Results 61-80 of 933 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss the urgent need to progress new school building works at Lismullen National School, County Meath. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - To discuss the N22 Killarney bypass. Deputy Paul McAuliffe - To discuss the...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Táim ar ais ag Sinn Féin anois. Iarraim ar na Teachtaí, Funchion, Ward, Carthy agus Cullinane deireadh a chur leis an díospóireacht anois.

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: As others have done, I have no doubt, I acknowledge the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador and the distinguished guests gathered for what is a very sad occasion as we mark the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of the sovereign territory of Ukraine. Two years ago, just on the eve of the war, we all watched Russia's troops amassing on the border with a sense of foreboding...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I understand this is the Cabinet committee that discusses our approach to matters at the UN. In September this year, we will have the UN Summit of the Future. At the committee meeting of 4 December, the zero draft text for that UN summit had not yet been finalised. There is a significant opportunity here if we pay attention to this process and get our spake in early. I know the ZOE...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6208/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: For a long time, we have traded on the fact that we are physically very remote, and that insulates us from the kind of cross-border aggression we have seen in eastern Europe. However, cyberwarfare does not know boundaries in the same way. I would like to see that we are adequately supporting and resourcing the National Cyber Security Centre. I know it is difficult for the Taoiseach to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will develop a national security strategy and functioning security agency to deal with future security events. [6207/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister spoke to this in the general but I will ask him a specific question. The chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council, Marie Donnelly, confirms we are in danger of missing our 2025 targets with all of the attendant consequences, including a lost to the Exchequer of some €8 billion as outlined by the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, last week. We...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is a welcome opportunity to debate these issues in the context of what was a very happy day for all of us looking north, with the return of the Assembly, the restoration of the Executive and the decision of the DUP to re-enter power-sharing. It is fitting to congratulate Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly on their appointments as First Minister and deputy First Minister,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the western Balkans. [6212/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 14. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. [6211/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the World Economic Forum. [6210/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The autonomy of the universities is one thing but this gateway around designation as a centre of excellence has effectively locked the likes of SETU out of this sector. Another aspect I draw the Minister's attention to is SETU's capacity to be a Gaeltacht university. We have a Gaeltacht in Waterford and an area where there is a real need is teachers teaching subjects through the medium...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered designating any further universities, including technological universities, as centres of excellence for the purposes of teacher training education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6340/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have put this question to the Minister, Deputy Harris, on a number of occasions in his role as Minister for further and higher education. It relates to the designation of universities or technological universities as centres of excellence for the purposes of teacher training education. As it stands, only a certain number of universities are sanctioned as centres of excellence. It means...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teaching Qualifications (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister for her response. I am hearing a status quoresponse as opposed to the opportunity to change. The Minister will know this landscape well. For primary teacher education, you will be looking at the three colleges in Dublin or at Limerick. It is a little more open in terms of secondary school education. To be parochial about it - not parochial but regional - there are...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is not his Bill.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is Minister Chamber's Bill.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is the Minister of State's Bill.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I very much welcome the provisions of the Bill. My children at home, three lads, are at a point where we are trying to give them a little more independence and let them go to the shop by themselves to pick up sweets or whatever it is. We are trying to drum into them road safety and how they should be safe on the roads. While I was thinking about the Bill, I realised the language I am using...