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Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Comhghairdeas, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, agus guím gach rath ort le do ról nua.

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this subject and I thank the Social Democrats for raising it. While I support the good work of volunteers on the ground, the Dáil cannot reassure people that the charity sector is regulated. It is an impossibility. The Charities Act 2009 was introduced following the Law Reform Commission, LRC, identifying a gap in charities' regulation....

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I am disappointed by the utter failure to regulate the charity sector. When the LRC discussed this matter, the sector's value was €2 billion, but it is considerably more now. Anything that has been implemented has been introduced consequent on scandal after scandal. There is merit in the amendment tabled by the six Deputies to my left, as it would require an examination of whether...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: While I welcome what the Minister of State said, "slow and inconsistent" was the opinion of the Mental Health Commission and the finding of the independent monitoring group. The last time the group sat was 2012 and yet the Minister of State stands up and tells me what money has gone into it. While I welcome the investment, there is no independent group to tell us how effectively it is being...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 12. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commenced the promised review of A Vision for Change, when he will complete it, the composition of the review team, its terms of reference, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20606/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Could the Minister confirm whether the promised review of A Vision of Change has begun, when it will be completed, its terms of reference, the composition of the review and so on?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact that we have progressed to getting a timeframe. I am very disappointed that it will take until the end of the year. The term of A Vision for Change ran out in January; the ten years were up. A Vision for Change provided for an independent monitoring commission, which sat for two periods, 2006 to 2009 and 2009 to 2012. It has not sat since then. Will the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the independent monitoring group set up to monitor the implementation of A Vision for Change and which sat for two periods, 2006-2009 and 2009-2012, did not sit after 2012 given that it was a fundamental recommendation in A Vision for Change; his plans, if any, to reconvene such a monitoring group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 44. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ultra sounds; the backlog that exists for ultra sounds in Galway University Hospital for infants up to four months; the reason there is a backlog for such an essential service; the steps being taken to resolve this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20605/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 111. To ask the Minister for Health when irregularities and concerns first came to or were brought to his attention and that of the Health Service Executive in the matter of a charity (details supplied); the steps that were taken or reviews carried out; the documentation available on these reviews; the safeguards that have been put in place to ensure the continuation of the services provided...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Hospital Visits (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with Saolta and-or the management of Galway University Hospital on health issues (details supplied) and the planning for a new hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licensees who have been prosecuted and or convicted of an offence under section 4 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21080/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for foreshore licences received, granted and not granted in each of the years 2006 to 2015, inclusive, and in 2016 to date; the reason for not granting the licences and for the backlog in processing licences; the steps he is taking to eliminate the backlog; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flooding Data (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 456. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to deal with the ongoing flooding issues in Cong, County Mayo, with particular reference to Drumsheel Lower, Cregaree and Barna in relation to the Cong canal, given that no works have yet been undertaken by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (12 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 509. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the coroner's inquest, the Health Information and Quality Authority report, the internal and external reviews into the death of a person (details supplied) to outline in detail and in tabular form the number of recommendations that have emanated from these reviews, specifically each of those recommendations; the recommendations which have been...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreshore Licence Applications (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the extension of the time for a public consultation until 1 August. However, my request is for the Minister to ensure a public meeting is held within that time. There was one public meeting on a Tuesday night, of which residents were aware. Some turned up and expressed their complete dissatisfaction at the time limit whereby submissions had to be in by the Friday of that week,...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreshore Licence Applications (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I am very disappointed with the Minister's answer. My specific question related to a public information meeting as the most basic requirement in a consultation process. The Minister has not answered that, so I ask him again to confirm that it will happen. There are serious concerns in the area about a number of matters and, while the documents may well be available now, they were...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat as ucht an chuir i láthair. Bhí sé thar a bheith spéisiúil domsa, mar bhall nua den choiste, agus bhí sé cabhrach. Ní raibh a fhios agam go raibh a méid sin oibre i gceist. Beimid anseo seachas sa Dáil, is dócha, leis an méid oibre atá romhainn. Comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis an...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I lived through the land aggregation scheme in Galway. Half way through, it was suspended. I never believed it to be a good idea. I would appreciate the report that is being carried out and any update. Some land was transferred into the body in Dublin at great cost, although I do not know what that cost was. Certain loans have been taken while others have not. I am lost as to where the...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I will not repeat anything that has been said as I agree it should be on the agenda.