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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (13 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the plans to review and strengthen the ethics in public office legislation following the completion of the review of the statutory framework in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (13 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Coirib go Cósta project; the timeline for its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (13 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is complying with the International Court of Justice’s non-binding opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, 19 July 2024; the specific actions taken to comply with the UN General Assembly resolution...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to extend the temporary waiver of development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5402/25]

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: There are many matters I would like to discuss regarding the programme for Government, ranging from housing to climate change but in the time available I am going to zone in on just one discrete item that has huge implications for future generations, which is the undermining of our neutrality, spelt out in black and white. Before I come to that, it is significant that words like "progress",...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Is mian liom dul ar ais go dtí cúrsaí tithíochta, go háirithe an scéim a bhí ann chun tionónta seilbhe a chosaint. Tá an dealramh ar an scéal go bhfuil an scéim sin curtha ar ceal nó ar fionraí agus nach bhfuil sí ag feidhmiú. I am returning to the tenant in situ scheme and to the earlier theme of who is actually...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: What about the 11 units that are to go through this? I am sorry for interrupting, but just to clarify.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance when the long-term investment strategy for the infrastructure, climate and nature fund will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an open and competitive tender process was conducted for any building works or any lease arrangements for the Donegal education centre, Donegal town; if so, to provide an overview of the steps taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4968/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to select a contractor or builder for any proposed works in the relocation of the Donegal Education Centre to Letterkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an independent audit or review of the decision to relocate the Donegal Education Centre, Donegal town, was conducted to ensure that the procurement process complied with best practices and governance policies; if so, the date and outcome of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4970/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail all discussions and consultations that took place with staff before an announcement to relocate the Donegal Education Support Centre was made; if the views of staff were taken into consideration when making the decision; if so, the way in which they were so considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4971/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (12 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has considered Galway city as a location for a pilot project for the roll out of a tourist bed-night tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4860/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeline for the passage of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 that incorporates a ban on imports and services from these areas, supported by the advisory opinion on the illegality of Israel's occupation and settlements issued on July 19 2024 by the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to ask for an update on the occupied territories Bill, more formally called the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, which incorporates a ban on imports and services from the occupied areas. I would like a robust and honest exchange on this matter. Slaughter is happening daily in Gaza and the occupied territories. The occupied territories...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: This and the previous Governments have had ample time since 2018 to enact the occupied territories Bill. It is a matter of great disappointment to everybody in the Opposition that the programme for Government talks about progressing it. The Government will change the triple lock but it will progress this Bill some time in the future, ignoring completely the reality on the ground and the new...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I disagree fundamentally with the Tánaiste on this and I take no comfort that we are ahead in terms of our condemnation of what is happening. We need a lot more than condemnation. We need to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Their country has been destroyed. Genocide, in my opinion, is under way as we trade words across the Dáil. There is a case before the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: We are beyond trading words, taking credit for standing with the Palestinian people or recognising Palestine, which I fully praised the Government for at the time. There is no Palestine left to recognise on the ground. Some 80% to 90% of it has been destroyed. What is on the ground is the resilience of the Palestinian people, who have failed to give up at any stage. As an independent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: It has been declared illegal by Israel.