Results 101-120 of 330 for going forward speaker:Catherine Connolly

European Union Regulation: Motion (3 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: .... Those under the undocumented scheme will get a stamp 4 visa after having been here for two years, and there is also the group of asylum seekers. Those under the undocumented scheme can come forward and apply, whereas for asylum seekers, it rests with the Department of Justice to come forward and tell people who are resident in the various institutions. There are two such places in...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...waste my time praising the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, but it is beyond endurance that the senior Minister is not here. I thank Sinn Féin for using its Private Members' time but I asked the Government to put it on the agenda. This report has implications for all of the CAMHS throughout the country and if we cannot see fit to discuss that, of itself, as a subject, and to look at...

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...I listened to the students and academics from third level institutions. The more I listened to them, the more I came down on the side of the students. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward because it is important that we hear some of the opinions we are hearing. Tomorrow we will have statements on mental health among the youth. That is significant. Mental Health...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...is an insult to the women of Ireland. I will speak strongly on what I have heard, and that somebody would write a speech for the Minister of State to read out calling on all Members to support the Government in its continued commitment to women's health. I will try to remain calm on this. This is the third motion in seven months. The Government has accepted each motion. I am not...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Connolly: .... Chuir mé ceist ar oifig an Aire agus níl sé ar fáil fós agus níl a fhios agam cén fáth. Baineann sé sin le ceist níos ginearálta ó thaobh Billí de. Tá sé tuillte ag daoine le Gaeilge ó dhúchas nó Gaeilge mar theanga chumarsáide go mbeadh leagan Gaeilge den Bhille acu. Aithním go...

Appointment of Member and Chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...Joanne Hayes and what An Garda Síochána was capable of there. When we were supposedly investigating the behaviour of An Garda Síochána, we investigated the morality of Joanne Hayes and her family. We can then fast forward to the Morris tribunal, which Deputy Howlin and former Deputy, Jim Higgins, played a very important role in setting up. The cost to the taxpayer is...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: When I spoke earlier this week - I think it was yesterday but I have lost track of time - I was weary and I forgot the word "anagram" in regard to Omicron, the new variant, which is further down the Greek alphabet. Inexplicably, we missed many of the letters and came to that one. The word "Omicron" as an anagram it means moronic. It was not I who came up with that but somebody who came...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome this opportunity and I often claim there is no debate but we got time today to debate this Bill. However, I deplore the fact that the Bill only became available to Deputies late on Tuesday night. We had yesterday to look at it and it is up for discussion this morning. I could not possibly get through that Bill and analyse it in the manner that it deserves in that time so that is...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion, which I support without hesitation. I know the Minister is busy but it is unfortunate that she did not wait for the end of this important debate. The ideology is all on that side of the House, which is extraordinary given the constant jibes across the floor that we are ideologues. This is a very moderate and reasonable motion. It...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...with that legislation are, other than that there is an absence of prosecutions. We are dealing with that problem while putting the burden on people and organisations that can ill afford to come forward when they are faced with a prosecution. It does not make sense to me. I again thank those who compiled the digest. In 2020, in the context of the new pact on migration and asylum, the...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...published. I might be wrong, but the digest informs us that the regulatory impact assessment was prepared but never published. When we checked further, we found out that only one of the 12 Bills brought forward from 27 June 2020 to 15 September 2021 had a published regulatory impact assessment. I do not know why that is happening. I will to back to explain why we are tabling this...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...and Solidarity-People Before Profit for the proposed additions. I welcome the opportunity to take part in the debate. I recognise the work the Minister has done to get us to this point. I could go over the history of the issue but will not do so in the limited time available. Instead, I will focus on a number of issues and refer to several submissions and reports. First is the...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...a consolidated road traffic Bill. It is not fair to the Garda or the people who will be affected by the legislation that it should be so complex. It is not fair to anybody. The programme for Government includes a commitment to consolidate road traffic legislation and I would like a date for when that will be introduced. I acknowledge that the past year and three quarters have been very...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: .... I have no problem if it is done properly but it seems to be stuck into this limbo legislation and I am unsure why that is. I am not sure how seaweed harvesters will be affected. If we are going into the 60-year period immediately on the passing of this Bill, how does that affect the seaweed harvesters? Are they in limbo or are they not? It is clear from this that we will be going...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...I listened carefully to the speech made by Deputy Howlin, who is now the Acting Chair. He spoke about the doctrine of the last modern grant. It has been revised and is back in business as the way forward. I read the Bill and, as someone who practised law quite some time ago but not in this particular area, I found it very difficult to do so. I stuck with it to read it. I thank the...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...the disability, what has happened and the abuse, to give him a round of applause but he certainly deserves one. I feel nauseated. I was on the Committee of Public Accounts and following his very good work and the work of the committee, including Deputy Deasy. The current Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, was Chair at the time. It is testimony to Deputy McGuinness's creativity and the...

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...but he talked about all the other causes such as lack of leadership and the enablers and silent observers who let it happen. Then there was the consensus mentality. We have learned nothing. I am going to go around in circles a little on this. The Minister spoke about climate change and the importance of science. It is absolutely important but we have utterly ignored it. I will go...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...the budget. We have been talking about gender-proofing, poverty-proofing and rural-proofing budgets for as long as I am in the Dáil and that is not as long as other Deputies who were doing a very good job before me. We have Deputy Bruton talking about what this will do. I am sitting here and I am asking if we are speaking the same language. Sometimes I am confused because I go from...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...miscellaneous changes that are important. We are back at the stage again where we have what I call the nine-month pregnancy adjournment. Usually, a pregnancy is something wonderful and we look forward to the birth of a lovely baby at the end of it, but in my time, in this Dáil that has taken on a whole new meaning. It is a method of delay to ensure we do not get something, and I...

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...of the families had learned of what happened only the night before. This has been raised already but I am raising it again now. Specifically, what did the Department do? What did the hospital do? This goes back to well before Covid. I understand that it goes back to the period from May to November 2019, which is way before Covid. Then we come forward into the Covid period, and of...