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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There are so many things hanging off the back of the horse that maybe there is a need for a reset. Of course, that is what the Department is doing by examining the means tests. I agree with the point about universalism. That is where we should be going. I also agree on the point that there should be grace when a person has to interact with the social protection system. It is important to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on State Pension and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...I have said yet amounts to a question. I do have a couple of questions, however. I want the witnesses to comment on the taxation of universal benefits a little more. There is merit in it and it has to be examined. I also would not make any bones about it being controversial, however. If we talk about a taxation on child benefit, for example, which is the best known universal payment,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Implications of Means Testing: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are delving deeper into the broader implications of means testing in the social welfare system. The committee is embarking on a module focused on this subject. We are especially keen on examining how means testing aids in directing social assistance payments and shaping the system's operations. I again welcome Mr. Egan, Mr. Flynn and Ms Hardiman and invite Mr. Egan to make his opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...talk about people whom it will be difficult to reach and difficult to make them feel they are part of this energy transition, the people in HAP tenancies are the ones who stand out. Is that being examined as a specific challenge and are ways to reach those people being examined?

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...and is something that should be considered. I will pick up on the point made about the advancement of human rights. It is a welcome provision that has been built into the Bill. The people who are examining this Bill, including people in the ICCL, have a slight concern that they do not quite know what has been specified in the Bill, particularly in terms of preparation. They are...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is really substantial expenditure. I am aware that the Comptroller and Auditor General has examined this, in chapter 8 of the 2020 annual report. Some issues were raised around key performance indicators. What we are focusing on with regard to the HAP scheme is the number of new tenancies, apparently. There was a series of recommendations in the report. Can Mr. Doyle outline the work...

Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to examine one thing in Mr. Tubridy's opening statement. He states clearly that he took a 20% pay cut. Is that inclusive or exclusive of the €75,000 he was receiving either from Renault, or from RTÉ through a barter account? When Mr. Tubridy says he took a 20% pay cut, is that inclusive or exclusive of the €75,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues in Higher and Further Education: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...and seen the questions already. They relate to a review that his Department has been undertaking in respect of PhDs. A number of issues have been identified, but chief among those we should examine if we are serious about expanding research capacity is the need to make a decision about employee status for PhD students. They are in an undefined space and we are probably out of step with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (1 Jun 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...riarachán poiblí." He sees a role for administrative and higher education institutes in designing a common syllabus that will not only focus on the necessary language skills but also on the other skills necessary to work in the public service. That is worth examining.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...the road on this and found it had to unwind some of the preferential supports offered to electric vehicles. These include such things as VRT or motor tax treatment year on year. We will have to re-examine that for a couple of reasons. One reason is that it will create a significant hole in the public finances unless we move in that direction. Another reason is that excise duty fulfils...

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...with ever-increasing input costs tells us it is not working for sheep farmers. Wool has been mentioned on numerous occasions. It is something we deliberately included in the programme for Government so we can examine the issue in a coherent way, to develop our wool strategy, move on to the wool council and find all of those uses to which other Deputies have referred so we can add...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: First Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...will be immeasurably the poorer for it. Our democracy and, by extension, our State struggle to take account of this kind of long-term thinking. This is for two main reasons that I can see. First, let us examine that first proposition that future people count. In a literal sense, in our democracy they do not count. Future people cannot speak, advocate or, crucially, vote. People aged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...the age limit of 23 is retained, there will be an incentive to employers to employ people under the age of 23 because it will be cheaper. They will not have that contribution to make. I want to examine the figures in the context of people in full-time education or employment in those age ranges. Essentially, no matter which way we express the figures, Mr. Duggan has said that there are...

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...context, including the SUSI grant review scheme, are welcome. An opportunity to access third level education will certainly be afforded to a wider range of students. I also welcome the Minister's suggestion that we might examine the income disregard. Like Deputy O'Reilly, I worked my way through college. It was an important facet of how my family was able to afford third level...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...statement, the loss of nature is an issue that extends far beyond the NPWS. This action stems from recommendation 11 in Gerry Kearney's report on the renew phase of this process, which states: Consider a wider examination of the remits of the broader constellation of State actors with significant responsibilities in relation to Biodiversity and Climate action. This would establish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...it is almost as if two approaches are being taken. It says, on one hand, that it is a summative assessment of learning. However, in people's imaginations and minds' eyes, it serves as a matriculation examination for entry into third level education. It would be interesting if we could begin to separate that. As Ms Forster said, we could be considering broader reporting. For example,...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Apr 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...one's three days of paid sick leave to two and a half days. Section 10 deals with exemptions and obligations. The provisions look strong to my eye but it is essential that the section is watertight in order to prevent abuse. Perhaps that can be examined and the language strengthened on Committee Stage. To zoom out on the Bill - I apologise to the Ceann Comhairle, who has heard this spiel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...if someone from Waterford accesses education in Cork, lives in student accommodation and makes his or her own dinners and whatever else, rather than having the dinner handed to him or her before an examination, the washing done or whatever else. We know that grades follow through into income expectations in later life and this feeds into the discussions we are having about the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the commitments made in the Programme for Government to examine the development of national tourism trails linking ferry ports and the rail network and to work with port and ferry companies to increase the number of foot and cycle passengers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2677/22]

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...on education and make sure we are looking at an education system that is fit for purpose. The senior cycle review is important in that. In the much broader scope, as we move beyond this pandemic, we need to re-examine the social contract across education, health and society. Since the general election in February 2020, there has been a massive expansion in the State and there needed...