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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Household wells.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work undertaken to include nature-based solutions as an integral part of flood relief schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47030/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Meteorological Services (26 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the collaboration work between the OPW and Met Éireann in relation to the flooding early warning systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47029/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (26 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s ambitions for climate action addressing the food system; if he will outline his Department’s priorities as this year’s climate COP approaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (26 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of his Department’s direct financial contribution to the UN Committee on World Food Security, the foremost inclusive international intergovernmental platform on food security and nutrition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46834/23]
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is entirely understandable and correct that the issue in Palestine has dominated this debate so far. However, I draw attention to the fact that Opposition speakers have so far concentrated entirely on that issue to the exclusion of all else. We have other issues coming before this European Council that are maybe not as pressing or urgent but are as important. There is no mention at all...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: With the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use completing its deliberations recently, it prompts two questions. First, how we can ensure that the very good work our citizens' assemblies are producing are not just reports that are idly left on a shelf and that the recommendations are actually implemented in a meaningful way? Second, another citizens' assembly promised in the programme for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Apologies have been received from An Cathaoirleach, Deputy Naughten. I remind members participating in the meeting remotely that they are required to do so from within the precincts of Leinster House only. I remind all those in attendance to make sure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. I welcome the witnesses from the Department of Social Protection. They are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: In that case I will move to the next member offering, Deputy Ó Cuív.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A number of questions have been asked and Mr. Hession might want to delegate some to his colleagues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is what is termed a bio-psycho-social assessment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: For my own part, I will put a few questions. I think a lot of the ground has been covered already so I will try not to duplicate questions. For Dr. Waters, I might put a couple of specific questions first that I have received from AsIAm, particularly on the consultation process. A lot of these will be straightforward to answer, and it might put people's minds at rest with regard to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Essentially the Department would encourage people to make submissions if they have something to say and their data will be safeguarded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: And it will have no implication for their own claims.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is important for this to be stated as simply and succinctly as possible. I have another question on the employment and education statistics we are using. Are we confident that we are comparing like with like? When we set ourselves in an OECD context I want to make sure we are speaking about the same thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The question changed from what it was in 2016.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Essentially what Mr. Hession is saying is that the statistics are useful but a caveat should be applied.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Hession is giving me flashbacks to my secondary school debating days when I used this precise analogy. It is that old. I agree with Deputy Donnelly on the word "customer". Something about it does not sit right with me. I do not have a better alternative suggestion but there is something about it that grates. Deputy Ó Laoghaire pointed to the critical paragraph which mentions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has the Department done any preliminary work? It is plain that there will be an antipoverty effect. Has the Department done any analysis to quantify this in any way? Is it holding to get past the straw man process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The other issue that jumped out at me is that it seems we are looking behind the curtain a little bit regarding what the working age payment will look like and what the Department's thinking is. We are looking to fold it into a more generalised working age payment, if I understand the Green Paper correctly. The working age payment will look something akin to the working family payment. Am...