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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome what the Minister is saying and the extra money; however, what is occurring is a damning indictment of Government policy, which is committed to balanced regional development. This has not come out of the blue. In 2020, a report by the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development categorised the region as a lagging region. In the Northern and Western Regional Assembly's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It has disimproved.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: No, it is a misunderstanding of-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that have been taken or that are planned following the analysis and conclusions of the spending review 2022 report entitled An Assessment of the Balance of Current and Capital Expenditure - OPW Estate Management Portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48285/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I draw the attention of the Minister to the spending review carried out by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEES. What steps is the Government taking with regard to the recommendations in that review and the data? I also point out to the Minister of State that there is a serious misunderstanding somewhere in the media reports on the downgrading of the north-west...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State has acknowledged my earlier interest in this matter as I have followed up on this before because my experience in Galway has been dreadful. The health executive of the time leased a property for almost €1 million per year on a 35-year lease, and in the end it was cheaper to break the lease with a €1 million penalty. I have a particular interest and it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: As the Minister of State may know, I have the greatest respect for the Office Public Works and it does great work. There is a bigger policy decision here for every government as to the type of policy they will adopt in encouraging important entities of the State to rent or purchase. A clear message has been given here that it is cheaper to build in capital terms over a period. Of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The tabled question is Deputy Durkan's and the other is a supplementary.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: There are set times for the questions. Deputy Carroll MacNeill might come in on another question. It has to be related to the question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: In any case, we are out of time. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2023 (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It is Question No. 91 in the name of Deputy Richmond. We had a forewarning.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2023 (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: We will not have the full time for Deputy Griffin's question but he will have the 30 seconds and one minute.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The response is not available.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It is normal practice for it to be available.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Just before midnight Minister; well done.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the modernisation of the office accommodation portfolio in line with the Office of Public Works estate strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to take further action to provide those who were subjected to differential treatment in childcare institutions with effective remedies, further to a statement issued by United Nations special rapporteurs (details supplied) expressing concern that children of African and Irish descent were subjected to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Commission on Care; the terms of reference for the Commission; the membership of the Commission; the expected timeline for the completion of the Commission's work; the status of the initial review on all relevant age-related strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; the number of times the group has met to date; the dates of each meeting; if she has received the recommendations and proposed action plan from the group to date, as expected by September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47975/22]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (5 Oct 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: Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - to discuss a response to the consultation with survivors of institutional abuse. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - to discuss the Owenahincha wastewater treatment infrastructure. Deputy Pauline Tully -...