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Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If the Deputy asks his questions, the Minister of State will respond.

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If the House and the Minister of State agree, I propose to take the Rural Independent Group slot now.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2016 to 2025 the United Nations decade of action on nutrition. It set out a concrete timeline for the implementation of commitments to meet a set of global nutrition targets by 2025 and identified what it called an unprecedented opportunity for addressing all forms of malnutrition. I do not know how I can make that commitment sit...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that his Department is taking in order to address the shortage of educational psychologists in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51630/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that his Department is taking in order to ensure that there is an available and sufficient workforce with the requisite skills and expertise for the new green economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that his Department has taken to transpose EU Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on Transparency and Predictability of Working Conditions, due to be transposed into Irish law on 2 August 2022; when he expects that work to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51139/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1 o’clock I thank Mr. O'Regan for the presentation. To be honest, I am not sure I exited it a great deal wiser than I entered it. I often talk about how I used to be a primary teacher. I was often the first person a parent met who tried to put a name to what they knew about their child. They knew there was something there but I might be the person to say it was possibly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That answer is tangential to the question I put. On a population-wide level, we should be able to model this. We should have an understanding of how many people in a given cohort are likely to have autism. Whatever knowledge we have about the different tiered structures and the level of assessment that is needed, we should be able to infer and model on a population-wide basis how many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am now straining the leniency of the Chairperson, but when do we expect that process to lay an egg? It is fine to tell parents that we are in the middle of the process but when are we going to see an output?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is interesting to note that the autism committee also heard this morning about mental health supports for people with autism. I note as well that the Sub-Committee on Mental Health met this morning. Balkanisation was mentioned. It is interesting that even in the Houses of the Oireachtas this morning, three different committees met to discuss more or less the same issue. As a former...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: In fact, the teachers will incur a cost. They will not receive an extra payment for doing the course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: They will not have an additional qualification. They will never pay back the cost of their fees, never mind the release and everything else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is also worth saying that those posts of responsibility are fantastic value for money for the taxpayer. A lot of expertise and experience is provided for what is not a great deal of extra money and they have a huge role in contributing to facets across the school, not just in mental health but also curricular implementation and all of those things.

An Bille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Gabhaim buíochas as an deis labhairt ar an mBille. De réir mar a thuigim, níl sé ar intinn ag an Aire Stáit cur ina choinne agus tacaím leis an seasamh sin. Níl an Bille gan locht agus aithním go bhfuil ceisteanna tromchúiseacha ardaithe ag an Aire Stáit ach cabhróidh an díospóireacht seo agus, má théann an Bille ar...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am glad I came in early as I see someone is availing of work-life balance, and we see that every silver lining apparently has a cloud for Deputy Murphy. We have the great luxury of a position of permanent opposition, where we can find fault in everything. In fact-----

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am not one bit ashamed of myself.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am not one bit ashamed of the achievements of this Government in terms of progressing workers’ rights - not one bit. I am proud to stand over it. I am proud to stand over those new things that we have brought during the lifetime of this Government. We spoke about some of them earlier, for example, the extension of parental leave being one of those important things and it is now...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Parental Leave (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The question was tabled by Deputy Leddin. The timeframe of the question is interesting in that it covers the past ten years. My oldest child is now ten years old. I was teaching at the time of his birth and remember well that I had three days' leave, and by the time I had the second fella, it had been extended to two weeks' leave. It moved away from the perception that what dad was doing...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Parental Leave (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I described a typical family setting in my case, but it is important that those rights are extended to same sex-couples. What we are doing in terms of domestic violence leave is also extremely important. These measures are underpinned by a thriving economy, but the economy works for society; it is not the other way around. We are seeing that reflected in some of the changes made by the...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Ukraine War (13 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: What is the number is the number of persons housed in private properties where the owner is in receipt of the recognition payment? Will the Minister provide an update on the number of pledged properties deemed suitable for the placement of a person or family from Ukraine? What is the number of people who have been placed in pledged accommodation to date? Will the Minister make a statement...