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Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendment No. 30 cannot be moved because amendment No. 29 has been agreed to.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 25, 26, 71 and 72 are related and may be discussed together.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Amendments Nos. 15, 17, 18, 20, 51, 159, 171, 172 and 195 are related and will be discussed together.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Air Quality (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State for taking my question. I am going to start with something that has become a common refrain in this Chamber by saying I am disappointed the senior Minister was not present to take the question. While I understand the Minister of State is very competent, this particular issue lies outside her competence in terms of her ministerial duties. We must face up to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Air Quality (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I was at the national ploughing championships last week and I was challenged by a man. It was a very interesting discussion and proof that real humans are much nicer than Twitter humans, if we needed such proof. He challenged me on the restriction on the burning of turf and smoky coal and questioned whether it was a green issue or a health issue. I very strongly made the case that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Department for their work. The three main provisions that have been provided for, which are the result of the work done by the Pensions Commission, are welcome and they are a move in the right direction, notwithstanding Deputy Ó Cuív's comments who has experience in this area over a long number of years. I echo the point made by the Cathaoirleach about the late...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will dwell on that for a moment. Caring responsibilities wax and wane over a person's lifetime. We are talking about a 20-year period here. It could be that the person being cared for has a period of good health or a period of worsening health. How are we keeping track of that over such a long period? How can it be meaningfully translated into this pension provision at the end of that...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will start as other Deputies did and offer my condolences to the family of Dollceanna Carter and my sympathies to the 19 families affected by what is detailed in this shocking report. Every parent in Ireland was stopped in their tracks by the emergence of this news. When you find yourself ending up in the care of our health system, even if it is just a run-of-the-mill referral to hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on additional funding being made available for Connecting Ireland to ensure that as passenger numbers are growing on our public transport services, capacity is being optimised through additional service provision, as evidenced by the oversubscription on the 874 route from Hacketstown to Carlow; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the cause of death in the case of the 1,241 non-coursing greyhounds classified as deaths notified by ICC, as recorded on the RCETS in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41047/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds rehomed for each of the years 2021 and 2022, listed in tabular form, with last recorded status on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences issued for the burial of racing, non-coursing greyhounds, by district veterinary offices, for each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form, including by district veterinary office, given that racing greyhounds are classified as farm animals and, as such, on-farm burial is required to be authorised via...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I dtosach báire, gabhaim buíochas as ucht na fáilte croíúla atá faighte againn anseo ó mhuintir Árainn Mhór. Gabhaim buíochas leis an bhfoireann uilig freisin. Tá an-chuid oibre teicniúla déanta ag an bhfoireann chun gur féidir linn a bheith anseo inniu. Is lá stairiúil é. Táimid go léir mar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Has Ms Ní Shearcaigh looked at possible battery storage solutions? Has she looked at whether vehicle to grid might be a possible solution, particularly if there is a move to an EV solution on the islands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We do not have islands in Waterford but we have very similar pressures in our Gaeltacht community, Gaeltacht na nDéise, where there are those kinds of competing demands and many properties being used as second properties or holiday homes. There is a situation where people who want to live and work within their own Gaeltacht community find it extremely difficult to access housing because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: If possible, I want to ask a specific question first, then I have a range of other queries. My first question for Dr. Lineen-Curtis. Why is it that my children always run a temperature at 3 a.m. and not at a more convenient time? For the sake of people listening in, who are not familiar with the context or do not have that experience, my experience, if my child wakes up running a high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Operation and Effect of National and Local Policy on Island Communities: Discussion (22 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Have the doctors no advice on why children seem to always get sick in the middle of the night? Anyway, we will figure that out. I have a few more general questions. First I want to talk about the demographics. We talked about the idea of lighthouse communities in terms of sustainable energy. There is a case to be made for having lighthouse communities for e-health. It makes absolute...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (21 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on his engagements with the management at SETU in relation to the university-enterprise quarter planned for the Waterford Crystal site; when it can be expected to see detailed capital plans for the development of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (21 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have the South East Technological University's, SETU, strategic plan for 2023 to 2028 in front of me. There are ten individual references in that plan to the enterprise quarter, which was being co-developed on the old Waterford Crystal site, as the Minister knows. What engagements has the Minister had with SETU about the development of that enterprise quarter? When can we expect to see...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (21 Sep 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister. I know he has a very developed understanding of just how totemic and important that site is for telling the tale of Waterford and for the rejuvenation and revitalisation of Waterford. It is extremely important that we see this site signed, sealed and delivered. We will then begin to see serious capital investment flowing on it. We want to see things like student...