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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (21 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: The exact information that the Deputy has requested is not available. The Census of Population provides information on the numbers of persons who reported working from home as well as the type of internet connection in the household. The CSO’s quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) collects information from those persons in employment relating to how frequently they work from home. From...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: Tá ullmhú nó feidhmiú pleananna teanga idir lámha i gcás gach ceann den 26 Limistéar Pleanála Teanga (LPT) Gaeltachta atá aitheanta faoi Acht na Gaeltachta 2012. Tá pleananna ceadaithe faoin bpróiseas go dáta i leith 14 den 26 LPT eadhon: - Cois Fharraige; - Gaoth Dobhair, Rann na Feirste, Anagaire & Loch an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (21 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá oifigigh mo Roinne ag obair faoi láthair i gcomhar le hOifig an Ard-Aighne chun Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) a dhréachtú. Tá an Bille seo ar Chlár Reachtaíochta an Rialtais don seisiún seo. Mar chuid thábhachtach den leasú ar an Acht, tá sé i gceist aird a thabhairt ar an...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Deputy is not being fair.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I apologise for my lateness. It is unfortunate that Committee Stage is being held over several weeks because it interrupts the flow of the discussion of the Bill. The issues raised by the Senator regarding de-designation were previously discussed. This section of the Bill seeks to address the changes made in terms of encouraging extra designation of State-owned lands and de-designation of...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Bill takes into account that for the 2014 natural heritage area, NHA, raised bog review, more than 270 individual raised bogs were examined. The individual raised bogs examined comprised the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation, SACs, the existing 75 NHA raised bogs, and more than 100 non-designated sites. Hence, within the Bill the definition of bog habitat refers to the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator. The focus of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and her Department is on the management, conservation and restoration of the SAC and NHA networks, which contain bog habitats. In this context, the National Raised Bogs Special Areas of Conservation Management Plan 2017-2022, which was approved by the Government and published in December 2017, sets out...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: It is important to indicate that for the sites that are staying as NHAs or for new NHAs, we would not envisage any turf cutting, including for household use. That would not impact on the site. The non-designated sites are outside our remit. We could bring that up with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. The amendments relate to a definition of "household use" but the...

Domestic Violence (No-contact order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: No.

Sectoral Employment Orders: Referral to Joint Committee (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Orders in draft:(i) Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019, and (ii) Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2019,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 9th May, 2019, be referred to the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Data (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: The CSO has a formal Quality Management Framework (QMF) which is aligned with the European Statistical System Quality Assurance Framework (ESS QAF) and with the European Statistics Code of Practice (ESCoP). Information about the QMF is published by the CSO at: Key actions within the QMF include the use of the UN Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) as the standard framework...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: An anonymous document entitled “Protecting Trust in all Official Statistics Produced in Ireland” was received by members of the National Statistics Board in early September 2018. This document was considered by the Board at its meeting on 5 September 2018. The then Chairperson subsequently asked the Director General of the CSO for a response to the matters raised in the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 to 94, inclusive, together. The grades of Statistician, Senior Statistician, Director, Assistant Director General and Director General fall within the definition of statistical managers within the CSO. Details of the requirements for each post are available below. Statistician The Central Statistics Office places a minimum academic requirement commensurate...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: Audit committees are an integral part of the control environment across central government. The function of audit committees is to provide independent advice to Accounting Officers regarding the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control systems and procedures of their organisations. As stipulated in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Audit Committee Guidelines...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (14 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Director General of the Central Statistics Office is appointed in accordance with the Statistics Act 1993 and the EU Regulation on European Statistics. The Government agreed to extend the Director General’s term of appointment on 26 February 2019 in accordance with section 12 (4) of the Statistics Act 1993, which provides that the Director General shall hold office on such terms...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that questions for oral answer to the Taoiseach under Standing Order 38 will not be taken on Wednesday, 15 May 2019 and the suspension of the sitting under Standing Order 25(1) will take place after Questions on Promised Legislation, for one hour.

Orders of Reference of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move:That, in relation to the orders of the Dáil of 3rd July, 2018 and 29th January, 28th February and 13th March, 2019, establishing and amending the orders of reference of the Special Committee on Climate Action, the orders of reference are hereby amended–(a) by the substitution of the following subparagraphs for subparagraphs (i) to (v) inclusive of paragraph (a):‘(i)...

Special Meeting of Joint Committees: Motion (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, three or more Joint Committees, in accordance with their orders of reference, may hold a joint meeting or meetings in the Seanad Chamber for the purpose of engagement on policy challenges for the European Union on the occasion of Europe Day 2019 on Thursday, 9th May, 2019: Provided that the quorum for the joint meeting shall be 10, and...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: I propose that we suspend the House until 3.45 p.m., when we will recommence with Leaders’ Questions.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Central Statistics Office carried out the homeless count as part of Census 2016. The methodology for conducting the homeless count was to identify establishments where homeless persons were staying on Census night and also to carry out a rough sleepers count on the night of Census, 24thApril, 2016. In 2011 the list of establishments was compiled mainly from a list of accommodation and...