€10.5 MILLION in funding has been announced for the community response to support people arriving from Ukraine. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development, Joe O’Brien, have announced an additional €10.5 million in funding to assist the Ukrainians. This funding will strengthen the capacity of … Read more
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has announced Government backing for a centralised European depository for evidence collected of international war crimes in Ukraine. Minister McEntee will now bring motions before both the Dáil and Seanad this week seeking Oireachtas backing for the move, which will allow Ireland opt-in to the EU wide initiative. The proposal … Read more
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, launched Supporting Parents: A National Model of Parenting Support Services. Supporting Parents is a national model for parenting support services, which takes a whole-of-Government approach to improve support for parenting. The vision of Supporting Parents is for all parents to be confident and capable in … Read more
Minister Eamon Ryan and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton today announced that the Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme is now open for applications. The Licensed Haulage Emergency Support Scheme is a targeted and temporary grant scheme that will provide a payment of €100 per week for 8 weeks for every heavy goods vehicle (over 3.5 … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced the establishment of Regional Education and Language Teams (REALT) to support the needs of Ukrainian children arriving in Ireland. These Education and Language Teams will be hosted by the 16 regional education and training boards (ETBs) and will be staffed by existing regionally-based education support personnel … Read more
The Government approves the provision of specific additional support to Ukraine, including Body Armour and Meals The Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney TD, has today approved the provision of specific additional support to Ukraine in the form of approximately 10 tonnes or 5,000 units of ready-to-eat meals (MREs) and 200 units of body armour. The … Read more
Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien and Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy, with a number of government departments, the HSE (Health Service Executive) and state agencies, are working together to provide medical items to Ukraine in response to formal … Read more