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Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Aontaím leis an leasú seo. Faraor, níl m’ainm air. Rinne mé dearmad mé féin air. Is leasú thar a bheith tábhachtach é agus aontaím leis. Mar a dúirt an Teachta McGuinness, is "gnáthchleachtas" atá i gceist i ndáiríre. Ó mo thaithí féin i nGaillimh sa chomhairle cathrach, bhí feachtas...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an tAire sásta bualadh le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta. De réir mar a thuigim, tá BÁNÚ ar an talamh ag lorg cruinnithe leis an Aire. Is dócha go bhfuil an tAire sásta bualadh leis an ngrúpa. Tá neart oibre déanta aige agus ag eagraíochtaí eile. Ansin, ó thaobh na Roinne féin de, de réir mar a thuigim,...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tá trí leasú i gceist anseo. Tá m'ainm ar cheann amháin, Uimh. 15, ach aontaím leo go léir. Táim ag tnúth le freagra an Aire. Gan dabht, beidh tuilleadh acmhainní ag teastáil ó Údarás na Gaeltachta agus ón gcóras áitiúil má ghlactar leis na leasuithe seo. Is é sin an rud is...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tá rud amháin le lua agam chun a bheith féaráilte d’Údarás na Gaeilge. Is dócha go raibh tuairim scríofa ón Ard-Aighne ag cur in iúl nach raibh cumhacht ag an údarás ó thaobh chúrsaí tithíochta. Bheadh sé tábhachtach é sin a shoiléiriú. Léigh mé é sin agus...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Fearaim fáilte roimh an Aire go bhfuil sé sásta nó oscailte faoin gceist seo ach tá sé deacair a oibriú amach cén chaoi a oibreoidh sé seo. Táimid ag dul ar aghaidh leis seo le cúpla bliain agus táim ag breathnú siar ar na hóráidí a thug an t-iarOllamh Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh agus tiocfaidh mé ar ais...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Seo croílár na faidhbe i ndáiríre - na leasuithe seo. Níl leasú an Rialtais sásúil. De réir alt 6 den Bhille, leasófar alt 8 den Phríomh-Acht agus "Féadfaidh an tÚdarás talamh a dhíol le comhlacht tithíochta ceadaithe ... nó le húdarás tithíochta ... nó a dhiúscairt". Cuirimis na...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Arís, go sciobtha, fáiltím go bhfuil an tAire oscailte chun an rud seo a phlé. Tá mé ag díriú isteach arís ar na daoine a tháinig os ár gcomhair agus na daoine ar phainéil éagsúla ar chláracha teilifíse agus raidió. Tá formhór dóibh ina gcónaí taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht agus ag cur...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Ba mhaith liom aontú leis na cainteoirí ó Shinn Féin maidir leis an rud seo. Is íorónta an rud é go bhfuilimid chun daoine le Gaeilge líofa, nach bhfuil in ann tithe a fháil sa Ghaeltacht agus atá ina gcónaí taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht, a choinneáil amach óna bheith in ann dul ar Údarás na Gaeltachta. Is...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Roimh aon rud a rá - b’fhéidir nach bhfuil aon rud le rá agam de bharr go raibh neart ráite agam an uair dheireanach - cá bhfuil muid ó thaobh na leasuithe? Cén leasú atá i gceist?

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Labhair mé an uair dheireanach faoin alt seo. Go sciobtha arís, is dócha go bhfuil díomá orm nach bhfuil an tAire ag glacadh leis na moltaí a tháinig ón tuarascáil ón gcoiste. Ba é an rud ba thábhachtaí ná go mbeadh ionadaíocht i gceist ó gach...

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to pick up on the comment about seismic change that the previous speaker referred to. We were warned about this for a very long time. When climate change was declared as being real, we were told that the model of business as usual could not continue. We failed to take on that warning. Then we had Covid and we continued on with the same business model. Then, more than ten...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the monies claimed by Ireland under the Recovery and Resilience Fund; the programmes the funding was expended on; the extent of remaining monies due to be drawn down and by which programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17814/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates in the European elections 2024 who have been reimbursed electoral expenses to date; the number of candidates whose expenses have yet to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for grade deflation of Leaving Certificate results since the introduction of grade inflation; if 2025 Leaving Certificate students will be adversely impacted as a result of grade inflation over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17740/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is necessary to apply for planning permission in circumstances where a wind turbine is dismantled and removed from a wind farm and it is intended to instal a replacement wind turbine at the same location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17736/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the examination of benchmarking of working age social welfare payments, as outlined in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; when the examination will be concluded; if it is intended to publish the conclusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 56 family reunification applications on hand at the family reunification unit; the current processing times of applications; the number of FTE staff in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 223. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the 2025 rounds of the International Protection Fund, the National Integration Fund and the Community Integration Fund will each be opened for applications; the amounts that will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of emergency reception and orientation centres currently operated by IPAS; the capacity and current occupancy of each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17990/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (8 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for taking a hands-on approach. There are 11 sentences, two of which refer to the issue we raised. It goes back three and possibly four elections but I do not wish to exaggerate. We have confirmation from the former assistant national director that tender documents were to issue in April and building was to start in July and finish by the end of the year. We...