Results 901-920 of 3,777 for speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I recently said there is a phrase that should be written on the wall of every office in this Oireachtas. It reads: "Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a livable future." This was said by Hans-Otto Pörtner, one of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, working chairs. We are walking a climate tightrope and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that her Department’s plans with regard to support for children fleeing from Ukraine are integrated with plans from other Departments in order to achieve a whole of Government approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the provision of summer language classes for children fleeing from Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (17 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering a comparative evaluation of the work undertaken by supervisors on community employment schemes and supervisors on the rural social scheme and TUS scheme in order to address pay disparities between the two; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24521/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is reviewing the six-year rule in relation to the rural social scheme; if she will consider extending it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (17 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for the provision of an additional two days in-service training for all primary teachers (details supplied) from 1 September to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January to 31 December 2024. [24209/22]

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is a conversation we will need to rehearse over and again in the coming years and decades. A just transition has at its core the principle of solidarity so that, as we make changes to our economy and society in response to the existential implications of climate change and biodiversity breakdown, we protect our most...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State. We have spent a significant amount of time on this question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have spent a large amount of time on questions on this issue this morning.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy has exhausted his interventions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is not as I understand it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Can I clarify-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am prepared to give the Deputy another minute. The Deputy has four interventions, but will he console himself with one additional minute?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I hope to reach two further questions if Deputy Durkan promises to be brief.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am hoping, as I indicated, to reach two more questions. If Members could be economical in their use of time, I would appreciate it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Infrastructure (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will be concluding the session at 10.30 a.m. but I will allow Deputy Naughten to put his question.

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am apt to quoting song lyrics in this house. Today, an obvious one leaps out as a good fit, which is Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". It goes, "Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone." We cannot continue to make these lyrics true. We cannot allow or precipitate the collapse of the biosphere that has sustained, shaped...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (24 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We move now to Question No. 9, which is in the name of Deputy Lawless.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (24 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It was not communicated to me that the Deputy intended to do so, but I will allow it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Judicial Appointments (24 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy is well over time with his response.