Results 2,581-2,600 of 3,777 for speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are accommodating people who need accommodation but, at the end of the day, the State has nothing for the investment. Essentially, we do not retain anything. The Irish Timesreports that one fifth of HAP tenancies are in the hands of large landlords. Could Mr. Doyle unpack this a little for me? When The Irish Timesdescribes large landlords, how many units is it talking about? Also, how...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is 20% of the properties, not 20% of the landlords.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: On the basis of a back-of-the-envelope calculation, I believe one fifth of the properties probably does not correspond with one fifth of the expenditure because the preponderance of those properties probably is in the likes of Dublin and Cork, where the average rent is probably higher. If we hone in on the large landlords, do we know how many individuals or institutions we are giving money...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is really substantial expenditure. I am aware that the Comptroller and Auditor General has examined this, in chapter 8 of the 2020 annual report. Some issues were raised around key performance indicators. What we are focusing on with regard to the HAP scheme is the number of new tenancies, apparently. There was a series of recommendations in the report. Can Mr. Doyle outline the work...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I could ask ten more questions on that but want to talk about LIHAF. The estimated provision was €32 million and the outturn was €17 million. This is all about trying to unlock infrastructure. We touched on this when talking about the land aggregation scheme and the fact that some sites are difficult to develop because of infrastructural blockages. The fund is aimed at...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: International Programmes (14 Dec 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on his attendance at the food, agriculture, nature and land use thematic days of COP28; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55710/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wastewater Treatment (14 Dec 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support and help deliver the establishment of more integrated constructed wetlands on farms nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55381/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Dec 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of collaboration between his Department and the HSE to streamline the process whereby aids and appliances provided through HSE resource allocation groups for children with disabilities in order to avoid and remove barriers, as outlined in the case of a child (details supplied), to ensure they have...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on establishing a longitudinal study in relation to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on child development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55557/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (14 Dec 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 20 September 2023, whether there has been progress in relation to streamlining the process of the payment of public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants, particularly where post '95 members of An Garda Síochána retiring must first exhaust all...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Would Mr. Doyle know how many landlords have 50-plus units?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I draw the Minister's attention to an issue we are encountering around recruitment of qualified bus and haulage drivers. It is a real constriction point within the economy. We have access to an excellent pool of qualified bus and haulage drivers from abroad but some of the quirks in the system mean that the people who are coming in are sitting around for three months without being able to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will start as others have done and offer my condolences to Paul’s family. He is very much missed around the Houses of the Oireachtas. I am sure he is much more missed by his family and friends at home. I have a bunch of questions, but I will take them piecemeal as opposed to unleashing them all in one go. My first question is for Dr. Byrne. I want a sense of where we are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am assuming that labour, as opposed to funding, is the main constraint. On the capacity issue that exists in terms of the labour force, are schemes in competition with each other? For example, are the people who are putting in for the 50% retrofit cutting across demand for the warmer homes scheme? From a contractor's point of view, what is more attractive? Dr. Byrne spoke about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a slight concern about the demand-led versus a targeted approach. The SEAI is wearing the SDG's payments well. Dr. Byrne knows that one of the central aims is to try to reach the furthest behind first. I was out in Dungarvan recently at a place called Congress Villas, which was named after the Eucharistic congress that was held here in 1932 or 1933. The villas are nearly 100 years...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: But there is a big difference between an E- and a G-rated home, even within that banding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is superb stuff, but we still have a way to go. Dungarvan has a sustainable energy community.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The housing estate that I referred to earlier would stand out on the BER map to which Ms Buggie referred. It is the same with places around Ballybricken and in towards the centre of Waterford city. They can all be seen because the map is colour-coded, is it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: They stand out as the red properties. When you go out and knock on doors, you find that the message is still not reaching people. I know that there is great work happening, but I guess we need to bed it in more. I have a simple brass-tacks question. The witnesses probably have ready-made examples so they can change my example. Let us take a three-bedroom E- or F-rated semi-detached...