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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This question is for Mr. Ó Lionáin. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked about capital funding to Cycling Ireland. Mr. Ó Lionáin said that he thinks the organisation is back in good standing. I think we would prefer a more detailed response, particularly given the investment in the national velodrome.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to turn briefly to Horse Sport Ireland. Again, we are into governance and funding issues here. I do not want to say the picture is murkier because of the connotations but it is more difficult, in that Sport Ireland is not the sole provider of funds to Horse Sport Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is involved as well. Has Dr. May seen the report by Indecon...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: How would Dr. May characterise it, because the arrangement is unique? Has Dr. May had adequate access to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine? Has she had the opportunity to sit down with them and discuss the findings of the report by Indecon International and the other governance issues that apply to Horse Sport Ireland? Does Dr. May have adequate access in that regard?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the proposed rebranding of Irish Aid to the Government of Ireland Development Programme Overseas as indicated last December; if an assessment of the potential impacts has been completed; the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28740/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if preparations are under way ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit convening this September in New York and in particular for the role Ireland will play as co-facilitator of a negotiated political declaration as an output from the summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department should have more stringent guidelines in place for contractors to ensure that ESBN NC6 applications are submitted in a more uniform and timely manner to ensure that customers are given access to feed-in tariff payments at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28747/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with energy providers to ensure that all electricity customers with smart meters, and regardless of tariff plan, are given access to their real-time data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (15 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is sending a delegation to the WHO-convened Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in Geneva in June 2023; if so, the composition of the delegation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28926/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [29514/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I wanted to return to this idea of cultural and language expression as a measurement within our well-being framework. I wanted to compare and contrast what we measure here in Ireland versus what is measured in Wales, with its well-being framework. The Welsh model measures the percentage of people attending or participating in arts, culture or heritage at least three times a year, the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The announcement from the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, earlier today regarding Higher Education Authority plans to expand college courses in a range of areas was very welcome. It is very good news for the South East Technological University, which has been deemed to have viable proposals for establishing a veterinary course of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29515/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There are potentially 12 Deputies offering on this topic. I ask Members to keep as tight as possible in their questionings.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the information her Department's planning and building unit has available regarding current Irish primary school outdoor spaces, including the average space available, how the space was designed, what boundaries, surfaces, equipment and natural elements are in situ, whether funding for equipment has been through public or private means, if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister. The piece of business he had to do in the Department of Justice was very short.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Other Ministers may have used the opportunity to escape thereafter. I am glad he has taken the time to do an "ask me anything" session with committee members. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a list of questions as long as my arm and I do not think I will get through all of them. I am going to start with the news of the day, as the Minister described it, about the HEA expression of interest process. Like others on the committee, I turned to my own region and was delighted to see that the three bids from the South East Technological University, SETU, had been judged viable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is useful. There is a way to run yet. The technological universities have been a driver towards the balanced regional development to which Senator Dolan referred and for which we are all striving. An issue in respect of transformational funding has been raised with me consistently. Transformational funding was extremely important in the introduction of multicampus universities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will stay with the TUs, which we need to function as research institutions. The Minister will not be blindsided by the following question because I have put it to him previously. I feel, as do the institutions, that there is a need to develop a professorship model so that we encourage that research facility. These institutions can be huge engines for research in each of their regions....