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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will initiate its review of reading classes and reading schools for children and young persons with special needs; what the terms of reference will be; when she estimates that the review will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35293/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (1 Jul 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the obstacles facing a qualified teacher (details supplied) who holds qualifications from outside of Ireland but who is unable to register with the Teaching Council of Ireland to teach at post-primary level; if she will engage with the Teaching Council of Ireland to ensure that the teacher registration process is both...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Jul 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficult circumstances that workers who are nearing retirement are faced with whereby they cannot obtain an estimated prediction of their State pensions due to time spent working in jurisdictions outside of Ireland; if her Department is in a position to provide such estimates to...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will redirect the Deputy to discussion of the amendments.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Go raibh maith agat a Theachta. Tá an t-am istigh.

Message from Select Committee (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021 and has made no amendments thereto.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister of State now has five minutes to wrap up the debate.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Deputy Connolly wishes to come in again. However, if she does not mind, three other Deputies have also indicated.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I think these aspects may reoccur in the contributions from some of the other Deputies. I call Deputy Brady.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I think we have the Deputy's questions. I call the Minister of State.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There will now be a 20-minute question-and-answer session, after which the Minister of State will have five minutes to conclude. I ask Deputies intending to ask questions to be as brief as possible and to the point regarding the European Council.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am happy to give you the latitude to do so.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I understand that Deputies Alan Farrell and O'Connor are sharing time.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Deputy Crowe is sharing with Deputy Flaherty.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The social contract is a basic underpinning of our society, along with the hope and expectation that things will get better, that the lives we leave to our children will be better than the ones we have, and that the freedoms and qualities of life that we enjoy are going to be expanded and improved upon. How terrifying it must be to live in a time and in a country where that contract is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Planning (30 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which his Department collects information and data in relation to weather and climate related emergencies, as part of its role in the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning towards improving the response to shorter term climate change impacts and building Ireland’s longer term climate resilience; and if he will make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State for that response. As he will know, Green Party representatives are often the first port of call if something is happening that people identify within their environment that they have a problem with. The speed of reaction is so important because once the tree is cut down, the nest is lost or the hedge is grubbed out - that is it. It is a damage that cannot be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is welcome and the wildlife crime unit in particular is a very welcome move from this Government which shows that we are beginning to take this biodiversity crisis seriously. I know there was a historical issue that made it difficult to fill vacancies and that is why that issue in west Waterford existed according to my information. In recruiting these rangers, the other thing I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of conservation ranger vacancies nationwide over the past two years by region; the length of time the positions have remained unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33646/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Jun 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans for the recruitment of new National Parks and Wildlife Service conservation rangers as part of the expansion of the service, in particular in relation to the filling of roles in the Waterford area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33645/21]