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Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: That would be very helpful.

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tá muid réidh le tosú le ráitis maidir le hintleacht shaorga, IS, a bharrfheabhsú don mhaith choitianta sa ghnó, sa gheilleagar agus sa tsochaí i gcoitinne. We are now moving on to statements on maximising AI for our greater good in business, in the economy and in wider society. I call the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, to make the opening statement.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act was passed in 2017. Under that Act, there was not merely a promise but a legal obligation to carry out a review. That Act was brought in ostensibly to provide better protection for sex workers on the ground. There was much debate at the time so the review is essential to see if the legislation is achieving what it was set up to do. We were promised...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion. There are six basic asks in their motion. They are pretty basic when we have a housing crisis with just under 15,000 people homeless. Homeless accommodation in Galway is at capacity and people are waiting between 15 and 20 years. People are living in tents. People are living in cars. People are sleeping on couches. I have talked...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide radiation therapy students with a payment and travel allowances during their final-year internship in line with supports offered to student nurses, particularly in light of the finding of the National Radiation Therapist Review that there is a 30% shortage of radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State. I have given the details. I gave them to the Taoiseach when he took the question. There are 15 units with 11 sitting tenants. I wish the Minister of State the best, but when we get an answer like this that contains a lot of padding, it really is unhelpful. If the Minister of State was standing on this side of the House, she would be saying the same thing to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Galway City Council.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as ucht an cheist seo a phiocadh. Tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach do Ghaillimh agus do chórais áitiúla ar fud na tíre. Tá an scéim seo ann chun cosaint a thabhairt do thionóntaí atá i dteach agus é ar intinn ag an tiarna talún an teach a dhíol. I gcásanna mar sin,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Fós. Beidh tú.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: No, only since before Christmas.

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State and I have been here before and I have already congratulated her. There is an urgent need for the mental health Bill to be enacted. It was an absolute damming indictment of the last Government that it failed. I have praised the Minister of State for her work and I fully supported her with that Bill, but it fell. That Bill was the culmination of years of consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any local representatives, councillors or TDs were consulted at any stage during the relocation process of the Donegal Education Centre, Donegal Town; if so, who, when and for what reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm whether the management committee followed the procurement process for the leasing of new premises for the Donegal Education Centre, Donegal Town; if it was publicly advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5507/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether different locations were looked at as part of the Donegal Education Support Centre, Donegal town, relocation; if guidelines were used to evaluate these other locations; if so, to detail those guidelines; if any effort was made to meet the stated growing need in the Donegal town area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5799/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that the Donegal Education Support Centre has a procurement policy; the date on which it was adopted; to confirm that it is in line with the public service guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a cost analysis was conducted for the selected relocation of the Donegal Education Support Centre; if these findings were shared with the management committee, staff and stakeholders; if their views were taken on board in the making of the decision to relocate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the rent pressure zone scheme to include additional designated areas in which rent increases are capped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5499/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the rent pressure zone scheme beyond 31 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 9 September 2024, if the review of the working group has been completed; if a Level 8 BSc in Construction Project Management is to be included in the list of approved qualifications for engineering roles within Local Authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6264/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Sanctions (13 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The figures on our trade with the US, including our exports there, are something else, not to mention the figures on the services we import, which are even double those figures. The figure I have for exports to the US in 2024 is €103 billion. I am not arguing over figures at all; the enormity of the figures speaks for itself. My question is on the analysis that has been done by the...