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Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The next slot is a Government one but I do not see a Government speaker offering. Likewise, I have a Sinn Féin slot but I do not see a speaker from Sinn Féin offering. I call Deputy Pringle, although I am putting him on warning that I will ask him to adjourn the debate in approximately 90 seconds. We will let him clear his throat anyway.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is 7.15 p.m.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I hate to put a stop to the Deputy mid-gallop but I must ask him to adjourn the debate.

Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2021: Vote No. 37 - Social Protection.

Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: As no other Member is offering I will ask the Minister of State to address the amendment.

Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: He is on his way into the Chamber.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus Ábhair Oidí: An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas le Tomás Ó Ruairc as ucht an cur i láthair. Fiú go bhfuil muid anseo chun labhairt faoi mhúinteoirí nuacháilithe, b’fhéidir go bhféadfainn iompú ar mhúinteoirí go ginearálta. Tá roinnt tagairtí anseo faoi acmhainní a chur ar fáil do mhúinteoirí ach ó thaobh...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have received apologies from Deputy Denis Naughten. I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of this meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even when on silent mode. This meeting has been convened to consider the Further Revised Estimate for Vote 37 - Social Protection, which was referred to this committee by...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire, as ucht do chur i láthair. I will repeat myself and acknowledge the great effort of staff in the Department, the Minister and her predecessor, Senator Regina Doherty. What jumped out at me from the Minister’s presentation at the end were the figures of 23 million payments and more than 10 million calls answered: they are astounding numbers. I...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will ask my own questions next. If members wish to come in for a second round of questioning, I ask them to use the "raise hand" function. I have a number of general questions but, in this round, I will focus on more specific questions arising from the Revised Estimate. With regard to live register figures and their interface with the PUP, do we have figures as to the number of people...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will return to Deputy Ó Cuív for a second round of questioning.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have one eye on the clock. If members come in with additional questions, please be brief and to the point.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The school teacher in me very much agrees with you, Minister. The more hot meals we can get to children, the better. I will inflict my scattergun approach on the Minister again. I will begin with two of the measures announced by the Minister in the July stimulus plan, namely, the work placement experience programme and the JobsPlus programme. The Minister touched on this already. How...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: On metrics and how the Department measures the success of our welfare system, we measure issues such as workforce participation, deprivation and consistent poverty. I have one eye to the work being done by the Government on the well-being indices, which is under way. Are there other measures we use in regard to our social welfare outputs, such as well-being? Do we have health outcome data...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Thank you, Minister. As no other members are indicating, that concludes our consideration of Vote 37 - Social Protection, Further Revised Estimate. Arís, a Aire, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leatsa agus le hoifigigh na Roinne as an gcúnamh a thug sibh don gcoiste inniu.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Message to Dáil (26 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2021: Vote 37 — Social Protection.

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will be brief and focus on the digital green certificate, with two fundamental but interconnected issues, namely, freedom and privacy. On the one hand, the certificate would help facilitate the safe reopening of EU economies, with the crucial word being "safe". People who fear putting their loved ones at risk with the simple act of spending time together no longer need to worry about that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to conduct consultations with farmers, farming communities and relevant environmental stakeholder groups in relation to the sector’s role and contribution to meeting Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets under the EU Green Deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27013/21]