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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: There is a woman in charge of the men's shed in Galway.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local and Community Development Programme (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 8 November 2018, when the review of local community development committees due in quarter 2 of 2018 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22877/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local and Community Development Programme (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tá ceist dhíreach simplí agam agus bheinn buíoch as freagra díreach gonta. When will the review of local community development committees, LCDCs, which was due in early 2019, be published? Has it been completed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local and Community Development Programme (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Táim buíoch don Aire as sin.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local and Community Development Programme (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I have been given a date of July this year and I thank the Minister for that. However, it is very disappointing that it has taken this long. The review was set up way back in 2017, when the LCDCs had been in operation for three years. Various replies, from before the current Minister's time, told us it would be 2018 and early 2019 but now it is to be July 2019. Is the Minister certain it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local and Community Development Programme (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It is a bit surreal for the Minister to talk about a robust report. The review was to see if the LCDCs were robust in how they operate on the ground but we are now looking at the review to see if it is robust, almost two years after it was due to report. The Minister will see why I am sceptical about this matter. We all feel that the LCDCs are doing very good work but the review was to see...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: My question today relates to child protection and the ongoing inadequacies in that area. We cannot reassure ourselves that children are protected. The Taoiseach will be aware that the national review panel report was published yesterday following a leak. Co-incidentally, on the same day, a report from HIQA confirmed ongoing inadequacies in child protection. The summary report is dated...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am not one bit reassured by the Taoiseach's answer. It was not a point in time. It did not finish in 2007. It took until 2011 for a second child, who had been regularly raped, to come forward. The first child's allegation was deemed credible and the second child's allegation was deemed credible. I know the Taoiseach is a busy man. Yesterday's report from HIQA in relation to Sligo,...

Development of Primary Care: Statements (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate, although I wish that rather than statements on primary care, we were getting an update from the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, on the 2001 report, Primary Care - A New Direction, and what parts of it have and have not been rolled out. Primary Care - A New Direction was produced 18 years ago. We were told at that point that...

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The extent of biodiversity loss in the context of our declaration of a climate change emergency and the protests of the children on the streets imploring us to do something about climate change before their futures are compromised means that we must move beyond heckling from the corners of this Chamber. It is time to lead, to recognise and to stop the attitude of divide and conquer. I...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has considered the independent review of the charitable status of Pobal; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the first allocation under the rural regeneration and development fund; the project review mechanisms in place; when the second call for funding under the fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22881/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the mid-term review of local economic and community plans will be published; the extent to which each of the sustainable development goals have been incorporated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22879/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (29 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the reports in relation to the town and village pilot residential occupancy scheme from each of the six local authorities will be published; when the pilot scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22880/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I support that. I have also raised the issue of IMERC, which is mentioned in the report, in that regard. I certainly support the Deputy's proposal to come back to this document.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Perhaps we should decide how we are going to proceed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It will inform what we ask. We will be better informed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to indicate a particular interest in that. I am usually at every meeting but I have a particular difficulty with the meeting on our return as it clashes with a meeting of the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands. I ask the Chair to consider that and to discuss this item when I am here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The issue of TB is not for this committee, but issues involving money and risk are. Earlier this year, a patient with TB was hospitalised in Galway in a way that exposed other patients. The matter was covered in the media. The same issue occurred again. Several people contracted latent TB. The matter is factual and has been documented. The handling of the issue and the exposure to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome it as well. It arose from this committee and the questions we asked. It was brought to my attention by the story of Lenaboy, the former industrial school in Galway. It has still not been finalised but Mr. Ó Foghlú is keeping his word and keeping us updated. There was a narrative that St. Anne's, Lenaboy, was given as a gift to the city but it was given as part of the...