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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am asking this question on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Matthews. The question relates to an issue affecting the constituencies of the Minister and the Ministers of State, Deputy Matthews's constituency in Wicklow, as well as Wexford, my own constituency of Waterford and around the coast into Cork. I am referring to the large-scale development of offshore wind. What steps will the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I very much welcome that additional detail. Everybody in this House acknowledges the need to begin delivering housing at speed and scale but also in a manner that is sustainable. The three have to go together. The construction technology centre should be considering things like next-generation easy assembly and, in respect of housing units, research supporting modular construction. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is working with Enterprise Ireland to establish a construction technology centre this year to bring together research, expertise and industry to look at innovation in the built environment. The urgency of this cannot be overstated. We very much need to move towards sustainable materials and construction practices. I wish to ask the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State. On the timeline for establishment, at the outset of his contribution the Minister of State used the term "very soon" and midway through it he referred to the end of this year. He might be able to give me some additional, hard and fast timelines on that. It strikes me that a suite of Government measures to do with housing hangs together on this. One is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the appointment of a regional director of the IDA in the south east given that the position has been vacant since December 2021 and the importance of regional business development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide specific funding to support the recently published South East Regional Enterprise Plan given the historic funding deficit in the region and the national policy to support balanced regional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the development of grid interconnection in the south-east region in order to support the development of offshore renewables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18770/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is personal commentary.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will not sing it; I will spare Deputy McGrath. It reminds me of my responsibilities in this House, however. Deputy McGrath will know the song; he might join in. It goes: Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall [ ... ] The battle outside ragin’ Will soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I ran my first marathon in 2009, which is many years and unfortunately many kilos ago. That might not-----

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It was not as funny as that. That might not seem in any way germane to what we are discussing, but I learned a really important lesson that day. I learned what happened when human excuses meet immutable, external realities. I bargained in my training. I told myself I was too tired or busy that day or that I probably had enough done and would catch it up later. I took my excuses out onto...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will be very brief. I want to acknowledge the engagement the Minister has had with Conradh na Gaeilge. He has been very proactive in terms of addressing what I, along with other Deputies, identified as a weakness in the Bill that was brought in on Second Stage. Deputy Ó Snodaigh will correct me on this if I am wrong, but my understanding is that "Gaeilge" was mentioned just once,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 10: In page 15, line 31, after “performance” to insert “, improve transparency with regard to private funding streams,”. All three amendments are mine. The central word in each of the amendments is “transparency”. A matter being discussed by the committee at the moment is the future funding of third-level education. We all...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will briefly comment on amendment No. 29, given that it is in my name. It probably refers to the previous group of amendments we discussed in that it again seeks to insert the word "transparency". The arguments made by the Minister in addressing the previous group of amendments pertain to this as well and on that basis I will be withdrawing No. 29.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 29: In page 16, line 40, after “accountability” to insert “, transparency”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 59: In page 31, after line 36, to insert the following: “(b) the climate and biodiversity emergency as well as national climate policies, legislation and objectives, including the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021,”. I welcome amendment...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am unlikely to be here to move amendment No. 75 in that case because I am running to the Dáil Chamber. The Minister and I have discussed the matter in some detail in any case. The issues concerned relate to climate action and climate change. I will withdraw my amendments.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 79: In page 33, line 27, after “economic” to insert “, climate action”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is something I would like to see addressed. The Minister said he will consider the matter between now and Report Stage. I draw his attention to the fact that the HEA initiated a review of higher education funding in 2017 and it emphasised the inconsistent and incoherent nature of the administration of funding, poor data collection and a lack of overall transparency in funding for...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move amendment No. 75: In page 33, line 8, after “economic” to insert “, climate action”.