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- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has the board had sight of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has the board had sight of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If there are recommendations contained within that report, it is fair to say then that the board, as it has not had sight of the report, cannot have implemented any such recommendations contained therein.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Can Ms Buckley see how the public might cast a jaundiced eye on yet another report, which will the fourth one to be commissioned, given they presumably have all been paid for out of the public purse? Even members of this committee have not had sight of those reports.
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have an eye on the clock and there are many questions I want to get to. The Office of the Planning Regulator report on phase 1 states how more recently, "An Bord Pleanála has faced high levels of successful legal challenges to its decisions and associated costs – approximately €8m, or 45% of its budget, in 2021." It is a very substantial proportion of any body's budget...
- Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Ms Buckley; I am sorry to cut her short. I know other members will dig down into these costs. There is another aspect I wish to briefly explore, however. She referred to the context for making these decisions changing all the time. I want to refer to some of the environmental context. Traditionally, the Irish planning system and, therefore, the board enjoyed quite a wide...
- Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes. In any case, I was lost in a reverie of looking out in my mind's eye from a hill in Malahide across Lambay Island-----
- Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am sure it is. I thank Deputy Alan Farrell. For many of us, where we come from has been stitched into us, even from the perspective of placenames. I am from Butlerstown. It is no great surprise that Butlerstown Castle is one of the heritage sites that would sit in my mind's eye. Knockeen Dolmen is less than a mile from my house. Going there, it is not possible to escape a realisation...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail his Department's support for the Irish humanitarian effort in Sudan, given the deteriorating situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19851/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ClimateFinance Report prepared by Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19852/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to respond to recommendations 72 and 73 relating to energy production under section 1.10 of the Report from the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity Loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19850/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to adapt future iterations of the Climate Action Plan to integrate the Biodiversity Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19849/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (25 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a request for engagement with all relevant agencies, including his Department by a west Offaly community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans to build the ASD pod at Dungarvan College, County Waterford; when she expects the pod to be open to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19272/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the pilot caravan loan scheme has been completed; when the new scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I was briefly away elsewhere. I apologise if there is a small bit of duplication with regard to what has been covered by Deputy Catherine Murphy and the Cathaoirleach. I want to get through a range of issues but I will start with the horse and greyhound racing fund. The 80:20 split is set in law as I understand it. Is there any flexibility in it? Let us say one of them is performing in a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has this been looked at? I understand it is a single line in legislation that outlines the 80:20 split.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is extraordinary that there is no accountability to go along with the funding in either of the sectors.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes. It does seem extraordinary to me. I suppose I can comment on it. The fund is financed through excise duty collected from a tax on betting. Legitimate points were made during the week that online betting has changed where betting is happening. It is only these two sports, as I understand it, that benefit from this fundraising mechanism. Whether this is right, just or correct is a...