Results 29,241-29,260 of 33,457 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: As someone who supports what the Minister is talking about, I am frustrated. The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, was present the last time I asked about this on 28 September. He stated that he would contact my office. I received an acknowledgement but nothing with details of the analysis. Where RESS 1 is concerned, I have been told repeatedly that seven community-led projects were...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: I do not disagree with the Minister and I am delighted that community projects are out of the auction system. They should never have been in it in the first place. When we declared a climate emergency, we spoke about needing transformative change because our corporate model and other models had not worked for energy. That transformative change will come from the ground up and nowhere else....
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Is there a document, an analysis or research-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: -----that led to the Minister’s decision?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 15 June 2023 , the details of any engagement his Department, or bodies under the aegis of his Department, has had with Galway City and County Councils in 2023 with regard to the development of their local authority climate action plans, and in particular the preparation of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: My question specifically relates to Galway City Council and Galway County Council. What engagement if any has the Minister, his Department or any bodies under its aegis had in respect of the preparation of these plans, in particular the inclusion of decarbonisation zones? The city council did great work and designated an area on the west side as a decarbonisation zone way back in April...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: I agree with the Minister totally, absolutely. They should show vision and they should lead. That is very difficult when staff are constantly moved, when the county council is seriously underfunded and staff are moved from department to department. As soon as they get any expertise, they are moved off under pressure. There is a serious role for the Government in properly resourcing and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: I hope I am being constructively critical of the city and county councils in Galway, but it is not totally fair. They are under-resourced. They do not have enough staff and the county council is certainly at its wits' end. They are also competing with a model of development that has continued on, and which was there before we declared a climate emergency, with the same absolute consumerism...
- Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Before we proceed, I take the opportunity to mention that I understand that Deputy Howlin's extended family is almost filling the Gallery above. Céad míle fáilte romhaibh go léir. You are all very welcome.
- Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Maybe the next candidate is up there.
- Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: I call an Teachta Bruton.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (16 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 26 October 2023, for an update on plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat fishery, which is concentrated within the six-nautical-mile zone; when he expects to receive the updated scientific and economic advice from the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara on...
- Visit of UK Delegation (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Roimh bogadh ar aghaidh, cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh na gcuairteoirí atá inár gcomhluadar inniu ón mBreatain Bheag. Beidh siad ag glacadh páirt i sraith cruinnithe i rith an lae, go háirid Ruth Jones, Teachta Parlaiminte. Cuirim fáilte rompu. Before proceeding with business, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Are the proposed arrangements for this week's business agreed to? They are not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Are the proposed arrangements agreed to?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Will the Deputies who are claiming a division please rise in their places?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: As fewer than ten Members have risen in their places, I declare the question carried. The names of the Deputies who claimed a division will be recorded in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Dáil.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: I ask any Members leaving the Dáil to do so quietly. Táim ag bogadh ar aghaidh. I ask for Members' co-operation as there are just 23 minutes left.
- Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Is the Bill opposed?
- Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Nov 2023)
Catherine Connolly: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.