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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I have allowed the Deputy to quickly ask his question. We are over time.

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I hate to interrupt the Minister of State but are copies of his script available?

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I think Members would like a copy.

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome our visitors to the Public Gallery. This discussion is particularly pertinent to their future.

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: In the time I have I will try to be as focused as possible. I welcome the Minister of State's speech today. I welcome that he has confirmed the Government is confident, just as Deputy Fitzmaurice has said, that at a minimum the rewetting targets for 2030 and 2040 can be met entirely on State lands. I welcome the clarification that flooding is not in question. It has nothing to do with...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: He has done so with the assistance of Clare Daly. It is important to put this on the record.

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is nearly five years since we declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. I sat on a council that had a draft biodiversity plan for donkey's years and no biodiversity officer. The Department was starved of funds and leadership from governments. I have said this on the record. As well as this, there is an emergency brake in the scheme in addition to it being voluntary. It is very...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will finish by referring to bánú, the depopulation of the Gaeltacht areas and the rural areas. While it is a fantastic to have "Danú", at the moment we have bánú, so we need to look at the two. I am fully behind the Minister of State on this matter and I would like to work with him.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 24 January 2024, the details of Ireland's financial and in-kind assistance to Ukraine since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11186/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a status update on Ireland's plans to support South Africa's case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement at EU level following the recent letter signed by the Taoiseach and the Spanish Prime Minister for a review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU/Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 25 January 2024, his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11056/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement to date both at bilateral level with his Israeli counterpart, and at EU level, with regard to the designation in October 2021 of six Palestinian human rights organisations as terrorist groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of local authority climate action plans that have been completed to-date; the details of any engagement his Department has had with Galway City and County Councils in 2024 with regard to the development of their respective local authority climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the fact that there are now over 1,000 asylum seekers without accommodation in Ireland, his plans for the provision of basic sanitation, including toilet facilities, in cities around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any interdepartmental engagement there has been to-date in 2024 with regard to the repurposing of state-owned buildings for emergency accommodation for asylum seekers, in view of the increasing number of asylum seekers with no accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11256/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any engagement between his Department and the owners of religious institutions in the State with a view to providing emergency accommodation for asylum seekers, in view of the increasing number of asylum seekers with no accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11257/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to discontinue HSE funding for a programme (details supplied); when the decision was made; the details of the analysis on which the decision was based; the details of any analysis carried out into the expected impact of the withdrawal of funding; the details of any engagement he or his Department has had with adult ADHD advocacy...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I dtús báire, gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach, leis an gcléireach agus le foireann an choiste. Is de bharr na hoibre uilig a rinne siad go bhfuilimid go léir anseo. Is lá stairiúil é i ndáiríre go bhfuilimid anseo le chéile. Mo bhuíochas libh ar fad. Tá neart ceisteanna agam. B'fhéidir gur tús...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Ní raibh mé ag iarraidh an ollscoil a lochtadh ach clúdaíonn sé na dúshláin atá os comhar na cathrach i ndáiríre.