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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 124: In page 44, line 21, after “development,” to insert the following: “in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 “through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 126: In page 45, line 6, after “data,” to insert the following: “including, but not limited to, disaggregated data in relation to public and private funding, funding from foreign sources (including the country to which the source is attributable, date of funding and description of any conditions or restrictions applied), and funding streams from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a 0% VAT rate applied to bikes and e-bikes, including supply, rental and repair, in view of the agreement reached on 7 December 2021 by the Council of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20492/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (28 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the expansion of the bike to work scheme in order to include businesses set up as sole trader or partnership arrangements, as the scheme currently applies only to limited company status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding interim findings from the slow water project, funded by the OPW and the Environmental Protection Agency, which is due to be completed in 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the publication of the second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development to 2030, to replace the previous strategy which ran to 2020 and following the close of the public consultation on the new strategy in June 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20509/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move: Wednesday's business shall be: -Motions for Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022 [Votes 27, 28, 33, 35, 36 and 38] (to be moved together and decided without debate by one question) -Motion reReferral to Committee of the Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022 (without debate) -Motion reMinisterial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (4 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the current number and locations of wheelchair accessible electric vehicle charging points by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22053/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is a commitment in the programme for Government regarding an Irish sea way walking trail designed to boost tourism and slow tourism along the east and south coasts. There was also a commitment in that to undertake a consultation process with communities along the coast from Carlingford Lough all the way down to Cobh. Could the Minister of State make a statement on the progress of this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is an interesting answer. What we are really looking at is an infrastructural piece and I am not sure this is the type of thing Fáilte Ireland could or should be involved in. I think there is a role for central government in it and there is clearly a role for local authorities. A good example of this is found in Waterford where Waterford City and County Council has worked with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am sure that if Deputy Matthews was here, he would have been referencing the Bray to Greystones route, which I have walked myself and which is beautiful. I mentioned the route from Dunmore to Ballymacaw. There is also a loop trail that is the final furlong of St. Declan's Way, which takes in the Ardmore cliff walk. Again, this was developed by the local authority and was done in a very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This question is related to the previous one in many ways. It relates to sustainable and slow tourism. The Dubliners may have sung "Thank God We're Surrounded By Water" but certainly in terms of transport or tourism, being an island nation makes it more difficult for people to arrive here in a sustainable way. What steps are being taken to promote slow tourism through sail-rail-trail...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am understandably biased but I will say that Waterford again leads the way in terms of sustainable travel. We know for a fact that the success of the Waterford greenway has shown how good a value proposition this type of tourism is. The marketing department of Fáilte Ireland can have the following for free. I want people to see the greenway as the green way. I want tourists to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Rosslare Europort has been a real success story over the last number of years in its freight response to things like Brexit, for example, and in terms of the passenger numbers that are arriving. People are increasingly choosing to travel by ferry. There might be a range of reasons for that. It might be that they get to bring their car. There are also a certain number of people who are...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: My time is relatively short. There might not be consensus emerging across the House, but I think everybody in the House seems to agree with the broad thrust of where we are going in terms of the provision of housing for Ukrainians. There is increased unanimity on the view that we must tackle vacancy. Points have been made about dereliction, which we are further away from tackling, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bullying in Educational Institutions (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister referenced employment laws. Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 states that certain institutions, including schools, should not be taken to discriminate against a person if their decision is made in order to maintain the religious ethos of the institution. I know that is still felt in staffrooms. I have taught with people who have felt like they had to obscure their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have made great strides in terms of sustainable transport. However, one of the areas that still needs work is the school transport system and school buses in particular. Further to Question No. 150 of 1 February, 2022, has the review of the existing school bus allocation system been completed and has the Minister's attention been drawn to the need to increase flexibility in ticket allocation?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: As a member of the Green Party I may believe in recycling, but that was almost verbatim the answer that was received to the parliamentary question submitted on 1 February. I would have hoped to see some movement forward since then. For many children, the school bus is their first experience of public transport. Indeed, that was the case for me, back in the middle ages when I was taking the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge the good work that is under way and the additional flexibility that is being built in. It would be churlish not to. I would like to have an idea of the actual timeline for that review being completed. We were initially given an indication of quarter 1 of 2022 and we would like to see it over the line. I will refer to a specific instance where...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Last week, in the company of representatives from Waterford LEADER Partnership, I visited two new office buildings in the Blackwater Valley economic development zone, in Lismore and Tallow, both very fine new buildings that offer a company all it would need in the centre of these historic towns. Injecting good jobs and salaries into rural towns such as these throughout the country has the...