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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister will not be surprised to see me coming in on this. He rightly referenced that Waterford has built on-campus student accommodation. There has been welcome Government interventions on student accommodation, particularly in the case of technological universities, which will be allowed to borrow in order to fund student accommodation for the first time. However, it means we are a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I echo the Chair's comments. I do not think Mr. Duggan should be apologising at all for the length of the submission. The Department has been very good to come before the committee not once, but twice. Mr. Duggan has dealt comprehensively with what I would have come to the meeting to ask the witnesses about. It has been a really useful summary. The issue around the central processing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is what I was thinking. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, really put the cat among the pigeons last week. It is a pity we did not get that input earlier in the process to allow other people to respond to the assertion that it is evidence that the top-up is an unnecessary structure in terms of incentivising people. It has stated that the auto-enrolment, AE, is the thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Coming so late in to the debate, I note that many of the issues have been addressed. I will speak to Green Party members about that straw man proposal on the pay-related benefit this evening and I will steal Mr. Hession's IKEA metaphor as it is a good way of explaining what there is. I will begin with a comment on the figures Mr. Hession gave us regarding the 29,000-odd applications. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It has a bearing on how I frame the next part of the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. The employability scheme is a contracted service, and I have had some interface with this around other job and employment services, for example, JobPath. Senator Wall mentioned they may be asked to re-tender. What are the metrics in terms of when the employability services have to re-tender? How they are assessed and measured? I have a nagging concern about some employment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: They are currently a contracted service so what are they currently being asked to do? How are we measuring the success of those interventions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Hession has kind of pre-empted where the substance of my question is going. We have concentrated on and talked a lot about people who are on disability allowance but Mr. Hession is saying probably the majority of people who have autism are not on disability allowance. We need to reach out to employers and make sure the accommodations are in place. There is probably a role for employer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Hession reckons that the uptake level of those grant streams and funding streams is poor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There must be an information piece. If I may, I will ask just a final question, a broad one. I apologise if it is overly broad. There has been talk about the working-age payment. Now the technology as to how Revenue talks to the Department of Social Protection is probably at a point where we can begin to consider that. I think many autistic people would very much benefit from that kind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Mr. Hession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Perhaps that question came from left field so Ms Hurley may not have all of the information in front of her. I, and perhaps other members, would certainly appreciate getting a full briefing note on that. I am not sure how I feel about the State contracting out services of this type, and employment supports in general. I am not speaking specifically about employability. It is essential,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas a thacófar le hathrú aeráide agus le hoiriúnú aeráide sna réigiúin Ghaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [8501/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have to mention that there is a Waterford film at the Oscars as well and not only one from Achill. Beidh a fhios ag an Aire Stáit go bhfuil dúshlán faoi leith do mhuintir na tuaithe, do mhuintir na Gaeltachta agus do mhuintir na n-oileán maidir lena gcuid astaíochtaí a laghdú. Conas a thacófar le hathrú aeráide agus le hoiriúnú...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Aontaím go bhfuil deis ollmhór i gceantair Ghaeltachta ó thaobh fuinnimh in-athnuaite ach tá a fhios againn go léir go mbeidh an próiseas dícharbónaithe níos dúshlánaí ar cheantair áirithe. Ag féachaint ar na ceantair Ghaeltachta, mar gheall ar nádúr scaipthe na...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is cinnte go bhfuil ról faoi leith ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ó thaobh na ndúshlán seo ach ní féidir linn a bheith siloed laistigh de na Ranna éagsúla. Bheadh sé oiriúnach dúinn labhairt leis an Aire, an Teachta Eamon Ryan, agus a rá leis go bhfuil sé níos costasaí a leithéid d'iarfheistiú a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas atá sé i gceist aici cothromaíocht inscne agus cothromas a chaomhnú ar bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta i bhfianaise na moltaí reachtaíochta nua chun toghcháin don chomhlacht a athbhunú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [8500/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Baineann an cheist seo le toghcháin d’Údarás na Gaeltachta. Ba mhaith liom a fhiafraí den Aire Stáit conas atá sé i gceist aige cothromaíocht inscne agus cothromas a chaomhnú ar bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta i bhfianaise na moltaí reachtaíochta nua.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an bhfreagra sin. Ceann de na fáthanna a raibh daoine i bpobal na Gaeilge diongbháilte go bhfillfí ar thoghcháin d’Údarás na Gaeltachta ná chun guth an phobail sin a chur i gcroílár an phróisis cinnteoireachta inár gceantair Ghaeltachta agus do mhuintir na Gaeilge ar fud na cruinne...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Aithním go bhfuil jab deacair le déanamh ag an Aire Stáit. Caithfidh sé a chinntiú go mbeidh guthanna éagsúla ó na ceantair éagsúla ar an mbord, ní hamháin ón nGaeltacht ollmhór sin i gContae na Gaillimhe ach fós féin na Gaeltachtaí beaga cosúil le Gaeltacht na nDéise atá againn i bPort...