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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Beart na Breatnaise agus Caighdeáin Teanga: Coimisinéir Teanga na Breataine Bige (22 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Commissioner for the presentation and I apologise for being slightly delayed in coming along. I agree with Senator Ward and we might have rose-tinted glasses looking in from the outside but it feels the Welsh linguistic situation is much better, certainly in the positivity towards the language and in the use of the language within communities. I am particularly interested in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Thank you, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Deputy Pearse Doherty wishes to come in on this issue. I understand that is at my discretion. I call Deputy Doherty.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are well over time, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Question No. 6 is grouped with a number of other questions. I advise Deputies that if the discussion on this group of questions has not concluded after 18 and a half minutes, I will draw it to a conclusion at that point.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy has asked his question and has received his answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Will the Deputy put his question to the Minister?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Will the Deputy follow with a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their presentations. There is a huge amount of ground to cover and I may be slightly scattergun in my approach. In the first instance, I disagree with Deputy Ó Laoghaire's characterisation of the return to school being chaotic. In my town of Tramore, the staff within schools, the entire school community and the children have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Many principals had difficulty recruiting into the provision despite the welcome extra funding made available. On CLASS, I say "Well done" to whoever managed to work the name of the scheme into an acronym. I welcome that scheme. I was looking through the guidance documents and they are very good. It is comprehensive. The circular is good and the guidance documents are good. Something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister. It must be acknowledged that the substitution provision has worked very well in schools this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister has engaged very positively in the context of the report on bullying. There are, however, a couple of issues I would like to raise. I acknowledge the audit of the action plan on bullying. That is important and overdue. I also acknowledge the role of the inspectorate in terms of gathering data, but it is slightly at variance from the recommendation in the report, which was to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the delivery an updated national cycle manual in view of the letter received from 28 groups (details supplied); if the guidance in the manual will be integrated with the design manual for urban roads and streets; his views on whether there is a need to adopt interim standards to ensure quality of infrastructure rolled...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (16 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review speed limits for rural and urban roads particularly in view of recent road fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44083/21]

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Last month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched its landmark report setting out in clear terms the urgent need for radical climate action. It did so against the backdrop of the consequences of a climate-altered world being played out in real time, with heat records shattered in Italy, Canada and Northern Ireland, with Hurricane Ida crashing into the Louisiana coast and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy advice from the NCSE regarding educational outcomes for students with special educational needs has been finalised in relation to special classes and special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43344/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Sep 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the policy on reading classes and schools will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43345/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 548. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the reopening of indoor summer camps; if indoor camps will be able to operate during August 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40650/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (27 Jul 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the adverse water pollution off the County Waterford coast due to raw sewage discharge, dredging for the port of Waterford, use of chemicals in area and elevated levels of nitrogen at catchments in the Waterford estuary; the actions he plans to take to address the causes of water pollution;...