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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are now over time. I will ask the witnesses to respond to some of the previous questions the Senator asked in his contribution including those on nutrition and other issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will allow an additional three minutes if any members want further discussion. I will be directing members to the content of the discussion that is in front of us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has the Comptroller and Auditor General therefore made a recommendation to Fáilte Ireland that it should treat that scheme in a different way? Has the organisation engaged with him on the issue? It seems like a strange situation.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The committee might consider corresponding with Fáilte Ireland and asking it to respond to the recommendation of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (6 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will briefly raise two matters with the Minister. Like Deputy Ó Laoghaire, I am broadly happy with the Supplementary Estimates, but I wish to comment on library infrastructure. Some €250,000, more or less, was invested in the library in Tramore to move it to the My Open Library service. Once people see such investment, they realise that the library has changed from bricks and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (6 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is the type of programme that, if a Minister expressed an interest in it, a resolution would be found quickly. It is one of the issues I would like to see resolved. It is an excellent programme.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (6 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on allowing non-EEA professional drivers to apply for their licence exchange while they are waiting on their Irish residence permit, with the IRP card being the final step in the process prior to the delivery of the Irish driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44210/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on extending the period by which a South African professional driver applicant for a licence exchange need not undergo a reverification process of documents which had been verified through the work permit process from three months to six months, given the delays currently caused by the new requirement for South Africans to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which body will be responsible for evaluating the success of the average speed cameras as more are rolled out; if baseline data will be collected in order to monitor and evaluate progress; whether the data collected will include instances of speeding, collisions, injuries and fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increase in the exemption from income tax from €18,000 to €40,000 for persons aged over 65, whose sole income is pension income, given that the exemption rate has not been increased in years, and has been eroded by inflation and the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45105/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the need for additional primary school places for children with ASD in Waterford for the school year 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44939/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether there are funding streams available for exceptional athletes in sports that are not represented by a national governing body in Ireland, such as jiu-jitsu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to engage on the issue of community employment supervisor pay to uphold the commitment given to re-enter talks given to the relevant unions and to ensure that vital work carried out by dedicated staff in communities can continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44959/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1173. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of public detox beds available in CHO5 each month over the past 12 months; the target his Department has to increase the number of public detox beds in the CHO5 within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44666/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Nov 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider rechannelling expenditure on outsourcing radiotherapy treatments into public service capacity to ensure oncology centres can be fully staffed and there is a sufficient pipeline of training places for radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44938/24]