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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister. I have not heard a timeline as to when we hope to have this work concluded. Is it overly ambitious to think it will be concluded within the lifetime of this Government? I acknowledge that there was a need to separate the strands and make progress on them individually. I support that mode of working, but I would like to know if we have a timeline in place for when we...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress update on the programme for Government commitment to provide a comprehensive policy for the Irish language from pre-primary education to teacher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30486/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for coming back to this question. I was detained at the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Leanann an cheist seo an pointe atá ardaithe ag an Teachta Wynne. Táim ag cur ceist ar an Aire maidir leis an ngealltanas atá sa chlár Rialtais maidir le polasaí cuimsitheach don Ghaeilge ón réamhscolaíocht go...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister for the update on progress. The clock is ticking. This was one of the programme for Government commitments I was passionate about including. I would like to see the process conclude within the lifetime of the Government. There certainly is a need for it. Deputy Wynne spoke about the need for a Gaelscoil in her area. Deputy Costello, my party colleague, often raises...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will stay with that issue. Did the person who was operating that abattoir have prior convictions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are not referring to a live court case.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Was the conviction for animal cruelty?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The building did not inflict the cruelty.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: A prior conviction was not enough for alarm bells to ring with the deputy veterinary officer. Would that not invite an additional level of oversight when it had already been established?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Department has subsequently taken the horses and moved them to different land. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: They have been moved and the land is under the ownership of the person who owns the abattoir.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Are the lands where the horses are now owned by the person who operated the abattoir?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Considering the level of cruelty that was inflicted on those animals, the idea that they are still in the care of the person involved does not sit well with me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Going back to the statement of the deputy chief veterinary officer last week, Mr. Gleeson said he would be happy to furnish the committee with a report on a deep dive into all this. Internal Department correspondence will come under the spotlight. It will be gone through with a fine-tooth comb. Were any issues raised by members of the Department before?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Gleeson said there were five complaints. Were they raised within the Department or made externally?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have been through that to an extent so I want to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I do not intend to labour this point because there are many other matters I want to get to. However, the deputy chief veterinary officer made that statement before the Committee of Public Accounts relatively recently, but Mr. Gleeson stated that five separate complaints had been made by members of the public, I presume before that. Is Mr. Gleeson saying unequivocally that no issues were...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to explore the issue of traceability a little further. There has been huge fallout from this "RTÉ Investigates" programme. Europol joined a European meeting, co-ordinating international elements of an investigation. Dutch authorities issued a serious warning through the European Commission's rapid alert system for food and feed. There have been huge implications across Europe...