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Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Agus an clog ag teannadh linn, déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall a bheith chomh sciobtha agus is féidir. I understand that some issues are complex, such as the leaving certificate, and that there are pluses and minuses involved. In that context, the specific questions in my name and in those of my colleagues, Deputy Pringle and Deputy Joan Collins, are not complex. They are...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Will a task force be set up in respect of this substantial number of people so somebody will direct the actions in that regard?

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: With Deputy Harkin. It will be five minutes and five minutes. I hope to ask three specific questions, and the Minister might answer them. I will put them as quickly as I can. Two are practical questions. What engagement has the Minister's Department had with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the aftermath of the decision to close the Irish colleges,...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I do not agree to that.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We cannot-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Actually, I do not. This is the second time-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: This is the second time my group has been penalised-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: -----through Chairpersons not keeping time. I suggest that we take a break now, in compliance with public health requirements, and then come back into the Chamber.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: If the Acting Chairman wants to comply, he can let us take a quick break.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: My group is the last one and this is the second time we are losing time. It is simply not acceptable.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am bringing it up with the Acting Chairman.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I have two questions for the Minister. I have listened carefully to all his replies. I gave notice of my questions and I really would like them to be answered specifically. I ask him to clarify the position on testing and residential settings. I asked the Minister the number of residential settings and where they have been tested. In his speech he said that 18,000 samples had been taken....

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: That does not answer the question I asked. I am seeking an answer to the question I submitted in writing.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Catherine Connolly: My time has been curtailed. I ask the Minister to reply to my question in writing.

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the deeply corrosive effect of no action being taken in respect of the suspension of parliament in Hungary. I have the same concerns about the suspension of that parliament. What I think is deeply corrosive is the gap between the language used by our leaders in the Government here and their counterparts in Europe and the reality on the ground. This is...

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I reiterate my question on giving money to the European militarisation process. Can the Minister of State confirm that we will withdraw from PESCO, or at the very least, suspend our contributions under it?

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: This is the first written copy of a speech we have got from any Minister today, so I thank her very much for that. I welcome that. I thank the Minister for her work to date. I was often very critical, I hope constructively so, especially regarding delays with various reports on mother and baby homes. I might come back to that in a moment. I wish the Minister the best in whatever path she...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. She certainly took the constructive criticism very well. I was most alarmed by the kite that was flown at the weekend in The Sunday Business Post. It has already been mentioned by Deputy Funchion. I welcome the Minister's clarity on that. In particular, I was alarmed that a kite would be flown suggesting that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs would be...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Perhaps we could get one or two responses as we did a little time.

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. Will the Taoiseach confirm that it is not his intention to abolish the Department of Children and Youth Affairs? That possibility has been raised, albeit in a joking manner. I have just under five minutes and have only one question, which I will preface with a number of comments. The question relates to children with autism and special needs of all sorts. I understand the Taoiseach...