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Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: In that context, it is important that the voices of women are heard in this Chamber in regard to-----

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I respect that but it is in regard to correcting the record and getting an answer from the Minister on the damning indictment of Irish law in this area.

Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Níl drogall ar bith orm mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. Guím comhghairdeas ar Fhianna Fáil as ucht an rún a chuir os comhair na Dála. I am delighted to support this motion and I have no hesitation in doing so. This motion has been brought forward by Fianna Fáil but it is because of the outrage on the ground among ordinary people who are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the number of supervision orders applied for in the courts by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, since it was established in January 2014, the number of supervision orders granted consequent on these applications and consequent on an application for a care order, but where the court granted a supervision order...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to table this question and I look forward to the answer. I have been concerned about this for a very long time. I am asking the Minister to make a statement and clarify the number of applications made for supervision orders, indicating how many supervision orders were granted consequent on those applications to the courts and are consequent on the courts refusing a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I hope this is the start of a journey to find out precisely what are the figures as it is a cause of great concern for me. I welcome the figures provided by the Minister, indicating there were 413 children subject to a supervision order as of 31 December 2014. That is the first time I have got a figure and I thank the Minister for that. However, to understand the figure it must be placed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister was doing great until the point we started getting bureaucratic speak. We cannot say there is no evidence as there is an obligation on Tusla to have the evidence. The figures should be before us today and if that is not possible, they should come before us at the earliest opportunity. That should be before a Minister would make a statement that there is no evidence. I can...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 164. To ask the Minister for Health his views that two dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanners at University Hospital Galway are not functioning due to staff shortages and cutbacks, notwithstanding the 20 year waiting list in this region; and the immediate steps needed to allow the machines to function. [15158/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (9 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a breakdown by county of the number of supervision orders applied for in the courts by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, since it was established in January 2014. [15298/16]

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I have absolutely no hesitation in supporting this minimal measure, which seeks to control increasing rents. I always try to introduce a balance to these debates. There is a major housing crisis in Galway city and county. As I have said every time I have had an opportunity to participate in a debate on housing, there are 15,000 people on the waiting list in Galway. That is a conservative...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Not a single local authority house has been built in Galway since 2009. I appreciate that some houses have been purchased or made available under the voluntary housing scheme, but not one local authority house has been built in Galway in recent years. I ask those who are wondering why there is a housing crisis to bear that in mind. I accept that there is a role for the market, but I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority Data (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the report the National Transport Authority carried out in the past 12 months on traffic congestion and possible solutions thereto in Galway city; if he will provide this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish the criteria his Department used to evaluate which roads building projects to include in its submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform capital review; how each of the major scheme indicative list and minor scheme indicative list projects scored numerically against each of these criteria; what stage one of...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: With regard to the programme for Government and renewable energy, which I fully support and believe to be very positive, I must raise an issue which has been brought to my attention regarding the application for a foreshore lease to construct an offshore electricity generating station of the coast of Furbo and Spiddal. The closing date for submissions is Friday. The residents in the area...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: It is regarding the programme for Government.

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: There is urgency to it. I do not want to take up any more time, but the closing date is Friday. It is with regard to renewable energy, which is a major part of the Government's programme.

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the Bill and well done to Fianna Fáil. There is a background to it, and the Irish Penal Reform Trust has long called for such a change and for the Parole Board to be put on a statutory basis. It was a key recommendation of the strategic review of penal policy in 2014. I thank Fianna Fáil for doing something about it. Generally the Bill is very good. I have no...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (15 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for being here throughout the whole debate, which is very welcome. Unfortunately, I did not have sight of this until today. I do not know where the breakdown in communication was. Separately, I note that the print is particularly small. It may be that I need to change my glasses but it is difficult to read it. I will start on a positive note by welcoming the...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I deplore the fact that we did not receive a briefing document earlier. I understand from a telephone message I received that the document was only made available in the past hour. That is not a way to deal with this. The Minister is shaking his head but I will not use my time on this other than to record that we did not receive a...