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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government pursuant to the minutes of a meeting (details supplied) which highlighted an increase in the number of families and persons presenting for homelessness services in Galway city and county as well as a notable increase in Traveller homelessness, the engagement he or his Department has had in 2022 with Galway City and County...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The two questions are linked. One is to ask the Minister what action has been taken on the challenges identified by the approved housing sector in delivering on its targets. The other question is on homelessness and the stark increase in numbers in Galway city and county.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for the response. In a contribution I made yesterday I highlighted the acute situation in Galway and the extraordinary rise in rents in the county and city, which have increased by more than 115%. Homelessness is as acute. I have a serious concern that the new subgroup will be like the existing task force, which meets and monitors but the situation gets worse....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It would be helpful for us on this side if the questions were answered and with a little less heckling from the colleagues to the right of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. I am not one bit reassured. I welcome the pause, but I am deeply troubled that at the same time there is a pause that will allow the committee to look at it we have reports in The Irish Times, a newspaper of repute, telling us...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Let me try to clarify the position in 60 seconds. The Government is open to change; is that what the Minister said?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: So the Government is not open to change. That is very good. We have that clarified. My concerns are in respect of the documents I have read and the absence of some extremely important documents, such as, for example, as the constitution of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. Mr. Menton tells us that the group is evolving into a secular organisation. Evolution is slow and I would like to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am asking the Minister for specifics.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Certainly. Please do.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I asked the Minister if the Government is open to change, and he said it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I apologise.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. I will approach it from two angles: first, the practical angle and the angle of the title of the session and, second, more generally, the angle of our neutral role and our role in bringing peace in the world. I welcome and pay tribute to the work done by the Minister of State's colleague and the Government in taking a hands-on...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I will finish. America has absolutely no respect for the International Criminal Court.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Not really, a Cheann Comhairle, but I will take your ruling on it.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I was judging by the content of the other speeches.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Were you not? That was unfortunate.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you.

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for his effort and his work behind this motion. I welcome that the Government is not opposing it and is going to work with the contents of it. I find myself in a strange position. I am absolutely committed to tackling climate change. It is the greatest existential threat we face, and we have to take action. My difficulty with a lot of what the Government is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: This is a very important topic, as I know the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, appreciates. It relates to what was known as the July provision and now has a new name, that is, the summer school programme for all primary schools. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter. Since I tabled it, the Department has published the guidelines, which is one of the issues I was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Did I get four minutes?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (5 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I beg your pardon, Acting Chairman.