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Priority Questions: Fisheries Offences (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Sea, tugadh. Rinne oifig an Theachta Pringle teagmháil leis an Cheann Comhairle.

Priority Questions: Fisheries Offences (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. My question is on when the Minister will sign the statutory instrument that will bring into force a penalty points system for fishing offences given the background that pertains here, namely, our obligations under EU regulations, the fact that the statutory instrument introduced in 2014 was found to be not fit for purpose, the implications...

Priority Questions: Fisheries Offences (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The word "shortly" is not satisfactory. This is a complete debacle, leaving aside the fact that there are criminal proceedings over the penalty system. It is unacceptable and exceptional in the European context that we have two types of punishment system. We are obliged under EU law to bring in a fair penalty system, but this has been going on since 2012, in which year we were put under an...

Priority Questions: Fisheries Offences (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Will the Minister clarify what funding has been suspended under the EMFF? When was it suspended? Will we get it back? I understand that the concerns, apart from the delay in implementation, pertain to the independence of the system being set up. It was already shot down by the courts, in January 2016. The Government has gone some way towards improving the process, with an independent...

Priority Questions: Fisheries Offences (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It was on the independence of the panel being set up.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: While I do not have any hesitation in supporting the Bill, like the previous speaker, I am under no illusion that it will create equality. The two Acts to which previous speakers referred which prohibit discrimination on nine grounds are not adequate to prevent discrimination on socioeconomic grounds. To respond to the Minister of State, having read the Bill, I also note problems with...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Táimid ag dul ar ais arís go dtí Fianna Fáil. Níl a fhios agam cé hé an chéad chainteoir eile.

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I had not intended to speak on this amendment but, such is its importance, I want to actively support my colleague, Deputy Daly, in respect of it. One thing I have learned in my professional life and on a human level is that institutions simply cannot be trusted. No institution can be trusted. If he looks at the record of the HSE in Galway city, the Minister will see that, on every single...

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sé thar a bheith deacair chomh deireanach san oíche-----

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá, ach déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall.

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate, however late it is. I will disagree with my colleague, Deputy Fitzmaurice, in a few moments, much as I regret doing so. The difficulty with the Bill is that the Minister is trying to do too much. I wish I could support the legislation but I cannot do so. Before zeroing in on one or two aspects of the Bill, I will return to the...

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Not at all, but the burning has been extremely serious. The fact that there was-----

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I beg the Minister's pardon. I missed her comment.

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I did not hear what she said.

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Some 3,500 ha of forest land and bogland have been lost. That there was no loss of life is certainly something to be appreciated. While we are still waiting to find out how much these fires cost, we know it runs into millions of euro. They are not to be dismissed lightly. Extending the open period for burning without learning is not a way to proceed. I am still waiting on a reply - this...

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sé sin ceart go leor.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that have been taken or need to be taken to change the mandatory retirement age in the public sector; the cost benefit analysis of increasing the mandatory retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46865/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: This is a matter that I have followed up and raised repeatedly. Certainly, if representatives of the Department are appearing before the committee to answer questions, I would like to ask some questions. This would have gone completely under the carpet only for the Committee of Public Accounts and the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. That report set out the total cost of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. He has given more detail now and we know some details from the local radio, but I wish to discuss all the buildings, including Galway.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: In respect of the previous matter, there was one outstanding piece of information from the Comptroller and Auditor General report. I am sorry for going back to this. Under the 2002 agreement, outstanding moneys remain unpaid. Perhaps we could have an update on that as well.