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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 104 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Waterford Institute of Technology - Development and Disposal of Intellectual Property in FeedHenry (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I have no difficulty with that. That should happen, but the public facilities should also be taken into account and they are not being brought into it at all. They are taken as a given, but we will not disagree on jobs.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the climate mitigation policy developments on foot of the 2019 climate change performance index which ranked Ireland as the worst performing country in Europe for action on climate change for a second consecutive year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3398/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage range by sector by which Ireland is likely to miss 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets to reduce emissions to 20% below 2005 levels; the estimated annual fines Ireland is likely to face as a consequence; the steps being taken to address these shortfalls; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 6 November 2018, the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratia scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3512/19]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate and will be supporting the Bill. I wish to place the Bill in context. There are positive things in it but there are other items that need to be dealt with on Committee Stage. The context is, of course, the fact more than one in three of the 10,000 people who are homeless are children. A doctor said recently in the media that when...

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the positive news regarding a discretionary fund and the more long-term changes that are required. In regard to the policy paper, I should give credit where it is due. It was published in the Economic and Social Review. I will send a copy to the Minister of State. Three of its authors, namely Gerard Turley, John McDonagh and Stephen McNena, are based in Galway. It was prepared...

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure what the Government is doing. If it is agreeing with the amendment, that is positive. I have already spoken on this issue in the Dáil. If the Government is agreeing with the amendment, I welcome that agreement. I thank the Seanad for looking at this so diligently and for taking on board the arguments made in the Dáil. We are asking for the deletion of the sections...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of annual funding provided to an organisation (details supplied); the reporting requirements in respect of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (23 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of an organisation (details supplied) to close its international department; the process for Irish Aid to work with the organisation in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3225/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Bhí a fhios againn faoin stair agus an cúlra. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an polasaí seo, a d'fhoilsíodh breis agus dhá bhliain ó shin, thar a bheith dearfach. Don chéad uair riamh, tá straitéis chuimsitheach do scoileanna sa Ghaeltacht agus tá fís leagtha síos. Níl mé ag easaontú le haon rud sa pholasaí mar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Ní féidir liom easaontú. Níl aon mhíbhuntáiste ag baint leis an scéim seo. Níl ach buntáistí i gceist leis an dátheangachas, go háirithe i gcomhthéacs na Gaeilge. Tá díomá orm go bhfuil 27 bunscoil tar éis diúltú gan iarratas a chur isteach. Níos tábhachtaí, cad atá...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard é stádas an phróisis chun aitheantas mar scoil Ghaeltachta a bhaint amach; cén líon scoileanna breise a chuir iarratas isteach chuig an aonad um oideachas Gaeltachta sa Roinn roimh an 1 Meitheamh 2018; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2664/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Tá ceist dhíreach simplí agam i ndáiríre. Cad é stádas an próiseas chun aitheantas mar scoil Ghaeltachta a bhaint amach agus, go háirithe, cad é líon na scoileanna breise a chuir iarratas isteach chuig an aonad um oideachas Gaeltachta roimh 1 Meitheamh 2018? Sin an síneadh ama a bhí i gceist chun deis a thabhairt do na...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) previously excluded will be reconsidered for inclusion in the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 15 January 2019, the number of applications received including those deemed incomplete by nationality. [2775/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (22 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the scoping exercise into illegal adoptions will be published; the number of records being examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2464/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am afraid I am not so sympathetic. I am holding the Minister to account because her answer is not acceptable. When and how was she approached by the commission in relation to an extension? Why are the grounds for an extension not set out in the Minister's reply? Why do we not have a copy of the report? The lines that should demarcate who is responsible for what are being blurred. An...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: When in December?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Has the commission of investigation asked for an extension of time? If so, when was the request made, how was it made and how long has the Minister known? I ask these questions in the knowledge that four and a half years ago, in July 2014, the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, announced that Judge Yvonne Murphy would chair the commission. The terms of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome confirmation that the nominee on the board is not employed by the Department, as I understand from that letter.