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Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: The Acting Chairman might give me some discretion as a lot of my colleagues did not use their time. That is something I rarely ask for but I will do so now given the importance of this issue. I welcome the Minister's confirmation that he is decoupling the roles of director general of Science Foundation Ireland and chief scientific adviser. Those jobs were combined back in 2012. It was an...

Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: How stands the amendment?

Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Tá ceann amháin fágtha. There is one amendment left, again in the name of Deputy O'Reilly.

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 24, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 33 of Act of 2005 30.Section 33 of the Act of 2005 is amended, in subsection (2), by the deletion of ", to the extent practicable,".". Is leasú díreach simplí é seo. Tá mé féin agus an Teachta Pringle ag iarraidh fáil réidh leis na...

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputies who have supported the amendment. I was hesitant to bring the amendment because I am very cautious given my own background and I can see the sense of the escape route. When I looked at the report and saw that it took ten years and that the Coimisinéir Teanga had to resort to the last weapon, an uirlis dheireanach a bhí aige, an tuarascáil a chur os...

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister can correct me if I am wrong, but the Garda Commissioner has been in place since 2018. It is now 2021, so it is not just yesterday. Second, there is a misunderstanding about the report, namely, that the investigation was carried out in 2011. The Garda failed to comply with the recommendations in that report and ten years later, ní raibh an dara rogha ag an...

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding rising costs and supply security for fuel and energy. On Wednesday, 10 November 2021, on the question, "That the amendment be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the financial resolutions regarding the Finance Bill 2021. On Wednesday, 10 November 2021, on the question, "That Financial Resolutions 1 to 18, inclusive, be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish a national strategy for the sustainable development of the seaweed sector in Ireland with a particular focus on the interests of traditional seaweed harvesters and their livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 28 September 2021, if minutes were taken in respect of the meetings in 2021 between him and representatives of Galway city and county councils at which issues relating to the Housing for All plan, including land, funding and resources, were discussed; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I am returning to Priority Question No. 4, in the name of Carol Nolan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Services (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Rachaidh mé ar ais mar tá Teachtaí Dála anseo. I will return now to the list of parliamentary questions again. I call now Deputy Boyd Barrett on Question No. 13..

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 12 ar an 5ú Deireadh Fómhair 2021, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an athbhreithniú atá idir lámha ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ar na córais agus ar an gcur chuige atá i bhfeidhm ag an údarás faoi láthair chun tacú le...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Tá soiléiriú ag teastáil uaim ar an athbhreithniú atá idir lámha ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ar na córais agus ar an gcur chuige atá i bhfeidhm ag an údarás faoi láthair chun tacú le cur chun cinn na Gaeilge sna cliantchomhlachtaí agus ar na bealaí a dhéantar an t-ábhar a bhaineann leo a riaradh....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sé soiléir anois go bhfuil athbhreithniú i gceist, go bhfuil an chéad chéim críochnaithe agus go bhfuil an t-údarás i mbun oibre leis an dara céim. Cén uair a thosaigh an t-athbhreithniú seo agus cathain a bheidh sé críochnaithe? Cé atá i mbun oibre: an próiseas inmheánach nó a bhfuil foireann...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an straitéis sin ar eolas agam agus tá sí léite agam agus tuigim go bhfuil cúig chuspóir faoi leith inti. Is é an rud is tábhachtaí ná go gcuirtear tús leis an taighde. Tá sé tábhachtach a chur in iúl dom cén uair a thosaigh an taighde agus cathain a bheidh sé críochnaithe, agus an bhfoilseofar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 34 ar an 5ú Deireadh Fómhair 2021, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar stádas phlean teanga Oileán Árann agus plean teanga na Gaeltachta Láir; cathain a cheadófar na 26 phlean teanga; cé mhéad plean díobh sin atá ag...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le stádas phlean teanga Oileáin Árann agus plean teanga Ghaeltacht an Láir. Cén uair a bheidh na 26 plean teanga foilsithe? Cé mhéad atá ag feidhmiú faoi láthair?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Fáiltím roimh an dea-scéal go bhfuil suas le €100,000 faofa do chathair na Gaillimhe mar aitheantas ar na dúshláin bhreise a bhaineann léi ach bhain mo cheist le stádas phlean teanga Oileáin Árann agus Ghaeltacht an Láir. Tá sé ráite ag an Aire Stáit go mbeidh siad faofa gan rómhoill. Táimid ag...