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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputies.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Before the Minister responds, two other Deputies wish to come in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal; I did not realise Deputy Matthews was substituting. We will come back to him. That was my fault.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy will get a chance to come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I ask the Deputies to address the question at issue, please.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Just before the Minister of State comes in, I call Deputies Wynne and Murnane O'Connor.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: This is not a supplemental.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State has two minutes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We are over time and will have to come back.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, we are way over time. Go raibh maith agat. I call the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an audit of the provision of long-term residential care for older persons in Galway city and county provided by HSE West, to include an assessment of the number of beds vacant in each facility, the number of people on waiting lists in each facility and the average wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48549/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: As we are talking about Ukraine, I cannot but comment on Gaza, where operations are being carried out without anaesthetic. We might balance the conversation and look at our policy. My specific question concerns plans for an audit of the long-term residential care for older persons in Galway city and county. I ask this because I am keeping a close eye on the imbalance between public and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for following up on the audit. I have the advantage of having the answer before me but the specific figures for the homes are not in the answer. Will the Minister give us those figures? Concerning the audit carried out in 2022 following the Minister of State's intervention, is a copy available? Is it public? I am in Galway city; I am a firm believer in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: A subject like this is very difficult to deal with in a minute. If we look at the new one that will be built in Clifden, it was supposed to be 50 beds but has gone back to 40, inexplicably, when there is great demand. Look at the inexplicable vacancies in Áras Mhic Dara in Carraroe. I am trying to find out the waiting lists for Carraroe and Merlin Park. I do not expect the Minister...

Message from Select Committee (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any recruitment process underway to increase staffing levels in the Áras Mhic Dara community nursing unit in Carraroe to facilitate the use of all available beds in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 72. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 21 September 2023, the status of the examination by the HSE of the completed SAR/PBC for the new emergency department, women and children’s block at University Hospital Galway; if the HSE has completed the examination to date; the timeline for the delivery of the new emergency department; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has responded to date to the Galway Social Housing Taskforce Chairperson’s Report on Progress to end-2022; the details of any engagement between his Department, Galway City Council and Galway County Council with regard to resolving the staff retention issues highlighted in the report; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied), which found that only 27 properties were available within standard/discretionary HAP limits nationwide, the lowest number recorded across the 31 such reports carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48429/23]