Results 2,221-2,240 of 3,777 for speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: In the time remaining I will ask a final question that is different in character. I want to focus on this accounting practice for forecasting future pension liabilities that was identified as an issue by the Comptroller and Auditor General. We are told this is done at the direction of the Minister. The material effect of that is to minimise the pension liability. We know there are a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. CHI is reporting in the way it is told. Does Mr. Tierney wish to comment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes. The Cathaoirleach and Deputy Ó Cuív have been around the houses so I will not try to retread the path or touch on all of the different issues. I will focus on three specific issues. The first issue is the hot school meals. I tabled a parliamentary question to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, in November of last year and we were looking at a figure of €2.90 per hot...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I might have honed the questions slightly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: What are the figures at, approximately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is the Department getting far above the 65% target?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Roughly a third-----
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the Sports Capital Programme will help clubs and National Governing Bodies lead and respond to the climate crisis and drive climate action within communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45546/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad an maoiniú agus na tacaíochtaí nua atá curtha ar fáil don Ghaeltacht agus don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45547/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for legislative changes for the future operation of the National Training Fund, as signposted by Minister Donohoe in his Budget 2024 statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45217/23]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am never one to miss an opportunity to bore people about it. I am really enjoying this discussion. I am reminded of the Alain de Botton book, Religion for Atheists. This is like nature for economists or nature for accountants. It is trying to put a number on that spreadsheet so that things that are often discounted as externalities are counted in there. It is one of the reasons I enjoy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Does Dr. O'Mahony see a role for a future generations commissioner? I know in Wales there was a series of workshops where people talked about the Wales they want and it was done under the Welsh well-being framework. In the Welsh context there were seven outcomes. They sat with people and asked them the Wales they wanted. It would be an incredibly interesting exercise to talk about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Does Professor O'Hagan-Luff want to respond on the green bonds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Under GDP, it counts. One can say, "Great news, we spent all this money".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is a sense of agency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I did not respond earlier because I am not a member of this committee but I am taking this opportunity to join the debate because I have an interest in this. Deputy Bruton asked a lot of the questions I was going to ask on green bonds, which picks up on the earlier session. I am talking about the existing green bond offering that Ireland has and the possibility of opening that up more....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is there anything that can be done to redirect the non-compliant element of it to a nature and biodiversity focus? That would respond directly to what we are here to talk about, that is, the citizens' assembly report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is the case under the requirements for corporate sustainability reporting and corporate due diligence.