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National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: An bhfuil cóip de ráiteas an Aire Stáit ar fáil?

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Níl sé ar fáil fós.

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It is not available yet.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Roimh bhogadh ar aghaidh tá na hÁbhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla le léamh amach agam. I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy James O'Connor - to discuss additional supports for primary and post-primary schools that are enrolling...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Could I have their time?

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Perhaps I could have a certain leniency. I welcome the opportunity to speak and pay tribute to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, on this review and on his dedication, hard work and commitment. The programme for Government promised the review, and we have it. What is under discussion today is the strategic plan, which is based and arises from a report on the National Parks and...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thought I was getting a tiny bit of leniency, but perhaps I am not.

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am almost finished, in any event. Certainly, it is now or never. It is time to do something. The Minister of State has my full support on this, but it has to be done, as was said, with the community. Indeed, in Galway, the community has led the way. We need to have the community on board and to recognise that it is the essential ingredient in our role to change what is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: What is the benefit to St. Vincent's Healthcare Group or St. Vincent's Holdings of having the whole leasehold?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had in 2021 and to date in 2022 with the Department of Foreign Affairs with regard to the second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights; when he expects the plan to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25367/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 26 April 2022, the status of the consideration by his Department of the report and recommendations of the Low Pay Commission on the progression to a living wage; when he expects to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25370/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he raised human rights with his Colombian counterparts, or any other stakeholders, during his March 2022 visit to Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 7 April 2022, the status of the work to revise the Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy; the number of times the working group has met to date; if minutes are taken at the meetings of the working group; if so, his plans to publish same;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 8 March 2022, if the draft review by the expert panel on the further education and training funding model has been received to date by his Department; when he expects the final report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the high-level Higher Education Reform Implementation Review Group; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the group; the number of meetings the group has had to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25352/22]

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the opportunity to take part in this discussion on journalists in conflict zones around the world. I thank the Minister, Deputy Coveney, for his detailed speech and confirmation that the promotion and protection of all human rights remains a key foreign policy priority for Ireland. We will hold him to account in that regard, particularly in respect of the many countries not...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank members of the Rural Independent Group for allowing me to speak ahead of them on this by way of exception. I appreciate that. I agree with Deputy Verona Murphy on a number of issues, but certainty not on the Planning Regulator and the manner in which he has been portrayed. It ignores how the Planning Regulator's role arose. It was because of a planning tribunal that cost a...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (25 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Paul Murphy and Richard Boyd Barrett - to discuss the Oxfam wealth report; (2) Deputy Cathal Crowe - to ask the Minister for Transport if he will accede to the request made by Clare County Council for funding to be made...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (25 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The next Topical Issue matter is the ongoing strike action by medical scientists.

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The medical scientists will forgive me if I do not waste my four minutes thanking them. I stand in solidarity with them. I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for tabling this motion. I am not sure how the Minister could not agree with it. It is the most basic motion that I have ever seen and makes three calls: — ensure that DPER and the HSE agree to the long-standing pay...