Results 2,701-2,720 of 2,980 for speaker:Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I see that. I have questions to ask but it is not exactly clear which heading they fall under. Can I just ask them in general?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I know the Chair will direct me correctly. Overall, it is welcome that the World Food Programme, GLAS, and fodder schemes will benefit from this. I support the Supplementary Estimate. I have a question concerning the Vote overall. What will happen to this funding in 2019 if, say, there are adverse weather events or a terrible impact is caused by Brexit or CAP changes? What kind of...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for coming in to help the committee in its deliberations. I ask Mr. Joyce when was the energy and national resources sector group established. Does the Irish Congress of Trade Unions see its role as an influencer, given that it represents up to 800,000 workers? Does it see itself as an influencer in getting the message of climate action out, as well as dealing with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I asked specifically whether the unions saw the national climate dialogue as the forum or would it be the other ones.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: My question on upskilling somewhat relates to the staff survey. Do the unions see their role as being on of seeing what staff skills are there in the companies impacted or is that for the company itself?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I asked about whether the action plan for jobs regional implementation committees were something that had been examined in trying to advance things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I also asked about Bord na Móna's brown to green policy of replacing peat with biomass.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: My question was whether the unions had done that. I would have thought that it would be something that ICTU would be familiar with.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: That is biomass.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Recommendation 3 of the Citizens' Assembly on climate action was that the carbon tax be increased, having been introduced in 2010. Has ICTU taken a position on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The questions we are asking are valid, given we have to produce a report. I am not giving a view, just asking a question. It is important we know where ICTU is coming from.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: A remark was addressed to me by Mr. Noone that I want to comment on. I reassure him that I am very much engaged with the workers on the ground. It is as a result of the workers contacting me directly and asking me for this information that I sought it and received it. That was the only reason I had it. I want to clarify that. I would be happy to meet Mr. Noone at any time. I have not...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (5 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made to a fund (details supplied) in view of recent redundancies nationally at Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51068/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 218. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51065/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming before the committee. My question may not be fair but I will ask it in any event. In view of the challenge we are facing in the context of the need for climate action, is it not time that we had a Minister whose sole responsibility would be to steer us through the transition to decarbonise our economy? In other words, should we not have a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I asked a question about where the climate action regional offices are located.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Data (11 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation made in 2018 under the local improvement scheme, LIS, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/18]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Data (11 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As a former member of Offaly County Council, I strongly welcomed the reintroduction of the LIS at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore. The Minister and I had many conversations about how valuable the scheme is to the local authorities and the communities that benefit from it. Will he outline how much funding has been allocated to the scheme, county by county?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Data (11 Dec 2018)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I am delighted to let the Minister know that Offaly County Council is wasting no time in spending the funding allocation. Will he consider developing a specific scheme that will take into account the fact that much of the road network in Offaly is on peat, including many of private roads? With the advent of climate change and given the peat roads last for only five years, rather than the...