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Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Sinn Féin for this motion which follows on from a motion I introduced on 25 October. I do not disagree with anything Sinn Féin has set out in the motion, which gives the history back to the Lisbon treaty. It actually goes way back before that. With the Single European Act in 1987, because there were serious concerns about the erosion of our neutrality way back then,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 26 October 2023, the status of the review by the Coirib go Cósta steering group of the draft revised programme for the Coirib go Cósta flood relief scheme; the timeline for the publication of the revised project programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52247/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: This is something I am following up and it has been given particular urgency after the flooding in Galway. I know the Minister of State was down in Galway and I am sure he will tell us about it. Specifically, I seek an update on the status of the review by the Coirib go Cósta steering group of the draft revised programme for the Coirib go Cósta flood relief schemes; the timeline...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for coming to Galway. I was chairing the Dáil that day at 2 p.m. and there was no way out of that. I have followed up this matter. The flood plans were drawn up in 2012. Following that, a programme of works were to be carried out. We are still in stage 1, which started in 2020. There has been one consultation in that time. There has been no update on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: As a councillor at the time, I and others knew that a one in 100-year event was being looked at. We knew that was madness and we were not experts. In addition, we have been given so many deadlines that have been missed. I realise the complexity of the work but it is difficult to have trust when the website is not updated and reasons are not given. Councillors should be updated as a matter...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There is a disconnect.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of his Department’s plan for assisting the recovery of communities in County Galway impacted by recent flooding, with regard to flood relief measures, flood defences and climate adaptation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52248/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the Minister of State answered some of this question earlier on but I welcome the opportunity to tease things out. There are five stages. This was all set out to me over the years. On stage one, the options assessment began in late 2020. Then it will move up to stage five for handover in 2029. Where are we at in that process? I welcome that Storm Debi has been taken into...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There is a certain frustration on my part because I have borne with the process for a long time. The Minister of State referred to the fact that, following the completion of the hydrological and hydraulic modelling, significantly more defences were necessary. That was way back in January 2023. We knew this even before Storm Debi and before that again because there was major flooding in...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Nov 2023)

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 Gino Kenny - To discuss the lack of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West. Deputy Alan Dillon - To discuss early intervention methods for early years education. Deputy James O'Connor - To discuss the urgent need for childcare...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy for making up time for me.

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Messages from Select Committees (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2023: Vote 31 - Transport and Communications. The Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Is lá thar a bheith tábhachtach do mhuintir na Palaistíne é seo. Beidh deireadh leis an sos cogaidh inniu muna ngéilleann Iosrael don bhrú leanúint ar aghaidh leis. Chomh maith leis sin, is lá faoi leith é seo, Lá Idirnáisiúnta um Dhlúthpháirtíocht le Muintir na Palaistíne, atá ag tarlú gach bliain...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I have done my best in three minutes to give the Minister a background, but still she stands up and condemns Hamas without condemning-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: -----what the Israeli army or the Government are doing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: That is talking out of six sides-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I did listen. You have not condemned the actions of Israel or its army.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Let me quote to her in the time I have. Thirty-six UN experts, on 16 November, raised the alarm about the risk of genocide. Professor William Schabas, who is a professor of international law, also raised what was happening in terms of genocide. Going back, Amnesty International told the Government that Israel is operating an apartheid system, and nobody has come back in relation to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The shaking of the heads tells its own story when the Government cannot listen to facts.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am sticking to facts. Israel cannot wait to go back on the pretence of getting rid of Hamas. What it is really doing is destroying Palestine and the Palestinian people while you nod and shake your heads in relation to it.