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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Iarraim ar gach aon duine na srianta ama a choinneáil.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (6 Mar 2024)

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: Deputy Mairéad Farrell - To discuss the issue of rents in investment fund-owned student accommodation in Galway. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the need for school-based therapists for the Cork ETB special schools in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State. I mentioned the regional hospital - I still call it that - because it is bursting at the seams. According to HIQA, it is affected by so many issues, despite the good work of the staff. We then have a facility, Clifden District Hospital, which has, without a doubt, been run down for more than two years, with conflicting reasons given to us. Let us look at...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Faraor géar, tá orm an t-ospidéal sa Chlochán a ardú arís. Tá a fhios ag an Aire Stáit go bhfuil sé faoi bhagairt agus i mbaol le beagnach dhá bhliain anois. An rud a chuireann isteach orm ná go bhfuil sé dúnta faoi láthair agus ní bhfuaireamar aon teachtaireacht beag ná mór faoi. Chualamar ar na...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the Minister has given me a date for later this year but in the context of 20 years, I am still a little sceptical so I will be coming back repeatedly for the rest of the year. Has the Minister any clarification on the foreshore licence? I think there was a need for a foreshore licence. Where is that at? At the risk of boring the Minister, all I can keep repeating is that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: That was Inis Meáin.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: That is another question that I have down

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: A monitoring committee has been set up. Is the Minister getting feedback on that? Is she aware of what was discussed on 20 February? Are they keeping the Minister up to speed about any difficulties that might be arising? The Minister is saying it will take four months to assess. I appreciate that. There is a clear deadline now – it is approximately four months. A contractor will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 30 January 2024 for a status update on the development of Inis Oírr pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10400/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am staying with the theme of the islands. The Minister can see why with the delay in all of these projects. Baineann mo cheist le hInis Oírr. Go háirid, tá mé ag iarraidh fáil amach cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh na céibhe de ansin agus an obair atá geallta. Where are we in terms of the update on the Inis Óirr pier?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 26 September 2023, for a status update on the transfer to her Department of land on Inishbofin on which the airstrip is situated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10401/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: My question relates specifically to islands, this time Inishbofin, and the rigmarole that has taken place for almost 20 years as the islanders wait for a health centre. I ask for an update on the transfer of land so that we can give them a definite answer on when an essential piece of infrastructure for this island will be provided.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Minister have any date for completion of the project? Will the Department have any role in the primary care centre or is that strictly the Health Service Executive? Will there be matching funding? Let me try to give a tiny bit of background. This has been going on for 20 years. According to the 2022 census, Inishbofin had 188 inhabitants, which, luckily, was an increase. A...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I would appreciate it if the Minister could give me an approximate date for the transfer of the land. The national primary care island services review, in itself, was a work of art, first, in getting it done and then in trying to get the report. A number of TDs asked for that. We are talking about a basic health centre, a primary care strategy and a policy for the islands. That is why...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is definitely positive but I will come back to the utter failure to progress the health centre on Inishbofin and the simple transfer of land that is no longer simple and is taking years. We know the population of the islands has decreased in comparison to the Scottish islands, where there has been an increase in population. The Scots have a strong policy for the islands based in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 30 January 2024, the status of the monitoring committee for the implementation of the new policy for the islands; the dates of all meetings to date; the date of the next meeting; her plans to publish the minutes of the meetings of the committee; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le polasaí na n-oileán agus an coiste faoi leith atá ann chun monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar na céimeanna atá sa pholasaí sin agus iad a chur chun cinn. I know the Minister has followed up on this in respect of the policy she published for the islands after a long time, and I thank her for that. The first task force was set up in 1996...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact that the minutes will be published. That is a good exercise in openness and accountability. We have waited so long for the policy for the islands, since 1996, and there have been many false starts. The implementation of that policy is the key. Are two meetings a year enough? I understand from the terms of reference that the monitoring committee will meet twice a year....

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I always start by thanking Sinn Féin for bringing forward a motion and I do so again tonight. I am also grateful for the opportunity to speak. However, my gratitude stops there because the elephant in the room is being ignored. Many TDs and the Ministers have spoken about the upcoming referendum, which is taking out two parts of Article 41 and replacing it with an entirely new article...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is that agreed? Agreed.