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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Culture Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the €10.9 million underspend on subhead B7 ‘Cultural infrastructure and development’ projects in 2023; the details of all large-scale culture infrastructure and development projects that have not been progressed; the reasons therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and details of capital projects affected due to the €11.5 million underspend in 2023 of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund, with only 21% of its original approved capital funding being spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34915/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Film Industry (26 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 6 March 2025, for an update on his engagement with stakeholders on the matter of maintaining public ownership of the Pálás cinema in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34912/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Swimming Pools (26 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the underspend of €3.2 million in respect of swimming pool grants to local authorities; if there have been similar underspends in 2024 and 20025; the way in which his Department intends to fund and support municipal swimming pool construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34914/25]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I do not support these motions. The legislation to which they relate sets out to tell us that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice. I did not hear that declaration anywhere in the detailed speech the Minister made and I do not see any evidence at all for it. The Special Criminal Court is based on emergency...

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I want to speak in favour of this motion although I have concerns about parts of it. Overall, I agree with it and the focus it puts on the absence of infrastructure. I will not support the narrative on this side of the House to the effect that objections are causing the planning problems. That is a false, self-serving narrative. My office has just submitted a question to confirm the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employer contributions to auto enrolment pension accounts will be exempt from PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34669/25]

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Can I get the clock stopped for a minute to clarify something? I assumed we were letting Deputy Tóibín have his slot ahead of us and that we were sharing our own slot, which was six minutes each.

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. It is brief and to the point. I have no problem with implementing the recommendations of the Fifth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, which was quite some time ago now, for all Irish citizens on the island of Ireland. I have no difficulty with that. To follow on from my colleague, Deputy Stanley, it is not in the programme for...

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Here we go again about nursing homes. A scandal has given us cause to talk about nursing homes. All the details of that scandal have been outlined. I am not going to outline them again. It is bewildering that HIQA had a report on one of the homes, Beneavin, in November, and it was substantially compliant. That in itself is frightening. I looked to remember, because my memory is faulty,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The Taoiseach stands before us shamefaced today to tell us that the occupied territories Bill will not include services. He does this on a day when 21 people were shot like moving targets at a fair as they queued up for food this morning. We are told that 56,000 people are now dead in the genocide. The Lancet tells us the figure is much higher, as does the Harvard database, which puts the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: You should be.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I am fully clear what it is about.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I am giving the Taoiseach the context, which is that a genocide is under way.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: We are talking about a genocide.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Then stop-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Twenty-one individuals were shot.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The Government has checked and inspected them, has it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I will take out the "s" and say "airport".

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I actually blamed you.