissible weekly means limit of €373.30 for the household. Fuel Allowance was awarded from 07 October 2022, and the person concerned was notified in writing on the 21 November 2022.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
127. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a living alone increase by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58355/22]
View answerThe person concerned submitted an application for an increase for living alone. My Department requested information to support their application on 12 November 20222. On receipt of the requested information a decision will be made. The person concerned will be notified in writing.
I hope this clarifies matters for the Deputy.
128. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58358/22]
View answerIllness Benefit is considered a short-term scheme and as such is not a qualifying payment for the secondary benefits associated with long-term social welfare payments.
Most people only stay on Illness Benefit for a short period. As you know, some people are on it since 2009 – they are known as Continuous Duration customers. As of October 2022, there were 8,536 Continuous Duration customers. This number reduces each year as people reach pensionable age.
Any Continuous Duration customer who qualifies for a long-term disability scheme may wish to consider applying, as it might be more suitable to their needs.
Long-term income supports, such as Invalidity Pension and Disability Allowance, provide for those with long-term or permanent illnesses and disabilities who cannot work or have a limited capacity to work. These schemes entitle people to secondary benefits like the Free Travel Pass, Fuel Allowance, and other increases and supports depending on their circumstances.
My Department also provides Additional Needs Payment under our Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme to help meet essential expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income. This includes exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from a person’s own resources and are deemed to be necessary.
The payment is available to anyone who needs it and qualifies, whether the person is currently on a social welfare payment or in employment. The payment amount will depend on a person’s weekly household income, their outgoings and the type of assistance needed. Payments are made at the discretion of the Community Welfare Officers administering the scheme, considering all the circumstances of the case.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
129. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58367/22]
View answerThe person referred to has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from 08 September 2022 and will receive her first payment to her nominated bank account on 01 December 2022. Any arrears due from 08 September 2022 to 30 November 2022 will issue in due course. The person in question was notified of this decision on 18 November 2022.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
130. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she is taking to reform the stillbirth registration process, with particular reference to families who wish the records of their child to be publicly accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58459/22]
View answerRegistration of stillbirths in Ireland is voluntary. Access to the register is restricted to the parents of the child or authorised staff of the General Register Office (GRO) to reflect the sensitivity of parents. As a matter of practice, the GRO facilitate access to the register where the parents are unable to do so or are deceased. The GRO has examined the arrangements for registration and have proposed that a change in the Civil Registration Act 2004 will be required to provide for wider access to the register. The views of advocacy groups have been considered in the development of proposals to amend the Act.
I have asked for proposals to be made to me in order that the Government can consider what legislative provisions might be made. If the proposals are approved, I plan to publish a Bill early in 2023 to give effect to the agreed proposals.
I trust this information addresses the Deputy's enquiry.
131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision for their carer's allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58466/22]
View answerCarer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care.
An application for CA was received from the person concerned on 31 May 2022. Additional information in relation to the person’s application was requested by a deciding officer on 8 June 2022, 7 July 2022 and on 3 August 2022.A person can be considered to be providing full-time care and attention where they are engaged in employment, self-employment or on training courses for a maximum of 18.5 hours per week, provided that they can show to the satisfaction of a deciding officer that adequate care has been provided for the care recipient in their absence.It was decided that this condition has not been satisfied in this case. Although the person concerned is providing a certain amount of care, the level provided is not considered to be full-time.The person concerned was notified on 6 September 2022 of this decision, the reasons for it and of their right of review and appeal.The person concerned requested an appeal of this decision by email which was forward to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) for their necessary action.The SWAO has advised that they have been in contact with the person concerned by phone on 21 November 2022 in relation to their appeal.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a monthly breakdown of those temporary protection directive holders who have applied for assistance from IPAS to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58269/22]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that the below table provides the breakdown, by month, of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection accommodated by my Department since February 2022.
I trust this information is of assistance.
|
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
As of 21 November |
|
16 |
8,741 |
6,496 |
5,821 |
5,704 |
5,084 |
3,511 |
4,131 |
5,347 |
2,547 |
133. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 27 April 2022, the total number of rooms acquired by IPAS within privately owned accommodation (details supplied) as part of its response to the crisis in Ukraine. [58270/22]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that the total number of rooms acquired by my Department to date within privately owned accommodation (hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs or any other property not owned by an arm of the State) as short term accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection fleeing the war in Ukraine is just over 14,000.
134. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital and current spend by his Department attributable to addressing the needs of temporary protection directive holders to date in 2022; and the projected spend for same for 2023, in tabular form. [58271/22]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that to date in 2022, a little over €354,000,000 in current expenditure has been paid out by my Department in accommodating Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection and related costs. No capital expenditure has been recorded to date. Estimates for 2023 in respect of Ukraine Accommodation and Related Costs are currently being finalised in the context of the Revised Estimates process.
135. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the beds realisable through the current planned modular housing works. [58272/22]
View answerThe Deputy will be aware that the Government tasked the Office of Public Works (OPW) to lead on the design, development and delivery of any state accommodation to be produced through rapid build construction, including associated site enabling works on available and suitable State land. My Department is the Approving Authority for the Programme and has responsibility for the ownership of the modular units and their future use. The OPW is the Sponsoring Agency for the purpose of rolling out the Programme.
The Government has approved the construction of 500 rapid build homes for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection fleeing the war in Ukraine. These homes will have the potential to house up to 2,000 individuals in family units. The objective is to install 500 units by February/March 2023.
All sites will have roads, footpaths, street lighting and community facilities, including a playground and green spaces fully in line with Local Authority planning guidance. These homes will be highly energy efficient, durable units with a 60-year lifespan and the development of the sites will be conducted in an environmentally sustainable way to ensure that, post development, the site will enhance the local area.
Deputies and Senators in each constituency where the rapid build homes are planned will receive a full briefing from officials of my Department and the OPW, which will explain the scope and duration of the project and will confirm that these units will be used primarily to provide short-term accommodation to families with children. DCEDIY and the OPW are also engaging directly with Local Authority officials in respect of each site.
The Community Response Forum coordinates the community led response in the provision of assistance and support to Ukrainian refugees as they are accommodated around the county. The partner agencies and organisations who form part of the Community Response Forum will work through their individual remits to support the integration of displaced persons into local areas.
My Department is funding additional workers in each local authority to support the integration of new arrivals into the local areas. The Government is also providing funding for community initiatives to support persons displaced by the war in Ukraine.
136. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the announcement of the new board members of the National Disability Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58304/22]
View answerEarlier this year, a competitive process was launched through the Public Appointments Service for the appointment of a new Chairperson and new ordinary members of the Board ('the Authority') of the National Disability Authority (NDA).
The selection process for the Chair of the NDA Board concluded on 30 September 2022 and the successful appointee has been notified and has accepted the appointment.
The selection process to appoint ordinary members of the NDA Board is being concluded. I have made a determination on the appropriate appointments based on the outcome of an independent process conducted by State Boards and the appropriate correspondence to applicants is being issued at the moment.
Thereafter, the names of those who have been appointed to the NDA Board will be published on the State Boards website and subsequently on the NDA's website.
The duration of each Board appointment is four years. The first meeting of the new NDA Authority is planned for the 29th of November 2022.
137. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of non-residential buildings currently in use for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants; the breakdown of the number of buildings by local authority area; and the current number of persons residing in these buildings in each local authority area. [58388/22]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that the tables below provides figures for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection and also outlines the number of International Protection applicants resident in facilities that are not International Protection Accommodation Service centres. As requested, this information is broken down by Local Authority (LA) area, the number of buildings in that area and the number of persons accommodated. The most recently available statistics are from 13 November 2022.
I trust this information is of assistance.
Beneficiary of Temporary Protection Non-resident accommodation.
|
Local Authority |
Number of Buildings |
Persons Currently Accommodated |
|
Carlow County Council |
1 |
123 |
|
Clare County Council |
4 |
10 |
|
Cork City Council |
1 |
- |
|
Cork County Council |
4 |
164 |
|
Dublin Councils (All 4) |
7 |
650 |
|
Galway City Council |
1 |
1 |
|
Galway County Council |
4 |
51 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
4 |
149 |
|
Laois County Council |
1 |
16 |
|
Limerick City and County Council |
1 |
4 |
|
Longford County Council |
2 |
18 |
|
Louth County Council |
3 |
137 |
|
Mayo County Council |
1 |
37 |
|
Meath County Council |
2 |
376 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
2 |
41 |
|
Offaly County Council |
1 |
46 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
1 |
16 |
|
Sligo County Council |
1 |
9 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
4 |
13 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
5 |
323 |
|
Wexford County Council |
1 |
23 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
3 |
187 |
International Protection Non-resident accommodation as of 13 November 2022.
|
Local Authority |
Number of buildings |
Persons |
|
Cavan County Council |
1 |
117 |
|
Clare County Council |
1 |
102 |
|
Cork City Council |
1 |
99 |
|
Cork County Council |
1 |
141 |
|
Donegal County Council |
6 |
187 |
|
Dublin City Council |
17 |
2,154 |
|
Fingal County Council |
7 |
1,545 |
|
Galway City Council |
2 |
153 |
|
Galway County Council |
1 |
25 |
|
Kerry County Council |
2 |
403 |
|
Kildare County Council |
4 |
267 |
|
Laois County Council |
3 |
214 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
1 |
94 |
|
Louth County Council |
5 |
361 |
|
Mayo County Council |
4 |
271 |
|
Meath County Council |
4 |
134 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
2 |
174 |
|
Offaly County Council |
1 |
45 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
11 |
2,300 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
2 |
171 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
5 |
487 |
|
Wexford County Council |
2 |
88 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
5 |
414 |
|
Total |
88 |
9,946 |
