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Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: No, I do not want the chief executive. He has taken a vow of silence for now.

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. Ruttle identify training as an issue or risk to the board if it was not done?

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Did Mr Ruttle listen to my question? Was training identified by the board members or by Mr. Ruttle himself as an issue that needed to be addressed?

Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Absolutely. What was done about that then?

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I support the Bill but I do so with a sense of nausea at the cynicism of the Labour Party in failing to recognise its contribution to the homelessness crisis through its policies. Sneering from Labour Members is not an answer. They should recognise the role they played when part of a majority Government that pursued policies which actively led to this crisis. The Bill is an indictment...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I would appreciate if Labour Members did not interrupt me. I did not interrupt them. The truth must out on this matter. We have again what we had in the time of Bertie Ahern, when we were told to take our own lives rather than whining. We had the exact same language from a Fine Gael Minister of State earlier. I read with horror what he said about our reputation abroad:Some of this...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: This crisis did not happen when Labour went out of power. It happened as a result of what it did when it was in power.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Not one single social housing unit has been built in Galway city since 2009. There was money but the previous Government made choices about it and decided not to build one single social house.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: This year, we will build 14 social houses in Galway when there are 13,000 people there who have been on the housing waiting list since 2001. How many Governments have held power since then? Not one single social house has been built but we had plenty of money for the rental accommodation scheme and the HAP scheme. Then we came up with the land aggregation scheme. Is the Government even...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is Catherine Connolly.

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sin ceart go leor. Where is the health information Bill, which has been renamed the health information and patient Safety Bill? Almost two and half years ago, the Taoiseach, who was at that time the Minister for Health, was quoted as confirming that approval had been given in respect of the heads of the Bill and that it was specifically designed, among other things, to alleviate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 50. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 20 September 2017, the opening date of the new unit in view of the fact that the planned operational date for the new 50 bed mental health unit at Galway University Hospital is Q4 2017; the complement of staff necessary to run this unit; if this number has been recruited; if the assignment of staff will mean a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding staffing and facilities at the maternity ultrasound department at Galway University Hospital; the complement of staff necessary to provide the services; the vacancies which exist and the recruitment process underway; if women are not receiving scans as a result of staffing issues; if so, the number of women affected; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of beds in St Finbar's ward at Galway University Hospital; the number of beds that were closed; the duration for which they were closed; the reason they were closed; if all of the beds are now in use; the circumstances which enabled the return to use of these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48093/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 85. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the provision of temporary modular orthopaedic theatres at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway to replace the two damaged theatres; if planning permission is required; when the theatres will be erected; the complement of beds in St Finbar's ward; if all of these are now in use; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 89. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 July 2017, the immediate action that is to be taken (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48091/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the admission rate at the acute psychiatric unit at Galway University Hospital; the number of beds currently available; the waiting time for admission; the full complement of staff required; the number of staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken for the provision of a proper and adequate ambulance service for a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funds or funding streams that are available for after school homework clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the family and community services resource centre programme; the number of applications received; the funding being made available; when decisions will be made in respect of those applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48357/17]