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EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Catherine Connolly: As far back as September 2015 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said the current situation was primarily a refugee crisis. Notwithstanding that, today we have a mixture of talk about migration and refugees. The Commissioner said the vast majority of those arriving in Greece come from conflict zones such as Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan and they are simply running for their lives. All...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Let me assure the Deputy who was worried about hares being raised that I will raise legitimate concerns. I will use my five minutes to focus on one issue in the Minister's speech, a subject that received one sentence in a 13-page speech on agriculture and yet, along with climate change, poses the most significant threat to agriculture and fisheries, which is the Transatlantic Trade and...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Let me just raise some of my concerns about it. It has been conducted in absolute secrecy up to now. If one is happy with that type of secrecy, fair play.

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The main goal of TTIP is to regulate barriers which restrict the potential profits to be made by transnational corporations on both sides of the Atlantic. These barriers are in reality-----

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: These barriers are in reality-----

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: These barriers are in reality, given that most tariffs between the EU and USA are already at minimal levels, some of our most prized social standards and environmental regulations such as labour rights, food safety rules, and the regulation of the use of toxic chemicals. In addition to this deregulation agenda, TTIP also seeks to create new markets by opening up public services and...

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Unfortunately, Kerry's Deputy "Palin" Healy-Rae has left the Chamber, but I refer him to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and in particular to their fifth assessment report and its headline. The Deputy might read the details. I will give him a copy of it. It is at least 95% likely that human activities, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, are the main cause of warming since...

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: -----which will be one of the main problems resulting from a failure to deal with climate change. It is an agreement that the Government is championing. I agree with the leader of the Green Party when he says this is a golden opportunity and we should be leading. It is an absolute golden opportunity for us to take the business opportunities offered by alternative energy and to lead the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (5 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed school for Claregalway Educate Together in County Galway will be built on a site, given her previous confirmation that her Department acquired ten acres of land on this site to provide for educational purposes; and the status of this construction project. [9292/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Faraoir géar, ní bheidh mé in ann vóta a chaitheamh ar son an Teachta Enda Kenny inniu, ach guím gach rath air agus é ag fanacht ar an seisear atá fós ar iarraidh. Tá siad áit éigin san fhoirgneamh. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh toghchán againn uair éigin, má tá sé de mhuinín acu teacht isteach sa Seomra...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: There is an utter failure to recognise the sources of poverty. I am reading aghast, and I hope I am incorrect, that we are looking at the role of the Defence Forces in providing skills to help people out of poverty. There is an utter failure to look at any of the reports produced by Government and non-government bodies about the sources of poverty, including lack of income and lack of...

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The Acting Chairman should let the Deputy speak.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: He is in order. He is speaking to section 23.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim comhghairdeachas leis an Aire nua. Ní bheidh drogall ar bith orm obair léi agus as lámh a chéile ar son daoine óga agus gasúir na tíre seo. I congratulate the Minister and assure her that I will have no reluctance in working with her if it is for the benefit of young people and children. I would like to say I am overwhelmed by the gender...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has implemented each of the 173 recommendations of the Mc Mahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10133/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Agencies Reports (17 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no Reception and Integration Agency monthly report since September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10132/16]

An Teanga Gaeilge: Statements (18 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Ní nach ionadh go bhfuil inmharthanacht na Gaeilge i mbaol. Tá muid sa Dáil agus níl Aire sinsearach le Gaeilge anseo ná baol uirthi í a fhoghlaim. Níl Aire sóisearach ach an oiread agus tá óráid againn ón Aire Airgeadais agus is masla é i ndáiríre do lucht na Gaeilge na sé leathanach seo. Níl iarracht ar...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome this document and thank the members of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform who put in a great deal of hard work into it. In particular, I thank Deputy Thomas Pringle, who represented the views of the Independents4Change group on the sub-committee. It is a very positive document, by and large, although I intend to come back to some of its negative aspects. It is going in the...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: While these changes could have been proposed in the previous Dáil, they are better late than never. The Government's change on the road to Damascus, which I welcome, was forced by public opinion when a substantial number of Independents were elected to the Dáil by people who saw the Dáil as totally irrelevant to their lives. These reforms have resulted from the recent general...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (19 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately include a school (details supplied) under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme and in whatever interim arrangements are in place pending a decision on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/16]