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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite services in Galway city and county; when respite services will be fully restored to pre-pandemic levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-departmental strategic workforce advisory group which will examine workforce challenges in home support and nursing homes; when the group will be operational; the membership of the group; the terms and reference for the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 789. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 2 December 2021, the status of the construction of the two orthopaedic theatres with ancillary accommodation for the provision of elective procedures in Merlin Park University Hospital; when the new theatres will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8057/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 790. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 2 December 2021, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city west; the location of same; if a planning permission application has been lodged to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/22]

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Before we put the question to the House, I understand there is a typographical error in the motion. Paragraph 2, bullet point 3, which reads "that functions could be transferred" should read "what functions could be transferred". The Minister of State may ask for leave of the House to make that change.

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh - a number of group water schemes in County Mayo are waiting for Irish Water to take them over. Because of the ageing piping infrastructure continuous leaks are causing debt to escalate on these schemes. I...

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I wish we could channel some of that anger and passion into facing the existential threat that climate change poses. That is a challenge for all of us. I welcome the opportunity provided by Sinn Féin to take part in this debate and I support the motion. I take great exception to a Deputy from the Labour Party telling us that anyone who is opposed to a carbon tax is not serious about...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 16 December 2021, the status of the promised review of the help to buy scheme; the terms of reference for the review; the person or body carrying out the review; the timeline for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9688/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: My question pertains to the status of the promised review of the help to buy scheme, the terms of reference for the review, the person or body charged with carrying out the review, the timeline and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. Will the terms of reference be published prior to the review going ahead? No. The Minister is going to go outside the Department for an external group to run it. When does he expect that to be completed? What exactly will it be looking at? I realise our opinions on this differ. From anecdotal evidence on the ground and the figures, I do not believe the scheme has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It is not "any tax measure"; it is a tax measure to assist people with the deposit when buying a house in a most serious housing crisis that is getting worse every day. I watched these developments as a councillor locally. I recall exactly when the construction started because we used to get quarterly reports telling us how many houses would be constructed and where. It stopped in 2009....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the study by his Department into SME survival, recovery and investment following Covid-19; when this study will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I was asking the Minister a very specific question on the publication of the report and he has clarified that it has been published which I am aware of. The misunderstanding was on my part as I thought that the Department of Finance itself was carrying out a report. Can the Minister address in his reply, moving on from the fact that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I have read the paper and it is not an easy paper to read. It is the second working paper that has been produced by the Minister’s Department along with the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI. I fully accept that without the support, all of these businesses would have been much worse off. I am on record in supporting the Government on quick action. That is not what I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister's approach, as opposed to divide and conquer in a classroom, is to have the good student and the not-so-good student who he fails to understand. It is beneath the Minister and it does not do him justice with regard to the issue being raised. I did not ask him about the extension of the programmes he has. I asked what was the follow-up from the report that identified serious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: This is a stand-up comedy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: That is what the Minister did.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I did not ask the Minister that question, but I will keep my mask on to stop me talking.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the research and collection of data on property vacancies by his Department with a view to introducing a vacant property tax; if the data collection has been concluded; when this data will be published; when he expects to bring proposals for the vacant property tax before Government; the estimated timeline for the expected introduction of the...