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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: As someone who supports what the Minister is talking about, I am frustrated. The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, was present the last time I asked about this on 28 September. He stated that he would contact my office. I received an acknowledgement but nothing with details of the analysis. Where RESS 1 is concerned, I have been told repeatedly that seven community-led projects were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I do not disagree with the Minister and I am delighted that community projects are out of the auction system. They should never have been in it in the first place. When we declared a climate emergency, we spoke about needing transformative change because our corporate model and other models had not worked for energy. That transformative change will come from the ground up and nowhere else....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 26 October 2023, for an update on plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat fishery, which is concentrated within the six-nautical-mile zone; when he expects to receive the updated scientific and economic advice from the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara on...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion on the escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. On Tuesday, 14 November 2023, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Minister of State want to come back in?

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Before going through the next three amendments, I note that things have moved much quicker than anticipated. For the information of Members, the next item, the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, Report and Final Stages, will be starting immediately after this item, in just a few minutes.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad amendments Nos. 13 to 15, inclusive, have already been discussed.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: A message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it with the fact that Dáil Éireann has agreed to amendments Nos. 1 to 15, inclusive, made by Seanad Éireann to the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1 and 3 are related and may be discussed together.

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Message from Select Committee (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2023: Vote 29.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, 5, 11 and 13 are related and will be discussed together.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad amendments Nos. 4 and 6 to 10, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 12, 14 and 15 are related and will be discussed together.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act was enacted in 2017, ostensibly to give better protection to sex workers and victims of human trafficking. To ensure that protection became a reality, a statutory obligation to carry out a review was included in the Act. That obligation came into effect in March 2020, three years after the Act’s enactment, yet here we are in 2023 some three and...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne - To discuss the hot school meals programme in Ennistymon Community School, County Clare. Deputy Gino Kenny - To discuss the lack of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - To discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what engagement he has had at EU level with a view to securing a ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50121/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 3 October 2023, for an update on Ireland's involvement in the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine; the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed to the mission to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50122/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Again, with no disrespect to the Minister of State, I find myself in the same position. Given the urgency of this matter, I will go ahead with it but we understood that if the Minister or Minister of State was not available, that would be made known to us and we would have a choice. None of that has happened in my case.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I want to say this for the record. I will take some little blame in regard to the phrasing of this question, which is to discuss the flooding in Galway and the damage it has caused to homes and businesses. The question was submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, as all my questions regarding Galway flood defences have been. I...