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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What engagement has the Minister had with this theatre group? The group is called Theatre 57 because it started out as a group with 57 participants. That has now grown to more than 80. It is a collective of Galway-based, independent theatre artists who came together because of their exclusion in respect of culture in Galway. What engagement has the Minister had with that collective of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: No information has been given on Theatre 57. I appreciate the Minister's comments about Druid and An Taibhdhearc. Indeed, d'oibrigh mé go crua chun an Taibhdhearc a choinnéal i gcroí-lár na chathrach. This is a specific question about a group of people and I am disappointed to hear the Minister has had no engagement with them and I hope that she will today confirm she...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the increase in funding but that does not take from the stark figures. The European average for arts funding is 1% of gross domestic product and Ireland is at 0.6%. I appreciate the Minister might not have received a formal letter from this group but her Department would be fully aware of the group, as would the organisation Galway 2020. The facts speak for themselves. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The questions are not grouped now.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndearnadh Aerfort na Mine a cheannach; mura ndearnadh, cad é an staid reatha a bhaineann leis an bpróiseas ceannaigh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [16596/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is ceist shimplí í seo ar chuir mé í arís agus arís eile. Cá bhfuil muid sa phróiseas chun Aerfort na Minne a cheannach?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Fuair mé an freagra ceannann céanna beagnach dhá mhí ó shin i mí Feabhra. Ag an am sin bhí tuilleadh eolais i gceist. Dúradh liom go raibh na luachálaithe fostaithe agus go raibh suirbhé innealtóireachta i gceist. Tá súil agam go bhfuil an suirbhé sin críochnaithe. Tá súil agam go bhfuil luach anois...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Caithfidh mé a rá arís ar an taifead go bhfuil mé thar a bheith sásta go bhfuil cinneadh déanta ag an Rialtas an t-aerfort a cheannach. Sin dul chun cinn agus céim dhearfach. Áfach, tá spriocama ag teastáil go géar uainn anois. Cloisim go bhfuil luach ann ach nach bhfuil aontú idir an dhá thaobh maidir leis an luach. Cad...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I was just correcting the record.

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion, as I have spoken to every motion on housing since I was elected. It is significant that we are just over 70 years on from the UN Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 which enshrined a number of rights in Article 25, at which the Minister might look, particularly the right to food, clothing, housing and medical care. This and previous...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Housing applicants were left with no choice. In a time of post-truth it is important that politicians stand up and be honest. Housing applicants are being removed from housing waiting lists and have no choice but to take the housing assistance payment. Security of tenure and the concept of a home for life were gone with the stroke of a pen. In the midst of previous economic crises,...

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I gently remind the Deputy to keep to the topic.

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Thursday, 11 April 2019.

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I regret that we are only making statements on rural development. I would prefer it if we were considering the schemes the Government has rolled out, deciding on the action plans for every six months and considering how we are going to comply with them. I acknowledge, as other speakers have, the passion and honesty of the Minister. However, there is a lack of an overall integrated plan and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: City of Culture Initiative (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 16 January 2019, the breakdown of sponsorship raised by Galway 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é stádas Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú); cén dáta a fhoilseofar an Bille; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [16595/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Imeachtaí Cultúrtha (10 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é clár na n-imeachtaí teanga-lárnaithe atá beartaithe ag Gaillimh 2020; an bhfuil an tOifigeach Cumarsáide Gaeilge fostaithe; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [16597/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I agree. I took the trouble to read it. We cannot get into the minutiae but it highlights the nature of governance and the gaps if what is in the letter is accurate, notwithstanding that representatives of the board were before us and the direction from the Department of Education and Skills. While we cannot get into the minutiae, the response of the Department will be very significant.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the publication of the business case evaluation. I would like an opportunity to revert to it at some time in a general way in regard to how business cases are made. It is dated 17 November 2017. I tried to get this before and I welcome that it is now on public record. Perhaps with the Chairman's indulgence I will come back to it some time, but not today.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am glad the Chairman raised it. I did not read the report. I just glanced at it today and saw that. I had it marked. I brought in the report with me. It is not up for discussion today but I am glad the Chairman raised it because it ties in with the conclusions made. It seems to me that PwC was never asked to make conclusions. It was given terms of reference to look at governance and...