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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: While I praise the Taoiseach for his initiative and leadership, we stood idly by for a long time in relation to Israel and we are complicit in that. When Amnesty released its report in February 2022 stating that Israel was operating an apartheid regime, there was no response from Government. There are many examples. When six human rights organisations were designated as terrorist...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Táim chun filleadh ar ábhar Gaza agus ar an ár atá ar siúl faoi láthair, ár a thosaigh ar an lá seo mí ó shin agus ár a chuir Hamas tús leis nuair a maraíodh 1,400 duine. Tá sé sin cáinte go láidir agam ach tá Iosrael anois tar éis leanúint ar aghaidh leis an ár atá á...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1492 of 11 September 2023, when the mother and baby institution redress scheme will be open for applications; the timeline for when payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48449/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the implementation of each of the three recommendations in the special report by the Ombudsman for Children, “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” (October 2023); the timeline for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48454/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to ensure the safe passage of Irish citizens from the occupied Palestinian territories, including those family members and dependants who do not hold Irish passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48778/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his intentions for Ireland to act as a broker of resolution to the causes of the conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48779/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the prospect of violence spreading into a regional conflict in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 24 October 2023, whether any steps were taken to establish if an aircraft (details supplied) was transporting US soldiers and/or weapons or munitions while travelling from the USA to the Persian Gulf, as this aircraft was on contract to the US military using US Transportation Command call...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason two train stations, Balbriggan and Skerries, have been excluded from the TFI 90-minute €2-ticket scheme, resulting in an inequity for many commuters travelling to Dublin city centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 405. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it has been brought to his attention that approximately 100 engineers have recently come to Ireland from Israel to work with Intel; if it is the case that Israel is to be a key partner in the development of Ireland's weapons industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47945/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government pursuant to section 9 of the Land Development Agency Act 2021, the details of any reports he has received to date from the Land Development Agency or a subsidiary DAC with regard to progress towards achieving the purposes of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 787. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the 2001 Temporary Protection Directive to Palestinian nationals living in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem; the representations she has made at EU level in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48777/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 881. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current contractual arrangements for the appointment or provision of translators throughout the international protection process, in particular with regard to translators for oral appeal hearings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is aware of current difficulties encountered by applicants, solicitors-barristers for applicants, IPO presenting officers and International Protection Appeals Tribunal members with the standard of translators provided and appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48773/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 883. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints raised in relation to translators and translation services in the international protection process since 2020; the stages within the IP process at which these complaints have been raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 884. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has sought any improvements at any stage from translation service providers on foot of any complaint; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48775/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 885. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of oral appeal hearings that have been adjourned or rescheduled due, in full or in part, to poor-quality translators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the correspondence he has received in relation to the use of the snare "body restraint", which is causing untold suffering to Ireland's protected badger population (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 1069. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the introduction of a payment equivalent to child benefit for all children in the international protection process, as promised in the White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 1070. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 4 July 2023, the status of the review of the projected timelines for the implementation of the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new international protection support service; if the review has been completed to date; the timeline for the publication...