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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Ms O'Connor for her opening statement. I have not properly examined the sustainability toolkit for schools. In a busy political life, I need to find a couple of hours to sit down and give it my undivided attention. It is a positive initiative. I acknowledge that the representatives from the Irish Second-Level Students' Union who appeared before the committee were quite positive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for the briefing. I apologise for being delayed. It was unavoidable this morning because with counting resuming at some centres, I had to be there. Was there any consultation with farming organisations in relation to this programme? I expressed serious concern about the fact that the draft text did not include the words "farming" or "farmer". I am concerned because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: I am very concerned. I am even more concerned about what Ms Doyle mentioned, namely the agricultural sector and how it impacts on the environment. Farmers and farming families have worked consistently to make the relevant changes. They have bent over backwards and are not being rewarded for doing so. There is no substitution for direct engagement with stakeholders. There should have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the good work that is being done with STEM and I do not want to be negative. Having said that, I have strong views on the way the climate action programme is being implemented and the influences that are on it. It was mentioned NGOs were involved in this programme. I would appreciate it if a list of the NGOs involved could be emailed to me, or if the witnesses could tell me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: I actually do not have a question. I was just listening to the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: I have one question that relates to student accommodation. Has any consideration been given to putting in place student accommodation officers who would collaborate with the individual third level institutions to assist students on where accommodation may be available? We have that kind of model in the local authorities where we have housing assistance officers. They have a database or...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for a very interesting debate. It is very appropriate for this particular time.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The question has been carried and the Bill will be dealt with in the usual way in due course.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.07 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 11 Meitheamh 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.07 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 June 2024.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I again thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for bringing this matter to the Dáil. I acknowledge, as Deputy Nash did, the range of contributions from across the House. We heard different but valuable perspectives, all of which pointed to the importance, significance and worthwhile nature of the proposal before us. Across the Oireachtas, we all come from different political backgrounds...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Before we go back to Deputy Ó Cathasaigh, I congratulate him for the futuristic nature, as it should be, and the thought-provoking nature of the debate. His proposal is important in the time in which we live. The Deputy has ten minutes.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I do not propose to hold all the long-suffering Members quite as long as that. I thank all the Members who have attended to make a contribution this evening. This is very much the graveyard shift, a Thursday evening before recess, and I know all Members would prefer to be out on doorsteps and making the case for future candidates in our local and...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: Making the case for the current ones too.

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I appreciate the time they have given to be here this evening. I have found the debate very constructive and interesting, and I am glad the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach found it so as well. I am glad there is, for the most part, a consensus developing around the idea that this could be a useful approach. The Minister spoke about the steps we, as a Government, have taken to move beyond...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: I, too, join Members in praising Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for his farsightedness in developing and introducing this important legislation. If I have one regret, it is that I did not have the opportunity to do that myself. The Bill relates to an area I have been considering very closely in recent years. I have always taken an interest in the approach taken by our comrades in the Welsh...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Denis Naughten: I congratulate Deputy Ó Cathasaigh on bringing forward the Bill. I welcome the principle behind what it is the Deputy is trying to do here. I am not sure if it is the exactly correct mechanism but it is important that we here in this Parliament and globally look to the future and look at the impact of the decisions we make today not just over our term in politics but the impact it has...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for bringing forward the Bill. I am getting my head around it. I received the briefing note from Coalition 2030. It gives a context for this coming before the Oireachtas and says the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action in its report on the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss recommends the establishment of...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am really pleased to have the opportunity to speak to this Bill on Second Stage today. I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh and his team for their work on this legislation. I have not had the opportunity to meet the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales yet but, in my role, I have met a number of Welsh Ministers at various intergovernmental meetings over the last number of years. It has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools of Music (30 May 2024)

James Browne: The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, sends her apologies as she cannot be here. I will give the response on the Minister's behalf. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it gives me the opportunity to provide an update to the House on the current position and understanding regarding the recently announced closure of Newpark Academy of Music. Newpark Academy of Music is a...