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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the streamlining of the process between the work permit system and the Irish residence permit system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24271/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contractors listed on the OPW’s contractors list over the past five years; the number of applications, the number of additions and the number of removals to the list each year; the value of projects assigned to each contractor; the number of projects per contractor that have been identified as being non-compliant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria by which contractors are removed from the OPW’s contractors list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26613/24]

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: What is the anticipated cost per unit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to talk about flood relief programmes. We get a narrative involving planning and judicial reviews. How many programmes are held up in judicial reviews? Deputy O'Connor is not here now but the big flood that we had recently affected west Waterford just as much as it did Midleton. People spoke about planning in the aftermath but as I understand it, that flood relief scheme was not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is nothing wrong with Waterford.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy will get to come in twice.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Deputy Stanton is taking Question No. 57.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (26 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of insurance companies to increase car insurance premium renewals based on specific addresses of the policy owners, while not taking into account security measures such as CCTV, driveways, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27355/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the RSA for taking the time to attend. I am glad Mr. Waide provided clarity as regards the RSA's openness to attend the committee. The initial response may have struck the wrong tone and was probably ill judged. I am very glad to see the RSA appear before the Committee of Public Accounts today. I put the following questions against the backdrop of a fatality in Waterford...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: To cut through, increased car journeys correlates with increased car collisions.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am coming to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is one in which the RSA has a particular role.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Action 41 of the action plan on road safety strategy is to encourage modal shift to support environmental, safety and health objectives by promoting the use of sustainable and active modes of travel. The lead on this is the Department of Transport but also the sport agency, NTA, Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and the RSA. How much money has the RSA assigned to campaigns that encourage modal shift?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The witnesses will know where I am going with this in that they know I have an opinion on where we place the blame for collisions that involve particularly vulnerable road users. Even though we have gone backwards in the past couple of years, since 2006 we have made improvements with regard to the number of deaths on the roads. We have not seen improvements with pedestrians, however. There...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to return to something my colleague, Deputy Steven Matthews, put to the witnesses at a transport committee meeting about submissions on road safety interventions. At that meeting, it was stated that the RSA had not made any submissions, either on section 38 or Part 8 planning matters. Why?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That does not really wash in that these are public consultations. I could point Mr. Waide to many schemes with regard to the weight of the authority of the RSA if the RSA had come in. I believe Ms O'Connor stated in subsequent interviews that they did not want to make submissions on road safety interventions because the RSA did not want to be political. This astounds me. It could be a...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has RSA made submissions on section 38 or Part 8 consultations?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are talking around the point here. Is it correct that the RSA has not made submissions on Part 8s or section 38s?