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Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The motion is very broad but it is not that broad.

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I want to remind Members of the motion, notwithstanding the breadth of the motion.

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I hear the Deputy's point but it is nowhere in the motion. He has made his point and I ask him to address some aspect of the motion.

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Táim ag roinnt mo chuid ama le Deputy McNamara. I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling this motion. I am conscious that I am making my contribution in the context of 2,134 deaths, 77,000 confirmed cases and we are still in the pandemic. I pay tribute to the people of Ireland who have led us, as they usually do and politicians follow. I hope that we have learned to take...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy is eating into his colleagues' time.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: There can be no point of order.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We are eating into the time of the Deputy's colleagues.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We may have done the Taoiseach out of some time there but, in any event, we will move on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Taoiseach. We are now eating into the time of the next questions.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Willie O'Dea - to discuss the appointment of a provisional liquidator to the Arcadia group and the impact of job losses Limerick city; (2) Deputy Neale Richmond - to discuss the status of funding for the Dundrum community...

Guerin Report: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Taoiseach has indicated that he wishes to make a statement, pursuant to Standing Order 55, in relation to Mr. Alan Shatter.

Guerin Report: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I have discretion in this matter if the Deputy wants to make a quick contribution. I will allow party leaders to come in.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am glad to have four minutes to address this matter. I will speak slowly to let the figures sink in. The outpatient waiting list for orthopaedic services at University Hospital Galway includes 6,487 patients. Some 80 of those have been waiting for more than four years. Some 292 patients have been waiting for between three and four years. The inpatient waiting list has 1,390 patients....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I will take the two paragraphs at the end of the Minister of State's statement, because that is the only part of his reply that addresses the question. I accept his bona fides. Covid-19 has nothing to do with this. How the replacement of two modular theatres has taken from September 2017 until the end of 2021 should be the subject of an inquiry. A brand new hospital could have been built...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure if my colleague is here so I will take the ten minutes. I would happily take the Government time as well if I could because this is quite complex legislation. The manner in which this is being put through is quite unacceptable. I do not sit on the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and I have done my best to come to terms with this Bill in the short...

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Will the Deputies claiming a division please rise?

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: As fewer than ten Members have risen I declare the question carried. In accordance with Standing Order 82 the names of the Deputies dissenting will be recorded in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Dáil.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I know the Deputy is speaking to the amendments but I ask him to bear in mind that it is very late. We have time but I remind him to speak to the amendments.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I ask the Deputy to avoid mentioning names and to stick to the topic.

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: If the Deputy would stick to the amendment, I will not be interrupting him again.