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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1169.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his Department’s engagement with Galway City Council with regard to the council’s plans to relocate its offices to Crown Square; the terms of the relocation agreement; to provide a copy of same; if any of Galway City Council’s services will remain in the existing offices or site on College...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1170.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of Exchequer funding that has been provided to Galway City Council to date for the relocation of its offices to Crown Square; the amount of this funding that has been provided by way of a loan; if further requests for funding have been made; the expected total cost of the project; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1171.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ministerial approval was required for the relocation of Galway City Council’s offices to Crown Square; if Ministerial approval was sought; if so, when it was sought; if Ministerial approval was granted, if so, when it was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33252/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1172.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 30 May 2024, the details of his and his Department’s engagement with the Galway Social Housing Task Force to date in 2024; if he has received the previous chairperson’s report in respect of 2023; if not, when he expects to receive it; if he requested a report from the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1173.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 30 May 2024, the timeline for the publication of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33254/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1174.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 29 May 2024, the status of the development of the new draft rural housing guidelines; the timeline for the publication of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1543.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of temporary protection certificates that have been voluntarily terminated by people living here under the temporary protection directive who intend to leave the State, broken down by year and month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32296/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1544.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for new applications and renewals for labour market access permission for international protection applicants who apply through the new online portal; if there is a grace period for those currently in employment and who are awaiting renewal of their permission but have been affected by delays; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1592.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 20 June 2024, the status of the independent review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, which is now being completed by her Department; if she has received any updates or interim reports regarding the review from the data and research unit of her Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1593.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charges and convictions, by year, under Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since the commencement of the Act, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33076/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1594.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, and, in particular, the commitment to double the number of refuge spaces during the lifetime of the strategy; the number of refuge spaces, and their locations, that have been delivered to date in 2024; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1595.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of all domestic violence refuge spaces in the country, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33078/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1714.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 13 June 2024, the status of plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat fishery, which is concentrated within the six-nautical-mile zone; to provide a status update on the review of trawling activity inside the six-nautical-mile zone; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1919.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 25 June 2024, the status of the development by his Department of a working paper on respite provision; the expected timeline for the completion and publication of the working paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33079/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1920.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 18 June 2024, if the negotiation process between the expert negotiator and religious orders with regard to the mother and baby institutions redress scheme has been completed to date; if he has received any interim reports or updates from the expert negotiator to date;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1921.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 18 June 2024, the number of applications made to date to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number approved to date; the number refused to date; the number of applicants who have received approvals and have accepted; the number who have received...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1955.To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagement with regard to increasing optometrists’ fees; the reason for the delay in securing approval for the increasing of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1956.To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagement with regard to the promised over-8s public eyecare programme; the reason for the delay in securing approval for the roll-out of this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33133/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 2516.To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase optometrists’ fees, which have not been increased in over 20 years; the timeline for same; the reason for the delay in increasing the fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33359/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 2517.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has made proposals for the increase of optometrists’ fees to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; if so, the details of same; the details of his engagement with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform on this matter; and if he will make a...