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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and details of projects in Galway city and county that benefitted from the €2 million dormant accounts funding allocation in 2017 facilitating access to services and amenities in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51858/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and details of social enterprise projects in Galway city and county that benefitted from the €2 million dormant accounts fund allocation in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51857/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans, timeline and targets to meet the terms of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the national energy and climate plan will be informed by the principles of climate justice and just transition, climate science and the goals of the Paris Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51544/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 496. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to raise awareness of the Dormant Accounts Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51922/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Tá ceist dhíreach shimplí agam faoi Bhille na dteangacha oifigiúla. An mbeidh an Bille foilsithe roimh an Nollaig? My question relates to the Official Languages Act. The Taoiseach promised to bring in the Bill before Christmas. An uair dheireanach a d'ardaigh mé é ná ar 5 Samhain. Tháinig freagra ar ais ag rá go mbeidh sé foilsithe le...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Thursday, 13 December 2018.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry to interrupt but the Deputy's time is up. We must move on to the next business.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (12 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 157. To ask the Minister for Health when an independent expert will be appointed to examine a matter (details supplied); the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52252/18]

Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Tomorrow, 14 December, is the 100th anniversary of the general election which saw the First Dáil in 1919. It was a significant election on so many levels, not least the fact it was the first general election in ten years and it occurred just over one month after Armistice Day, when the war to end all wars stopped. It was an election that saw the size of the electorate increase from...

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: On the same point of order, I tabled three amendments and the same answer has been given. In a short letter from the Ceann Comhairle the reasons given are that they have the potential to impose a charge on the Exchequer and are against the principle of the Bill. Clearly our amendments are against the principle of the Bill. We do not agree with the Bill as it relates to Galway. This type...

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I do not understand the reasoning behind the explanation. None of this was said on Committee Stage even though it was discussed on that Stage. The Minister of State was present. If there were bona fides about local democracy, this would have been pointed out on Committee Stage. In fact, it will cost money to do this so none of it makes sense. What else were we to table? We are opposed...

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: With regard to the potential to impose a charge on the Exchequer, it has serious potential to saves charges on the Exchequer. We could easily argue from the other direction. This has come from nowhere. It leads me to seriously question the bona fides of the Government in this regard.

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It is not acceptable to leave the Dáil without clarity on this matter. We thought it was clear in the committee. Neither I nor my colleagues are members of that committee but we took the time to attend Committee Stage. We did our homework before we went there and we debated the issue. At no stage was this highlighted. This decision is open to serious question. The ruling says it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Galway Autism Partnership is in danger of closure in the new year. We attended a very emotional but factual meeting at the end of November when the partnership pointed out that it is a charity with one full-time worker and two part-time workers. It is utterly reliant on voluntary workers. It provides community support in the form of camps and clubs to over 203 families. It serves...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I do not doubt the Minister of State's bona fidesbut I find his answer disappointing. We are going to a meeting tomorrow that came about as a result of a public meeting and serious pressure. The message from the health executives is that they have no money. We need a more positive message for a group on the ground that is saving the State money with the hours the partnership provides,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The plan is there but there is just no money.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report of the national review panel which commenced on 16 May 2016 on the care of three children in a foster home in County Galway will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports being prepared by the national review panel; the subject matter of each; the date on which each review was commenced; the anticipated date of publication of each report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52339/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Question rather than interrogate.