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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Island Communities (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on policy measure 2.10 of ‘Our Living Islands Action Plan 2023-2026’ to work with partners to actively promote apprenticeships and skilled trades as a valuable career path and ensure appropriate responses are in place to enhance capacity of the education and training system to meet green skills and construction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it has been brought to his attention that a president has not been appointed to the University of Galway; how long the position has been vacant; if the process to recruit a president has started; when it is expected that the process will conclude; what engagement the Minister has had with the university in this regard; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans to provide additional student accommodation for the students of Galway; when the new national student accommodation strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board was requested to reduce its floor space from 25,000 metres squared to 10,000 metres squared in its revised business case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each of the policy measures detailed in the ‘Our Living Islands – Action Plan 2023-2026’; when an updated progress report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Properties (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 10 October 2024, if the transfer of lands from the Department to the HSE has been completed; to provide an update on the plans for the remainder of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14533/25]

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 6 o’clock This Government has pushed a policy of might is right at every level. It has seriously undermined years of Dáil reform. That reform was brought in to make democracy stronger in order that all voices within the Dáil would be heard. The Government is being disingenuous and dangerous. I take particular note of the speeches of the Taoiseach, the...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: It has effectively reduced the opportunity for openness and the accountability on the part of the Taoiseach by reducing the time available to Members to question him. It has reduced the time for the Order of Business. It has reduced the time for our Private Members' business. All the time, it has said it is doing the opposite.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I said they were being disingenuous.

Estimates for Public Services 2025 (1 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that the Minister has set out this very clearly and that he hopes to commence tomorrow the new Act, which will replace the 2005 Act. The 2005 Act was supposed to be a sea change in Garda culture and it arose for many reasons. I will come right back to what happened yesterday because it relates to what is absolutely an integral part of openness, accountability and the structures...

Estimates for Public Services 2025 (1 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: It is funding to make the various entities open and accountable, to get rid of the culture that led to the Act in 2005 that was never a success, and to change the various structures again because accountability failed. Not by the ordinary gardaí on the ground, let me say. My introduction to the Dáil was the O'Higgins report, which I know the Minister also read. I read the Morris...

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as an deis cainte a bheith agam maidir leis an rún seo. Tá sé leagtha amach nach bhfuil na figiúirí agus gach rud ann. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an soiléiriú a thug sé maidir le phase 1 agus go mbeidh sé ag dul ar aghaidh go dtí an 24 Aibreán. Is maith an rud é sin. Is rud...

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas le mo chomhghleacaí an Teachta Healy. I was elected in 2016 and since then, with all my colleagues here, we have begged, implored and appealed to the Government to declare a housing emergency to recognise that we have crisis but it has utterly failed to do that. Once again, it keeps turning language on its head, even in relation to social housing as it called HAP...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied) to the European Innovation Partnership under call 6; when funding announcements will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13801/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I do not know which Minister is answering this question but it relates to the Irish wool industry and a farmer-led initiative that will be a crucial lifeline for rural areas. It specifically relates to the status of an application under call 6 of the European Innovation Partnership. I have provided the details. When will funding announcements be made? Can the Minister give any further details?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. I have been following up on this for a number of years now. We got a report from the Agile Executive on the possibilities for wool. Like seaweed, this is an area we have utterly neglected despite the substantial potential for growth for indigenous industries. The report tells us that "Wool has a unique composition that makes it applicable to many markets including...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I understand the restriction on the Minister with regard to the evaluation process. I understand that but will he clarify the dates for me because I missed them when he was delivering his response? On wool in general, I am very concerned at how slowly progress is being made. It took us years to get the report that was commissioned. Some €100,000 was set aside. The report cost...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I missed the dates.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason mineral soils were included under GAEC 2, despite its intent to apply only to carbon rich soils, that is, peatlands and wetlands; if he intends to amend Ireland’s proposal to align with EU requirements and prevent detrimental impacts on small farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13802/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (2 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: This is a very specific question. I know the Minister is very familiar with this because there was a protest outside the Dáil on the issue. I am not sure whether things have moved forwards or backwards. What is the reason that mineral soils were included under GAEC 2 and why was the percentage chosen despite the regulation being intended only to apply to carbon-rich soils? I fully...