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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Please, Deputy. The time is running out and other Deputies want to come in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Deputies should speak through the Chair. Time is running out.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Before the Minister responds, there are supplementary questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is very hard to hear.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: While it is within the remit of the Minister, I wish to raise school transport. It is a huge scheme every year, with 163,000 children availing of it. Properly functioning school transport is an absolute necessity for access to school, to allow people to go to work and for climate change. August and September are a nightmare every year all over the country. The emails I have received, as...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: And look at the clock.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the time to speak on this Bill. I wish I had more time. The Dáil is just back in session and this is very serious legislation, as is the next Bill we will consider, the Mental Health Bill 2024. The Defamation (Amendment) Bill involves a lot of reading. I have a lot of people to thank for their help. Once again, under pressure, the library and research service has...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome this Bill. It is a positive Bill and I welcome the progress. Its purpose of course is to replace the Mental Health Acts, 2001 to 2022, which Acts themselves replaced the Mental Health Act 1945. I might come back to that date later, in terms of admissions for that year, and the still high admissions. Of course, this whole Bill reflects a shift on international level, forcing us...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: She might not remember it, but Planning for the Future was the document to change everything in 1984. That was followed by A Vision for Change covering 2006 to 2016. Again, it was brilliant. I had no problems with both documents, but I had a big problem with their implementation. Planning for the Future was to change everything from the mid-eighties onwards to stop institutionalisation,...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. They still have two wards of court. Five residents are in that acute unit. The word "acute" signifies something. It is not chronic; it is acute. It has had five residents for more than six months. Interestingly, they did not tell us whether that is years or months. I believe that one or two patients, or people, have been residents in that unit for years. That ties in with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: European Capital of Culture (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 957 of 23 July 2024, if the external evaluation and financial audit of the Legacy Programme has been completed; if the evaluation and audit have been published; her views on those reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36738/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of short-term lets in operation in Galway city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36734/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the urgent steps being taken to address the crisis in homelessness in Ireland, with 14,429 people, including 4,401 children, in need of emergency accommodation in July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1173 of 23 July 2024, the status of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas; when the guidelines will be published; when the consultation process will begin; the details of the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36717/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an bhfuil obair an ghrúpa idir-Rannach i dtaobh na dtreoirlínte pleanála don Ghaeltacht críochnaithe; an bhfuil tuarascáil ar fáil, agus cén uair a fhoilseofar í; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [36736/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2025 (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission (details supplied); his views on the requests therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an article (details supplied); when it is expected that the works will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37197/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Budget 2025 (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received a submission (details supplied); his views on the requests therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I want to add my voice to those of other TDs who asked for time for a debate on Palestine and Lebanon. We are complicit by our silence, despite our words and recognition of Palestine. As a neutral country, we should be using our voice, now more than ever, in the context of brining peace to the world. The EU is still trading with a country that has flagrantly breached every international...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: When people apply for a primary medical certificate and it is refused, they have to go to the appeals board. The Minister will be aware that the appeals board was not sitting for quite some time. In my office it has been lately brought to my attention that there is a waiting list of more than two years for people with serious disabilities applying to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of...