Results 181-200 of 1,152 for long speaker:Catherine Connolly

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...to mention the background to this legislation. I will not mention the name of the man who is currently in prison and is waiting on the outcome of his appeal and the civil action. To me, it is not relevant. What is relevant here is that the 2011 Act is not valid because it is based on a directive that is not valid. The Government and the EU have known that for a long time. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public sector pay in relation to cases of long-Covid contracted in the workplace, particularly in relation to the possible recognition of long-Covid as an occupational illness or disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public sector pay in relation to cases of long-Covid contracted in the workplace, particularly in relation to the possible recognition of long-Covid as an occupation illness or disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...the Minister of State is aware. It further notes the unacceptable number of people on waiting lists for essential respite services. I will not go through the whole text. She has read it and has indicated she will not oppose it. We ask the Government immediately to ensure all the respite beds that were in place before the Covid crisis are now functioning. Along with that, we call for a...

Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence: Motion (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...significant that we are the sole country with an Article 21 protocol. I thank the Minister for all of that. I take exception to the portion of her speech in which she stated, "However, shifts in long-held mindsets and changes in behaviours do not occur over weeks, or even months, and we need to continue to work as hard as possible to see real changes happen." We did not ask for anything...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...been reported as injured, with the real figure, of course, reaching much higher. Nevertheless, the Taoiseach referred in his contribution to “many predicting that the war in Ukraine may be long”. What is his opinion on that? What are we saying as a country? Are we saying it is okay to have a long war, with the devastating consequences of even just the figures I...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...school education. It does not depend on ability. Unfortunately, in the O'Donoghue case back in the 1990s, the Government sought to argue that some children were not educable. We have moved a long way from that, but that is the background here. I will return to that in respect of the July provision. We are talking about rights here. The context of this discussion is not proactive. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reviews (16 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: When precisely was Mazars appointed? Will the report be produced by the closing date of 24 June? It seems an extraordinarily tight timeline. It has already taken this long since the review was announced in October 2021. I welcome the positive news but I want clarification on that point. I also want to know the cost of it. The range under the procurement guidelines is €25,000 to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...gave us and we do not know if all the beds have reopened. I am a female Deputy and I have read all the reports, including the report on the series of deaths in Portiuncula University Hospital and the long-term consequences of practices there. I have read the report on the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, the report on Savita Halappanavar and all of the reports, and here we are....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (31 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...the Minister can imagine the frustration on Inis Meáin. Deputy Kerrane has a question on the policy for the islands later, as do I. They have been waiting for a policy for the islands for a long time and an interdepartmental committee was set up in 1996. Then we had another interdepartmental committee set up three years ago and we are still waiting on that. This is a vital piece...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...number of people on public transport has substantially and significantly increased because of the reduced fares proves exactly what some of us on this side of the House have been saying for a very long time. In fact, we have asked for free public transport. I repeat what colleagues have already said in that regard. I would love to know what we are paying in fines if the Minister of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...and international markets. I welcome the Minister's confirmation that it is going to be published, which is positive news. Cuirim fáilte roimh an fógra sin. However, why has it taken so long? It was going to be published “shortly”, “in the first quarter of 2022”, “very soon”, and so on. At some stage, words have to mean something...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...this motion. I am not sure how the Minister could not agree with it. It is the most basic motion that I have ever seen and makes three calls: — ensure that DPER and the HSE agree to the long-standing pay parity award... — begin a recruitment campaign... — publish a plan. Instead, we have a response from the Minister about “hidden heroes”....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (25 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...prices and the increased urgency of climate action; (4) Deputy Colm Burke - to ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what action is being taken by his Department along with local authorities to ensure all applications under the local authority home loan scheme are processed in a timely manner and if he will carry out a full audit with local authorities to...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...ten years from 2011 to 2020. Last year alone, 50 journalists were killed and 302 were imprisoned. Many people have paid tribute to Lyra McKee, Martin O'Hagan and Veronica Guerin, which is right, along with Simon Cumbers and Pierre Zakrzewski, who was killed with a colleague on 14 March. The figures are grim, as has been said, so what is our role, as an actively neutral country, in...

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...continued with years of neglect and underfunding. None of these are my words. These are the words of Micheál Ó Cinnéide. I would not think he was a radical, nor Professor Stout. Micheál Ó Cinnéide has been long part of the establishment and a respected individual. What he said here is absolutely damning. We ignore it at our peril. Let me read what...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...come from the Government, with certain Deputies who were on the Joint Committee on Health, that played the man rather than the issue. I stayed late on Thursday - not as late as I should have but as long as I could - and I really witnessed a deplorable display of tackling the person as opposed to eliciting information. I am not here to tackle or to give out about nuns. I was educated by...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (11 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...of a multidenominational co-educational second level school for the district of Killester, Raheny and Clontarf; (7) Deputy Martin Kenny - to discuss diabetes care and availability of appliances under the long-term illness scheme; (8) Deputy Pat Buckley - to discuss respite services in community mental health settings in east Cork; (9) Deputy Chris Andrews - to ask the Minister for Justice...

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...they are veterans of Vietnam. They took courage into their hands because they want to draw attention to what is happening in Shannon, which millions of American soldiers are passing through on their way to war. I do not know how long we have used this language in the Dáil. I have been using it, along with my colleagues, and I was only elected in February 2016. We are constantly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 702. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a multidisciplinary long Covid clinic in each county that would include occupational therapists trained in fatigue management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22706/22]