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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That would be pertinent information. Without personalising it, one of the phrases Mr. O'Donnell used earlier was that, in any board, there is a waxing and waning, and then he described it as a healthy environment to be in. I know he was talking about the board, but it is quite at odds with what Ms Bradley said that there is a significant impact on staff morale. It just stood out for me....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. I had to come back to it because it stood out for me. I wanted to ask about note 6, remuneration and other pay costs. There are details here of one ex gratiapayment totalling €3,600, five redundancy payments that come to €21,600, and five settlements totalling more than €40,000 in 2021. Before I ask about the nature of those payments, I wanted to ask a more...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I know Ms Bradley will not want to identify the employees, but are there any further details she can give us on those without identifying the actual employees?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will not push Ms Bradley on that. Similarly, on the settlement and redundancy payments, I realise the organisation is small but these are unusual payments.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. I have this ex gratia payment, five redundancy payments and five settlements.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Which can be accounted for.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. That is helpful. I have one last question about the RIBs. A lot of money, €3.5 million, was paid for these 13 RIBs. There are 16 coxswains. There is a staff training budget that comes within spitting distance of half a million, but only three people who are qualified to drive these RIBs at night-time.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is the information I have.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have these 13 RIBs. They are very valuable pieces of kit and we want to have them out and in use as much as possible. How many people are equipped to operate them at night?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There is no training impediment-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----to making best use of this equipment.

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This had and still has all the ingredients of a good scandal. There are public personas, a public fall from grace, and some messy payments being made, which would be a generous description of how these transactions were conducted. It has dragged out over the course of weeks as we get the continual drip-feed of information. It has been messy and, at times, acrimonious and difficult for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will say to Mr. Lennon that I have seen FM technology in use in the classroom. It gives rise to all those funny stories that one has to remember when to turn it off. I see absolutely no good reason to not extend it to parents. As Mr Lennon said, once a child is sitting up in a highchair, that is when their language experience begins at home. My first question is for Mr. Hamilton. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am sure he has deaf friends in mainstream schools, and I am sure they talk. How would Mr. Hamilton compare the two experiences, between his experience in the Holy Family School for the Deaf versus the mainstream experience? Which does he think is better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: May I ask Mr. Hamilton a stupid question? I hope he will forgive me. I am thinking about leaving certificate subject choices. Can he study a language, such as Spanish, for the leaving certificate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a question for Mr. Lennon on geographic spread. He stated there are 33 visiting teachers countrywide, which does not seem like a great number of teachers to get to approximately 5,400 students. What is the geographic spread in that regard? Is there provision to deaf students throughout the country or are there blackspots?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a related question for Ms O'Rourke. Holy Family is a small school, with 135 students across primary and post-primary levels. How does it cope in terms of offering subject choices for its post-primary students in particular?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I know Mr. O'Loughlin finds himself in a difficult situation on this. I wish to ask about the voluntary leave aspect, because this is, of course, analogous to some of the drip feed we heard concerning the matter we will be dealing with later this afternoon. Did Mr. O'Brien ask to take leave or was he asked to take leave? It is a period of voluntary leave he has taken.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Did he ask to take leave or was he asked to take leave?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Mr. O'Loughlin. I understand that answer. Turning to the witnesses from the Department, it does sound to me like Mr. O'Loughlin, as soon as this issue was uncovered, acted very speedily and informed all the relevant people. Will the Department have input, in respect of the terms of reference, into this independent review? Is the Department content that an independent review,...