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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is a very welcome commitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We should clarify whether there is a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If there is a problem, we should certainly take steps.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Will an access officer be able to offer a medical diagnosis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Yes. I know that once a person turns 18, it is extremely difficult to access a diagnosis. That issue was teased out by the Joint Committee on Autism. If somebody has a pre-existing diagnosis from another jurisdiction-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----we should short-circuit that entire process by recognising that diagnosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: On further education, the witnesses identified that the HEA and SOLAS are engaged on a cross-Border basis. Springboard, the human capital initiative and Skillnet are not operating in a cross-Border way. I do not know if there are comparable bodies in the North. We have made changes to the CAO process in that we now have a new tier through which people can make applications for further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I was very struck by something Mr. Hannigan said earlier and I wrote it down, namely, that if we want to talk about an all-island economy, we should also be talking about all-island human resources and that the population of the island should be taken on first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Andrew Brownlee, the CEO of SOLAS will appear before the committee on 27 February to discuss this issue. That meeting will be an opportunity to explore this matter further. I thank the witnesses for appearing before us and sharing their expert knowledge and insight. We have had a very worthwhile discussion. I hope we will see, following the re-establishment of Stormont, significant...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am also named on amendment No. 8 so I might as well speak to it. The first thing I would note is something Deputy Ó Broin touched on. I have a level of disappointment that these are all grouped. It was a decision made somewhere along the line. It was decided that these are all the Gaeilge amendments so we will deal with them all in one go. As Deputy Ó Broin has said, what the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 12 December 2023, if his Department has funding options for community and voluntary organisations to lead on climate action including training and awareness raising. [5932/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (8 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether his Department considered the use of the decommissioned vessels LÉ Eithne, LÉ Ciara and LÉ Orla by the Irish Coastguard or the Irish Naval Reserve for training purposes or as a maritime museum ship located at Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour, as noted in a scoping study (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the key outcomes and key impacts for the LEO network in performance budgeting; his views on the introduction of key outcomes and impacts for green budgeting across all departmental programmes, as reported on in the annual Public Service Performance Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5953/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the targets for Green for Business take up in each county for 2024 and for an update, if available, on the applications approved, training attended or completed assessments broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5954/24]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: First, I want to be associated with the comments the Cathaoirleach made at the start. As I was in my office, I remembered how I sat my leaving certificate in 1994. The rainbow coalition was the first government I was aware of, and I am not sure that I would be sitting here if it were not for the rainbow coalition, particularly given its interventions around college fees. I do not think my...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I wanted to ask the Minister about the expansion of bands for working family payments. Has that translated into a larger uptake among people? Have the wage inflation or wage increases within our economy counterbalanced the changes we have made? Are we seeing many more people availing of the working family payment? Has expanding those bands been a success? Do we have a sense of the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Do we know how many people are availing of the scheme and the expansion in numbers over successive budgets?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister may not have the information in front of her but I would be interested to know whether the Department has a breakdown by family size because the eligibility is dependent on family size. It would be interesting to me and the other members of the committee to have a sense of this. I assume it is people with larger families who tend to avail of the working family payment but I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5115/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a status update on the application (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5118/24]