Results 41-60 of 3,246 for speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I invite the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, to make his opening statement.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Is that okay?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 13 to 15, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 17 to 19, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 20 to 25, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Do members wish to put final questions to the Minister of State or comment on the Bill before we conclude our consideration of this Bill?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This has been a very constructive process all along the way.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for assisting the committee with our consideration of the Bill.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Message to Dáil (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto. This shall be deemed to be the report of the select committee on the Bill.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Message to Dáil (22 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That concludes the committee's business. I thank members for participating in today's meeting.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [20534/24]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am an enthusiastic supporter of the well-being framework and the move to go beyond GDP in how we assess the health of our economy in order to remind ourselves that the economy should work for society and not the other way around. I want to raise three issues that should be part of the discussion on how we implement it. First, the Taoiseach mentioned the summer economic statement and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed). (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is a valuable opportunity to dig down into this issue. One of the phrases used by Mr. Moynes was "visa factories". That is one of the very serious and genuine concerns people have. We know that a lot of students were left high and dry by some of these providers winding up at very short notice. While it is a great financial loss to Italian or Spanish students who are coming here to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed). (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is a month-long course - 120 hours.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed). (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: What qualifications do they need to have going into that course?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed). (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: So not even a primary degree is required.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (Resumed). (21 May 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Not an honours degree.