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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Marine Protected Areas (19 Sep 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to ask the Minister of State about the marine protected areas legislation. It is key unfinished work that we have in front of us as a Government. I would like to see it completed, not just from the point of view of the environmental NGOs, which are looking for progress on this, as is anybody with an interest in the marine, but, also, as we are developing our offshore wind, it is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Marine Protected Areas (19 Sep 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State. We are great friends, both inside and outside this Chamber, so I hope he does not mind if I put the boot in a little on this. That was not really much of an answer. The clock is ticking on this Government, whether we are talking about November, December, Valentine's Day, or March 2025. There is not a great deal of time and this is key legislation. Under...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Marine Protected Areas (19 Sep 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have a range of competing interests that are looking at our offshore area. It should be mentioned that we do not have a senior Minister for the marine even though nine tenths of our actual territorial area is the marine. We do not want a Klondike situation here. We have huge growth in offshore renewables, which is welcome. We have that designated maritime area plan, DMAP, process,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will slightly recast the Topical Issue that I submitted, which was not to deal with school bus transport in west Waterford. It was specifically on a school transport issue arising between Ardmore and Dungarvan. If the Minister of State does not know that part of the world well, I remind him that Ardmore is the seat of St. Declan, who converted the Déise tribe to Christianity, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I know it is under assessment, as I have kicked up blue bloody murder to have it assessed. It is only a matter of time. One would want to see it to believe it. It is a main stretch of the N25, a single carriageway with a hard shoulder on either side. The cars do not have any place to pull up. There is a small privately owned car park. Many of the cars are pulling up on the hard...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (19 Sep 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that will be taken to meet the target of at least 20% of the staff recruited to public bodies being competent in Irish by December 2030, under the first National Plan for Irish Language Public Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 187.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rates for driver testing in each test centre in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 188.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if retraining of existing driver testers took place in order to clear the backlog of tests which had built up during the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of existing testers that received training; if an external company or internal trainers carried out the training; if criteria or the stringency of testing have changed during or following...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 189.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on introducing a requirement that drivers who have been disqualified from driving for a period retake their driving test again prior to returning to the road after that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31396/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 727.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the removal of grants for ancillary staff in schools; if she plans to reinstate these grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32254/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1341.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employment under the job initiative scheme could be included as employment on the list of employment schemes which would not negate a person’s eligibility for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1654.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to relinquish the protected zone status with respect to fireblight disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31909/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1655.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current extent of fireblight disease in Ireland; how this is being identified, monitored and evaluated; the steps his Department is taking to eradicate the disease and raise public awareness in relation to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31910/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1656.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is engaging with Irish fruit growers in relation to fireblight disease; the meetings that have been had to date; the outcomes of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31911/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1792.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projected timeline for a hub for children and a hub for older people at St. Otteran's Hospital, including planning and construction phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31860/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 2195.To ask the Minister for Health when the 98 new acute beds for delivery over three years for University Hospital Waterford, announced in May 2024, will be delivered; a project timeline for the design, planning and build of the new ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 2196.To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the construction of the two-floor vertical extension over the existing outpatient department for 36 consulting rooms, four treatment rooms, four measurement rooms and two virtual consulting rooms at University Hospital Waterford, following planning permission granted in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31854/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 2197.To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the announcement in June 2024 that the funding for an appraisal of the two-floor vertical extension over the existing outpatient department project at University Hospital Waterford; the person or organisation that will carry out the appraisal and to what end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31855/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 2198.To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the greenfield ambulance base at University Hospital Waterford, including a construction commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31856/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 2201.To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline including the construction commencement date for the pathology laboratory at University Hospital Waterford, initially scheduled for Q1 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31859/24]