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Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Seven speakers have indicated. I ask for Members' co-operation so everybody gets in.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: As the time allowed for debate has expired, I must now put the following question in accordance with the order of the Dáil of this day: “That the motion for Financial Resolution No. 3 is hereby agreed to.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures undertaken by her Department to reduce citizenship application processing times, particularly in respect of applications submitted in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43951/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: My question relates to applications of citizenship. What should be a joyful process and a wonderful experience has become mired in delay. What measures has the Department taken to reduce the backlog? The response to a recent question from a colleague on the Government side of the House confirmed that there is a backlog of 15,000 on the waiting list. How far back is that? It mentions 2021...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I certainly welcome the citizenship ceremonies. However, my question is very specific in relation to the delay caused by the backlog. I would be grateful if the Minister of State could be more specific. I welcome the fact that there are extra staff but I understand that this section lost staff because of the passport crisis. What resources are being used within the Department to handle...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that this is a legacy issue. I know some cases are complicated. However, let us be blunt and straight here; it is a legacy issue. As well as staff not being available because of the Covid pandemic, staff were also reassigned to other matters. Have they been brought back into this section? When does the Minister of State expect the backlog to be cleared? In the example I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Just generally, how long does the e-vetting take?

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: In my time I hope to generally deal with three or four topics and then go to the issue of the Irish language. It takes a while, not just a few days, but a few weeks to analyse a budget. Notwithstanding the good points and the payments that are being made, I would like to give some of the reaction. The Antipoverty Network in Ireland described the budget as a wasted opportunity. It said...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We will now move on to Department of Justice and the Minister, Deputy McEntee, who has five minutes.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Minister, you are sharing time with your two colleagues and there are just six minutes left for both colleagues. You have five minutes.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There are three speakers on the list. It is up to you. Sorry to interrupt the Minister. I call the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent visit to Israel/Palestine, if he can confirm several reports that the Israeli Government refused his request to visit Palestinian towns in Area C of the West Bank; if he was given a reason for this refusal, and if he accepts the explanation given; if he agrees that the areas in question are not part of Israel but...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent visit to Israel/Palestine, if he planned or attempted to visit Ein Samiya in Area C of the West Bank, where, according to reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, schools were destroyed in August and Palestinian residents were forced to flee following attacks from illegal settlers; if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 12 July 2023, the number of approvals and negative decisions made to date under the Afghan Admission programme; the number of applicants who have been informed that their applications were not eligible under the terms of the programme; the number of visas which have been issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when a decision is likely to issue, in light of the fact that the application was made over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44049/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 11 July 2023, the status of the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, which was due for completion by the end of 2022; the status of the recruitment process to replace the individual who had previously been engaged to carry out the study, and if...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 29 June 2023, the number of employment permits issued in respect of non-EEA home care workers since the start of January 2023; the number of applications refused; the number of applications pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44242/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any review carried out by his Department with regard to removing dental nurses from the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; his plans to review same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44204/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le haltraí fiaclóireachta agus go háirithe maidir le haon dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh na bpost seo a bhaint ó liosta na bpost neamhcháilithe. My question relates to dental nurses. I ask for the results of any review carried out by the Minister of State's Department with a view to removing dental nurses from the ineligible...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for confirming that the decision is to be made in November. At least we have the time span. Looking at the background to this - and it has been brought to my attention by someone who wants to come into the country - I will say at the outset that we should not have let this crisis happen in the first place. We should have had enough graduates of our own and we...