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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: They might be forwarded to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That would be great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We would all be very interested in seeing the information. For supplementary questions, I will follow the same running order we had before, beginning with Senator Garvey. I ask members to be brief this time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is that to Limerick Junction?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Wait until the Deputy hears about the services between Rosslare and Waterford.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Did the representatives want to respond to the Deputy's points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That concludes this morning's consideration of rural public transport. The takeaway is that a great deal has been achieved in a short time but we still have much work to do. The committee intends to return to this topic at a later stage. I thank the witnesses from Irish Rural Link and the NTA for their time this morning. I now propose that the committee goes into private session to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [21307/23]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Professor Donnelly. I apologise for the musical chairs in the middle of his answer. I call Deputy Clarke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is hard to believe my research on medieval English has yet to find an industrial application, but there you go. Senator Flynn left a number of questions. She has been called away unavoidably. With the permission of the witnesses, I will put her questions to them on her behalf. The Senator has asked whether this Bill commits to allocating funding for frontier research and to increasing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the witnesses for coming here and sharing their knowledge and expertise in a fairly truncated session. We could have expanded and gone into a great deal more detail had the format allowed. The discussion has been very informative and will go towards informing our report on pre-legislative scrutiny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank all of the witnesses for their adherence to the timeframe. They were all very punctual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Thank you for your brevity. I call Senator O'Loughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very good. I thank all our guests for their submissions, but I single out Ms Dolan's submission for the detailed way it goes through the different heads providing amendments. It gives me something concrete to respond to in my own head. I found it very helpful. General themes are coming across from today's session and from what I am receiving in my inbox, as I imagine other members are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: On behalf of the committee, I thank all of the witnesses for attending today and providing us with the benefit of their knowledge and insight in this area. It has been a very productive discussion, which I think will go some way to informing our final report on pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They were thought-provoking. The need for definition and clarity are absolutely pivotal. We need legislation that we hope will stand the test of time. I will first deal with the idea of fundamental versus applied research. I share many of the concerns raised by Deputy O'Callaghan. As it stands, the Bill reads as something that may be a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Frank Jones, spokesperson for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU; Dr. John Walsh, the Trinity convenor from the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT; Dr. Richard Vance, chair of the Irish Research Staff Association, IRSA; Mr. Waqar Ahmed, vice president for postgraduate affairs, Union of Students in Ireland, USI; and Ms Annette Dolan,...