Technological University South East
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science discussed the Motion on Technological Universities Act. Transcript will be available here.
Land Use Plan and National Soil Strategy
There are various commitments in the programme for Government on land use. For example, there is a commitment to the effect that: Within 24 months, we will evaluate the potential for contributions towards our climate ambition from land-use improvements and set in train the development of a land-use plan, based on its findings. There is…
Annual Funding for Youth Services in Dungarvan and West Waterford
Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh welcomes significant annual funding announced for youth services in Dungarvan and West Waterford. The funding was announced today by Deputy Ó Cathasaigh’s colleague Minister for Children, Equality, Integration, Disability & Youth Roderic O’Gorman. Minister Roderic O’Gorman today confirmed that the selection process for eight new UBU Your…
Pre Council of Europe: Food Shortages
I will pick up on a couple of the points raised by Deputy Carthy, but will focus on them through a slightly different lens. I looked through the European Council agenda, which states that it “will continue its discussion on how to build a more robust economic base … notably by reducing strategic dependencies in…
The planned response for meeting the educational needs of children coming to Ireland from Ukraine
My Dáil Contribution regarding the need for a planned response for meeting the education needs of children coming to Ireland from Ukraine. Transcript Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh If the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Minister of State remain lawyers despite their current occupation, then I remain a primary school teacher, and I am very much proud to…
€182,400 funding for 22 heritage projects in Waterford
Waterford Green Party TD Marc Ó Cathasaigh has today welcomed €182,400 funding for 22 heritage projects in Waterford. The funding announced today by Minister Malcolm Noonan is allocated under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS), administered by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This funding announcement follows the launch last week by Minister…
Report on the Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Transcript of my Dáil Contribution on the Report on the Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community I very much welcome the opportunity to discuss the report. It is particularly timely and fitting that it is discussed in the week we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the declaration of Traveller ethnicity. It was extremely important, symbolically…
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Agus mé ag ullmhú do mo chuid cainte tráthnóna inniu, d’fhéach mé siar ar an óráid a rinne mé an bhliain seo caite ar an ábhar céanna. Dá mbeinn leisciúil agus mé ag ullmhú, d’fhéadfainn an óráid sin a phriontáil amach chun í a úsáid arís. Go deimhin, creideann na Glasaigh san athchúrsáil agus b’fhéidir…
Aontas Máistrí Poist na hÉireann
Ba mhaith liom aird an Taoisigh a tharraingt ar an bhfeachtas atá á reáchtáil ag Aontas Máistrí Poist na hÉireann, nó the Irish Postmasters’ Union. Bhuail mé le hionadaithe an cheardchumainn i bPort Láirge an tseachtain seo agus cé gur luaigh siad na fadhbanna atá acu, luaigh siad freisin na réitithe ar na fadhbanna sin.…
Launch of the Final Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community
Waterford Green Party TD welcomes the launch of the Final Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community. The report launch marks the 5th anniversary of the declaration of Traveller ethnicity in Ireland and highlights the variety of issues which affect the Travelling community in Ireland. The Travelling community had…
