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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the Minister's goodwill, but the newspaper is telling us that Galway will not balance its budget next year. The report from Galway County Council is telling us it has the mitigation plan in place but it has no resources. I cannot help but think that this is a huge doubling-up of levels of bureaucracy now that we have regional offices as well. I gather they do good work in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her plans to extend JobPath beyond the end of 2020; if contracts with providers Turas Nua and Seetec will be extended beyond 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Climate Action Council will undertake a comprehensive review of the climate mitigation potential of forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25144/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of the temporary wage subsidy scheme with particular reference to the way in which it applies to workers of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 September 2020, the reason the flood defence system installed in 2014 failed in the Clifden area of County Galway on 1 and 2 September 2020; if the location was identified by Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme as a flood risk; if so, if the details of same will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher predicted leaving certificate grades which were downgraded in the standardisation process by more than 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 percentage points, respectively; if an analysis has been carried out regarding the number of students that received downgrades across several subjects; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department in exceptional needs payments in each month from January to September 2020, by payment type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25207/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department in urgent needs payments each month from January to September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25210/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the external consultants review of all current contracted public employment services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been received for a labour market access permission since the European Communities (Receptions Conditions) Regulations 2018 came into effect on 30 June 2018; the number refused; the number granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24938/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for applications for a labour market access permission pursuant to the European Communities (Receptions Conditions) Regulations 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24939/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the longest period of time it has taken to process an application for labour market access permission pursuant to the European Communities (Receptions Conditions) Regulations 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of applications for labour market access permissions that have taken longer than one month to process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24941/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 866. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chemical pesticide glyphosate is used on lands owned and managed by Coillte; the quantity of glyphosate used on Coillte’s lands in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the quantity of land in hectares on which glyphosate was used in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24737/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 867. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chemical pesticide cypermethrin is used on lands owned and managed by Coillte; the quantity of cypermethrin used on Coillte’s lands in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the quantity of land in hectares on which cypermethrin was used in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24738/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the pesticides and insecticides currently used by Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24739/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department engaged in consultation with the EU Commission regarding the recent limited EU-US trade deal which plans remove tariffs on American lobster imported to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 883. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department engaged in consultation with the fishing industry here regarding the recent limited EU-US trade deal which plans to remove tariffs on American lobster imported to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25068/20]

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: There are five Sinn Féin speakers in the next slot. Deputy O'Reilly will be first. The Deputies are managing their own time.

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, please.