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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I ask Deputy Clarke to be very brief.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on applying a zero VAT rate on heat pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact Assessments (9 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1271, 1272 and 1273 of 8 November 2022, the timeline to commence, and the proposed delivery date, of the review of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (EIA) Regulations in relation to the removal of hedgerows, given the indication that a review would commence shortly, as...
- 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...
- 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: In the specific context for 2021 it was €96 million overall. Mr. Gleeson is saying it is not strictly hypothecated and I understand what he is saying on this. Do we know what was the revenue from the excise tax on betting in 2021? Was it of the order of €96 million? It is certainly presented in the public eye-----
- 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: -----that the money from the betting covers the outlay here. This is absolutely understood in the eye of the public.
- 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 a difficult one to accept. I know what Mr. Gleeson is saying. The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform does not like the idea of hypothecation but it certainly exists in the public eye. The documentation we have states that if there is a shortfall it is topped up by Exchequer funding. What Mr. Gleeson is saying is this is not the case and...
- 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 would be fair for us to expect to be able to have clear sight of how much is coming in, albeit not strictly hypothecated, versus how much goes out.
- 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 am keeping an eye on the clock. I want to come back to the issue on the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board. The Department asked for information on remuneration and staff salary bands in 2021. Was is forthcoming?
- 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 know what has been said about it being an independent body but it derives a lot of funding from the taxpayer. In May 2021 it stated the maximum early retirement payment to any individual would not exceed 104 weeks of salary and-or equivalent redundancy calculations and there would be no exception to this. Subsequently in June it paid the CEO €142,000, or 58%, more than the amount...
- 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.
- 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: We need accountability for public money. That is our role here, certainly. I want to talk quickly about the TB eradication programme, which Deputy Colm Burke went into in a great deal of detail in the first contribution. It is a lot of money. Are we analysing it for value for money? I absolutely want to qualify that by saying, and Mr. Gleeson said it at the start, that there has been...
- 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 am sorry; in an international context, I know places like Spain and Portugal have a completely different climate and agricultural system. This is in terms of Wales, Scotland and England and the international context. I know exactly what Mr. Gleeson is saying. To trade on our beef and all the rest of it, we have to say that eradication is where we are going.
- 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: Can Mr. Gleeson show me an international comparison that is an actual comparison as opposed to a hotter, drier climate with fewer head of beef etc? Is this achievable? Have we seen this achieved in a similar context elsewhere?
- 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: On the badgers-----
- 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: On culling versus vaccination, I have all sorts of reasons why I do not like badger culling from my own political background. I also understood it to be fantastically expensive per badger culled, however. Are we phasing that out as a practice entirely? Are we moving towards vaccination? Where does the balance lay currently? What is the current state of play?
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (4 May 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider the expansion of the interdepartmental group work programme on identifying key enablers and barriers to transit-oriented design, as outlined in the Climate Action Plan Annex of Actions, to focus beyond the four Dublin local authorities to the regional cities, in order to consider transit-oriented development as a...