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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Infrastructure (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will be concluding the session at 10.30 a.m. but I will allow Deputy Naughten to put his question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I hope to reach two further questions if Deputy Durkan promises to be brief.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am hoping, as I indicated, to reach two more questions. If Members could be economical in their use of time, I would appreciate it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy has exhausted his interventions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is not as I understand it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Can I clarify-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am prepared to give the Deputy another minute. The Deputy has four interventions, but will he console himself with one additional minute?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State. We have spent a significant amount of time on this question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have spent a large amount of time on questions on this issue this morning.

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is a conversation we will need to rehearse over and again in the coming years and decades. A just transition has at its core the principle of solidarity so that, as we make changes to our economy and society in response to the existential implications of climate change and biodiversity breakdown, we protect our most...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (17 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering a comparative evaluation of the work undertaken by supervisors on community employment schemes and supervisors on the rural social scheme and TUS scheme in order to address pay disparities between the two; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24521/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is reviewing the six-year rule in relation to the rural social scheme; if she will consider extending it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (17 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for the provision of an additional two days in-service training for all primary teachers (details supplied) from 1 September to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January to 31 December 2024. [24209/22]

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I recently said there is a phrase that should be written on the wall of every office in this Oireachtas. It reads: "Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a livable future." This was said by Hans-Otto Pörtner, one of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, working chairs. We are walking a climate tightrope and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Last week, in the company of representatives from Waterford LEADER Partnership, I visited two new office buildings in the Blackwater Valley economic development zone, in Lismore and Tallow, both very fine new buildings that offer a company all it would need in the centre of these historic towns. Injecting good jobs and salaries into rural towns such as these throughout the country has the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge the good work that is under way and the additional flexibility that is being built in. It would be churlish not to. I would like to have an idea of the actual timeline for that review being completed. We were initially given an indication of quarter 1 of 2022 and we would like to see it over the line. I will refer to a specific instance where...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have made great strides in terms of sustainable transport. However, one of the areas that still needs work is the school transport system and school buses in particular. Further to Question No. 150 of 1 February, 2022, has the review of the existing school bus allocation system been completed and has the Minister's attention been drawn to the need to increase flexibility in ticket allocation?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: As a member of the Green Party I may believe in recycling, but that was almost verbatim the answer that was received to the parliamentary question submitted on 1 February. I would have hoped to see some movement forward since then. For many children, the school bus is their first experience of public transport. Indeed, that was the case for me, back in the middle ages when I was taking the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bullying in Educational Institutions (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister referenced employment laws. Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 states that certain institutions, including schools, should not be taken to discriminate against a person if their decision is made in order to maintain the religious ethos of the institution. I know that is still felt in staffrooms. I have taught with people who have felt like they had to obscure their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that her Department’s plans with regard to support for children fleeing from Ukraine are integrated with plans from other Departments in order to achieve a whole of Government approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23815/22]