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Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Almost one year has elapsed since President von der Leyen presented the European Green Deal setting out an ambitious pathway towards making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The agenda of the upcoming European Council includes the aim of agreeing a new EU emissions reduction target for 2030. These discussions do not often arise so I ask the Taoiseach to use the opportunity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. In February, I had never heard of Zoom. There has been a complete change in milieu and our way of doing work as a result of Covid. As Deputy Kerrane said, hopefully it is one of the positives we will take out of the pandemic and we will be able to retain some of those gains as we move forward. In the first instance, I echo what Deputy Ó...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes, digital hubs in Gaeltacht areas.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (3 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made in reaching the 2020 target to reduce by 66% from 2011 levels the number of children in consistent poverty as outlined in Better Outcomes Brighter Futures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40083/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (3 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has established a process or framework for consulting and involving representative groups in the work of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40082/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to bring forward a white paper on the future of accommodation for persons in the international protection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40774/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (3 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated for 2021 to services providing domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence services. [40775/20]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him. The Estimates are straightforward. Having read and understood them, I think this is welcome. We all wish we could do even more for students but this is a welcome measure. As Deputy Alan Farrell mentioned, we need to see the fees issue resolved in the longer term. To stray slightly away from the Estimates, my questions are on mental health...

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I very much welcome this Bill, particularly as we progress towards the end of what has, by all accounts, been an extraordinarily challenging year for people. When budget 2021 was published in October, I specifically addressed the social protection measures therein. They represent very progressive levels of support that have been made available for people who have not only had a very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and or proportion of academics and researchers employed in third level institutions in Ireland who hold short-term contracts and rely on social welfare to supplement their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and other supports that have been given to universities and colleges to support their students to engage with their studies online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Services (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs to the Department of Transport including the integration of local link services and the subsidised hackney scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43327/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts his Department is making to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs; if a funding allocation specifically for rural transport has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts his Department is making to further integrate LocalLink services with other existing public transport services, for example the National Transport Authority, to build on exemplar models of integrated rural transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for developing and supporting a subsidised local area hackney scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44585/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if remote blended learning will be considered for students who have family members who are immunocompromised and therefore at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44556/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places for students in north County Wicklow; if actions are being undertaken to address the shortage of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44581/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Dec 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that have been put in place to allow students exercise their right not to attend religious education in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44582/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: My question is on the rapid antigen testing and it follows on from a similar question from Deputy McNamara earlier. This morning we saw the roll-out of two rapid antigen testing centres to cater for the needs of our hauliers. There is also mounting scientific evidence of the efficacy of such a test. I am not proposing that it would be a replacement for the PCR test but it certainly should...

Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will attempt to be brief to allow some time for the Ministers to come back on my questions. There is no doubt that the pandemic has had an extraordinary and adverse impact on our labour market as well as broader society. Our response in terms of social protection measures has had to be equally extraordinary. As the Minister detailed earlier, the cost to the Exchequer for the PUP is in...