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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: I have just one final point. The cost of all this is the first thing people think of, and it has been the experience in the past that when you go to a greener type of building, the costs go much higher compared with the costs of traditional materials that have been used. We have an argument going on at the moment about the cost of affordable housing in Dublin. The cost of affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on section 29 school expulsion appeals undertaken at post-primary level in each of the past five years, including details of the outcomes (details supplied). [28025/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on courtroom challenges to section 29 expulsion appeal decisions at post-primary school level in each of the past five years, be that by way of judicial review or other courtroom proceedings; the number of challenges lodged by parents; the number lodged by the school board of management; and details of the outcomes of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school attendance notices issued by the Educational Welfare Service on an annual basis for the past five years. [28027/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal proceedings commenced on foot of failure to comply with the requirement of school attendance notices in each of the past five years. [28028/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of court-imposed penalties imposed on foot of failure to comply with the requirement of school attendance notices in each of the past five years. [28029/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans and intentions for formal recognition by her Department of post-primary parental representation at a national level (details supplied). [28030/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (2 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on the authorised staffing complement of the Educational Welfare Service of Tusla, including details of the number of persons in roles (details supplied). [28031/24]

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: These are statements on statutory home care. The problem, as most speakers from the Opposition have made plain, is that we do not have statutory home care. That is the issue. What we have is a system where much of the care is provided by private providers and which is not working very well for most people. I have examples of that the length and breadth of my constituency. I continually...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Who did that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: There is one comment I want to make about An Post in the context of its parcel service. The Minister mentioned it as well. Every road in the country we go down, we see nothing but couriers delivering all kinds of stuff. They are all private businesses and they are all obviously able to compete and make money. It seems very strange to me that An Post cannot be in that field and cannot be...

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: I too commend everyone involved in ensuring that Julian Assange, at long last, got his freedom and a way out of the entrapment that was put in place. As my colleague has said, he stood up for democracy, for freedom and for ordinary people having a voice when they saw tyranny going on around them. We do not have enough of that in the world anywhere. In regard to the situation in Europe,...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Issues involving Eir and the problems regarding ensuring the various companies that provide services stay within the regulations have come to light recently. Is the level of funding we provide to the regulator enough to deal with the enhanced role it will have?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: The Minister is correct in saying that competition can deliver good outcomes. However, there are still a lot of people who have been left behind, not just in rural areas but also in our towns, especially whole housing estates that do not have ducted access. They are being left behind by all the providers. There are towns where perhaps delivery has been provided to 70% of the houses but 20%...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: What is the timescale for that?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Regarding the National Cyber Security Centre, will there be issues regarding the level and quality of staff required to make that efficient and effective?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Is there a possibility that some of the skills that are required might need to be hired from the private sector, that they would have to be subcontracted in?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Regarding international co-operation around that, which is probably key to the effective ring-fencing of the security elements of it, is the Minister satisfied he is getting enough traction there and that there is enough co-operation not just across Europe but globally? Many of these actors are well outside the countries we would consider to have democratic norms?