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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Government on the formal recognition of the state of Palestine in view of the recent statement by the President of the USA in support of a one-state solution and in view of 138 UN member states affirming Palestinian statehood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8817/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (22 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the inquiry currently with the Garda national economic crime bureau on suspected VAT fraud in the poultry industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8844/17]

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The debate on this Bill is extremely important. The digest that has been produced to accompany this legislation confirms that approximately 600,000 people in this country, or 13% of the population, have a disability. The exact figure depends on the definition of "disability" that is used. The figure is much higher if a broader definition is used. The digest continues:Of people aged 15 and...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The removal of an important part of what we signed up to - maximum communication with people with disabilities - compounds the insult to people with disabilities. I remind the House that Article 33 of the UN convention enshrines the right of people with disabilities to participate in the decision-making process entirely separately from the organisations that represent them. Sections of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the planned construction of 14 social housing units in County Galway will address the housing crisis there (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the precise acreage, value and location of residential land owned by Galway City and County councils which has been transferred under the land aggregation scheme; the total cost of the transfer; the plans for this land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the precise location and acreage of city council owned residential zoned land now unavailable for the construction of social housing due to the proposed N6 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households and the total number of persons on the housing waiting list for Galway City and County Councils; the number on HAP; if their names have been taken off the waiting list and put on a special transfer list; the number on RAS; if their names have been taken off the waiting list; if so, the list...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the proposed amalgamation of Galway City and Galway County Councils in view of the unanimous opposition of elected representatives to this matter. [9029/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been issued with IPO 2 forms to date; the process being followed for the issuing of these forms to persons in direct provision; when others can expect to receive these forms and the sequence in which they will be received, that is alphabetical, random or decided according to the stage at which their asylum or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection officers currently employed; the nature of the training they have received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9185/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that have been made for the processing of a large number of IPO 2 forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources that have been made available to services such as the Legal Aid Board to assist asylum seekers with the lengthy IPO 2 forms; the means by which asylum seekers have been made aware of such steps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9184/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I certainly welcome that because the level of dependency that I have seen in public nursing homes in Galway and in the county, when we had one in Galway, was extraordinary. There is a facile debate, not even a debate but a facile public relations campaign, going on into private nursing homes to suggest they are much cheaper. Certainly I welcome that as the complexity of finance for public...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will be coming from Galway.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Have we?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I do not think we should rush off to look at nursing homes. I do not think it is our role. A particular point has come up here in respect of high levels of dependency in public nursing homes. That is our starting point. We should make decisions on what we will do after that, rather than rushing into it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I beg the Chairman's pardon. I am not saying that we should not visit a public nursing home but that the issue that has come before us is the high dependency level and issues like that. I do not think we should rush off to visit a public nursing home and feel we have to balance it with private nursing homes. I do not think that is necessary at this point. I think it is necessary to gather...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: On that, could the Chairman confirm when we expect to fly - excuse the bad pun - with a report on Project Eagle?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is what I am conscious of. I will not go into it here but-----