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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (4 May 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the criteria by which greenway routes are selected in relation to their capacity to help achieve modal shift in adjacent towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20806/23]

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...

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I welcome the witnesses and thank Ms Buckley and Mr. McCarthy for their opening statements. I do not presume to speak for everybody here but we all share the same wish, which is to have a planning system that works and makes fair and robust decisions in a timely manner. We all share that goal but, clearly, it has not been the case in recent years, as set out in the documents before us. I...

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I welcome those specific apologies and I understand the case for them. Ms Buckley should give consideration to a corporate apology, to which she indicated she is open. It is not just about individual planning applications. The entire public trust in our planning system has been undermined. If she is open to considering a corporate public apology, it would be welcome. Staying with the...

Public Accounts Committee: An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2021 (27 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is Ms Buckley referring to the internal senior management report as opposed to the Resolve Ireland report?

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...

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]

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Thank you, Deputy.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy is over time.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy will have a further two-minute opportunity.