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Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I call Deputy Higgins, who is sharing time with Deputy Leddin.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with the principal and the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss her Department's future plans with respect to the provision of a permanent school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families that have been impacted by the technical issues pertaining to an email addresses (details supplied); the proportion of those who missed the application deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49618/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the latest data in respect of service disruptions including cancellations of Bus Éireann services in Waterford city and in the south east for the periods of September, August and July 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 642. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic bonus payment for frontline workers will be rolled out to all eligible workers in the State, including those in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding the PhD in educational psychology to emulate the subsidised training for clinical psychologists during which trainees and related doctorate programmes are paid in order to ensure that all trainees and students are treated fairly financially to help address the shortage in psychologists in the State; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking in order to ensure that there is consistency across all level 4 hospitals in relation to the provision of insulin pump therapy to adults, given that University Hospital Waterford is not providing insulin pump therapy to adults and does not offer treatment to adult patients who are using the therapy, resulting in those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of a diabetes podiatrist in University Hospital Waterford, given the estimated three-year waiting list to see a community diabetes podiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49837/22]

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am relieved that Deputy Ó Murchú has left the Chamber because I was intimidated by the stellar heights of grade 5. I could manage the right hand and the left hand but playing two hands together at any given time always eluded me. Preparing for this debate I read through the Boaden report. It begins with a series of quotations from different periods in Irish life, starting with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (6 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to East Africa, where over 20 million people are facing rising malnutrition as a result of droughts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48910/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the increase in overseas development aid spend in Budget 2023 is consistent with Ireland's committed target of reaching 0.7% of gross national index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48909/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this Bill during its last lap through the Houses. It is once-in-a-generation legislation, as evidenced by the fact that the legislation it is replacing is some 50 years old. When one thinks of the sea change that has happened in third level provision since 1972, imagining ourselves 50 years into the future is difficult. These amendments are in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We would accept one in a row in Waterford if we could get it, never mind five. I was very encouraged to hear Paula Hilman, the assistant commissioner for roads policing with the Garda traffic bureau, telling the justice committee yesterday that she and her colleagues are fully supportive of introducing an online portal for members of the public to upload evidence of road traffic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Apologies have been received from Deputy Naughten while Deputy Joan Collins will be joining the meeting later. Members participating in the meeting remotely are required to do so from within the Leinster House complex. I ask members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. I ask members participating remotely to use the "raise hand"...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Ms Martin very much, particularly for persisting despite the feedback and the echo, which are making things difficult for everyone. Deputy Paul Donnelly is first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very good. I remind members taking part on Microsoft Teams who wish to ask questions to indicate using the "raise hand" function. There seems to be broad acceptance from across the sector and the Charities Regulator that the legislation is necessary. I know that a courts and civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill covered some of this ground but was not progressed. In addition,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Some material changes and the significant events are the two things that have come across the submissions. It shows the benefit of having a pre-legislative scrutiny process. Our guests have brought a level of nuance to the discussion today, which answers many of the concerns. Certainly, if we see that feed through into the legislation, it will be helpful. I wish to give our guests the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Could the witnesses flesh out the role of the Charity Appeals Tribunal? That was the third leg of the stool of my questioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very good. As no other Member is offering, that concludes our consideration of this matter with the Charities Regulator. I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They were very valuable. We will now take a short break before moving to our second session with representatives from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Again, I thank the witnesses before us for attending.