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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (9 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration given to introducing an amendment to the primary medical certificate eligibility criteria to ensure people of various disabilities currently excluded from applying for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme can do so into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 22 May 2025, for an update on the developments made to increase the provision of student accommodation in Galway; when the new national student accommodation strategy due in quarter 2 of 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the development of a borrowing framework for technological universities; the timeline for the delivery of the framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 27 March 2025, if the position remains vacant; the number of positions in the university occupied by a person in an ‘acting up’ capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 22 May 2025, for an update on the development of a new campus for further education and training in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37605/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 181. To ask the Taoiseach the value of both imports and exports of trade in both goods and services between Ireland and the occupied Palestinian territories in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37493/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Regulations (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the procedures to be followed in order for Ireland to commit to the security action for Europe regulation further to his announcement on 27 June 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the taxpayer is funding An Bord Pleanála to assess the planning application for the now discontinued Sceirde Rocks Wind Farm Scheme (case reference 321697) in light of the correspondence the Department received on 25 April 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 739. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which a person can recoup from the State the charge levied on families to release a family member from country homes and or mother and baby home institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the import of trade in services from the occupied Palestinian territories, and exports from Ireland to the occupied Palestinian territories in both goods and services, have been excluded from the general scheme of the Israeli settlements in the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade by whom Ireland will be represented at the emergency ministerial meeting of the Hague Group on 15 and 16 July 2025 in Colombia, to address Israel's international law violations; his plans for Ireland to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Harbours and Piers (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the evaluation of the final business case for the redevelopment of Inis Oírr pier has completed; the outcome of that evaluation; the timeline for the delivery of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Harbours and Piers (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 130. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of Céibh an Chóra and an Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the timeline for the delivery of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Airport Policy (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason two US Air Force Hercules C130J aircraft numbers 14-5815 and 15-5832 were authorised to land at Shannon Airport about 19.30 on 3 July 2025, having come from Chania joint air base in Crete, and allowed to spend two overnights at Shannon Airport before flying on to Keflavik in Iceland on 5 July 2025; if any investigations or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the high rate of 'pending' visa applications from Iranian citizens in 2024, at 37% compared to, for example, 17% for applications from Afghanistan and 7% for citizens from the Russian Federation, which also have greater absolute numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38573/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the refusal of student visas for all the applicants for the joint undergraduate accounting programme established between colleges (details supplied), which has been in preparation since 2O21, with this first group of students set to complete two semesters, commencing in the summer of 2025. [38574/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Fórsa, on behalf of caretakers and secretaries in schools, has served formal notice on 2,000 schools of indefinite strike action at the end of August. They have been forced into this position due to the lack of action from the Government in relation to parity and equality for caretakers and secretaries, as are given to SNAs, teachers and principals. It has long been recognised that...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: In my four minutes, I will make some general comments rather than going into the terms of reference, although I share the difficulties. I would have preferred if the terms had come before the Dáil so we could have looked at them and discussed them. We should have learned from previous debacles, but that has not happened. I welcome the Minister’s work but we are now left with a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 29 May 2025, if the 2024 figure, due mid-year, in respect of the value of all State investment in Israel bonds, is now available; if Ireland, through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, has now entirely divested itself of direct holdings of Israel bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I am following up on an issue I have raised more than once in respect of the State investment through ISIF in Israel war bonds. I ask the Minister to be very specific. I got the figure for 2023 in a written reply. We had to wait for the 2024 figure. What was that figure? What is the figure for 2025? Will the Minister explain why we are investing in war bonds when genocide is taking place?