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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission from Dóchas and Global Food Crisis: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Chairman on the double: first, for allowing me to be here at all; and, second, for allowing me to contribute far earlier than I could reasonably have expected. I hope to be speaking in the Dáil on some of these issues during the pre-European Council statements shortly. As a result, I apologise if I have to leave straight away after receiving the witnesses' answers. I...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Climate Action Plan (16 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to action 73a(i) of the Climate Action Plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31328/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (16 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that the OPW will be taking to address the ecological and environmental impact of arterial drainage works given the comments made by the Taoiseach regarding the need for a new era of stewardship of the natural world in Ireland; the steps that his Department will take to integrate ecological engineering approaches and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Process (16 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that his Department intends to integrate the Wellbeing Framework into the budgetary process and the budgetary cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31305/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an implementation plan for suggested recommendations within the Five Cities Demand Management Study in order to use demand management measures to reduce car usage, improve the efficiency of public transport and safety of those embracing active travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30597/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the delivery of the updated National Cycling Manual in order for up-to-date standards to be made available to local authorities to design and deliver active travel networks to the necessary level of quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any energy retrofit and renewable energy works have been funded under the minor works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29374/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I will endeavour to fill that minute well. This is the central challenge facing our education system at present. We are talking about 6,000 children arriving and presenting with a very specific, but complex, set of needs. In trying to get my head around it, I was trying to tease through what my central concerns were in terms of providing the most appropriate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: My next questions are for Ms Ward. One might be unfair because it is probably the NCCA which would have to be here to answer this. Is Ms Ward aware of any comparison in curriculums in order that we might identify gaps? Take the example I gave of the maths curriculum. She said a report from the ombudsman will be forthcoming on forward planning. The NEPs provision was not where it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I do not know if I have exhausted the Chair's indulgence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is a final question to everyone. The summer inclusion programme is a huge opportunity to get six weeks or so of very high quality education to a cohort which particularly needs it. I am thinking of English language. It is an opportunity to give a breathing space to parents who will need to find their feet as Ms Ryan outlined. What would the representatives here ideally like to see...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Funnily enough, this is what it sounds like when the Green Party talk among themselves. We bring a different lens to issues of this kind. We have made a significant contribution in this Government to reimagining how we approach the issue of housing. We take an ecological approach or a systems-based approach where we see these things as they knit themselves together. I hope we are bringing...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If we leave property out of that equation, it leaves a huge lacuna. Nonetheless, I am not convinced that the local property tax as currently constituted does all of the jobs that we need it to do. The taxes that are proposed in this report - the derelict sites tax and the vacant properties tax - are perhaps supplemental but I am not sure it is the direction we should actually be going. We...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Deputy Duffy for agreeing to share time with me. I will start with a nod to Waterford because it is mentioned throughout the report. The report is excellent and should be important if its recommendations are implemented. I hope it will become important. Waterford is rightly mentioned in that it has led the way under the repair-and-lease scheme. This features mainly in our...

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A document on well-being measures is progressing through the Cabinet. It is based closely on the OECD Better Life Index. One of the factors measured is education. One of the other things measured in the OECD framework is the idea of different forms of capital and of human capital being one of them. Investing in education is investing in people and in society. I went to college at the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on Government plans with respect to a new State agency for Early Learning and Care following receipt of the Independent Review of the Operating Model conducted by Indecon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the implementation plan for the EU Child Guarantee to be ready; if he will outline the objectives of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views regarding the setting-up of a standalone direct grant scheme for schools to install solar photovoltaic to benefit from the imminent planning exemptions for installation of roof-top solar photovoltaic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the cross-Departmental offshore renewable energy taskforce; if it has had its initial meeting; the reporting structures of the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/22]