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Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister will be able to come back in.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: He has the opportunity.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, are being discussed together. It is late and I am not going to speak too long to these amendments. I have said all that I have to say about this Bill. It is unfortunate that the defence we sought was removed; it should have been treated as an exemption if one is a humanitarian organisation or acting for humanitarian purposes. We have...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, after line 40, to insert the following: “Report on training 11. The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining— (a) the training provided to frontline staff involved in the identification of smuggled persons, (b) measures which may be taken to improve such...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, after line 40, to insert the following: “Report on identification of smuggled persons 11. The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas setting out proposals to strengthen the identification of smuggled persons and the potential for human rights experts from non-governmental...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Members and all others in attendance are again asked to exercise personal responsibility in respect of protecting themselves and others from the risk of Covid-19. Members are strongly advised to practise good hygiene and observe a checkerboard seating arrangement. They should also maintain an appropriate level of social distancing during and after the sitting. Masks, preferably of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I understand Deputy Bacik is taking this question. I have no difficulty with that but I remind Deputies there has to be notification of the change in advance.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I will allow Deputy Bacik to speak before the Minister of State comes in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. He will get a chance to come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Before Deputy Tóibín comes back in, I ask him to avoid mentioning people's names if he could. That is the practice in the Dáil.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 2 November 2021, if he will report on his engagement at European Union and World Trade Organization level with regard to the waiving of intellectual property rights in respect of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60796/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: As the Tánaiste knows, there is a huge push for the TRIPS waiver. It has come from so many organisations. More than 100 countries have asked for this, according to Médecins Sans Frontières. The nursing unions were the latest, with about 30 of them throughout the world, including the Vaccine Alliance and so on. In our country, 400 leading scientists have expressed a similar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I am really disappointed in the Tánaiste's response. COVAX has done so much but there has not been an assessment of whether it has met the need. Clearly, it has not because the figures speak for themselves. Just 8% of people in low-income countries will have received at least one dose by the end of 2021, compared with 76% for high-income countries. I have mentioned just some of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Nobody was shouting.

Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. He will have an opportunity to continue his statement in his closing remarks.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 21 October 2021, the status of the wool feasibility study; when the final report will be published; the status of the stakeholder group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit given the commitment to same in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60770/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 2 November 2021, the status of the review of the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy 2018; the timeline of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 2 November 2021, the status of the new west regional enterprise plan to 2024; if the plan has been finalised to date; when the plan will be published; the analysis that has been carried out in the preparation of the plan with regard to supporting sustainable, community-based, indigenous...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Dec 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the analysis his Department has carried out into the uptake and effectiveness of Government supports for Covid-19 impacted businesses; the uptake to date of each of the Covid-19 business supports provided by his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60797/21]