Minister Ossian Smyth and Dep. Marc Ó Cathasaigh Waterford Primary Schools will be some of the “first schools in the country to receive free Solar Panels” according to Green Party TD for Waterford Marc Ó Cathasaigh. Deputy Ó Cathasaigh was welcoming the launch of the first phase of the Schools Photovoltaic Programme which was announced…
Full TranscriptMarc Ó Cathasaigh: I am glad I came to the Chamber early as the Minister of State might have been lonely on his own in here. I want to bring the Minister of State to Ardmore in west Waterford. It is the place where Waterford derives the moniker of being the Déise. It is…
Green Party T.D. for Waterford, Marc Ó Cathasaigh has welcomed €100,000 for preparatory work to bring two large scale outdoor recreation projects in Waterford to a shovel-ready stage The investment is part of a €2.3 million funding announcement under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) which will be key to enhancing outdoor amenities such as…
Full Transcript: I am glad Deputy O’Rourke referenced the report from Christian Aid and Trócaire. I hosted them in the audiovisual room on Tuesday where they presented their report. I thank the Minister for attending that briefing. I acknowledge the central role the Minister played at COP27 in landing this loss and damage facility, flawed…
Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am going to dwell on the idea of the public sector spending codes a bit, for me to be clear in my own mind. There is a 2013 document, a substantialrevision in 2019, and then this updated circular in 2023. I have all the parts. I will quote fromthe national…
I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. I am not a member of the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, so I would not be as close as some other Members to the gestation process the Bill went through. I think it has been shown that the pre-legislative scrutiny process…
“Not unexpected but really welcome news breaking this morning that the government has completed the acquisition of the Waterford Crystal site for the expansion of the SETU campus in Waterford. A lot of long and tricky political work was needed to get to this point, and I’m delighted to see it over the line. The…
Full Transcript: The issue in the Middle East rightly dominated the European Council meeting, just as it is rightly dominating this debate today. Although there is much else happening in the world, it is only right and proper that our attention is focused on the unfolding humanitarian disaster playing out in Gaza. I am looking…
Local radio stations in Waterford have been given reason to celebrate as the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media, Catherine Martin TD, unveiled a €2.4 million financial boost for 32 radio stations nationwide through the Broadcasting Fund Sound and Vision Scheme. The award distribution, which varies from €35,000 to a maximum of…
Full Transcript: Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am going to stick with housing in the broad sense butchange focus. I want to ask about local authority retrofit of social housing. My understandingof it is that the target the Department set is to retrofit all social homes by 2050. By implication,that means by 2049 there will…
