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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: -----ar bhealach amháin, chun a fháil amach cén céatadán atá i gceist.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is iontach go bhfuil tú ag smaoineamh orm.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Bhí míthuiscint ar mo thaobhsa. Tá sé ardaithe ó 0.7% go dtí 8%.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an trí dream atá os comhair an choiste inniu. Maidir le Craoltóirí Neamhspleácha na hÉireann, nuair a tháinig an Dr. John Walsh agus an Dr. Rosemary Day os comhair an choiste, chuir siad in iúl go neamhbhalbh, ag eascairt as an taighde a rinne siad cúpla bliain ó shín, cé chomh íseal is a bhí...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: To be fair to them, there was a very low percentage use of Irish.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Obstacles, yes.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas le John Purcell. Is dócha go bhfuil muid faoi bhrú ó thaobh ama de. Is dócha gurb é an rud atá i gceist agam ná tús díospóireachta. Tá gá le tuilleadh díospóireachta de bharr nach bhfuil sé in ann a dhualgas a chomhlíonadh. Tá na finnéithe ag rá go bhfuil a lán bac i...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tuigim sin agus tuigim go bhfuil gá le stáisiún raidió nua. Is í seo mo cheist: an bhfuil Raidió na Life ag rá go mbeadh sé in ann an bhearna sin a líonadh dá mbeadh dóthain achmhainní aige, nó an bhfuil Raidió na Life sásta go bhfuil RTÉ ag breathnú ar phlean nua le stáisiún nua a chruthú?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an bhfinné.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Representatives of RTÉ also spoke about their efforts in this regard.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Úsáid agus Infheictheacht na Gaeilge ar na Meáin Chraolta: Plé (21 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá dul chun cinn iontach déanta acu.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the long-term carers contribution scheme; the number of applications received to date; the number approved; the number rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8028/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am looking for an update on the very welcome long-term carers contribution scheme, or the pension for carers. I am asking for all the details, specifically the number of applications to date, the numbers approved and rejected, and the number of applications the Minister expects under the scheme.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I started by welcoming the scheme and describing it as very positive. The figures the Minister has given are interesting. How many applications does the Minister anticipate? What analysis has been done on that? Of the 2,746 applications so far, 2,113 were from individuals. This means some applicants have registered for more than one care period. Does that mean they have done two 20-year...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: More information would be very helpful because it is a very positive scheme. I had a woman in my office who, for the first time, is applying for a payment in her own right, having minded someone for over 20 years. She did not get any payment. The breakdown would be very important because under the criteria, someone who worked more than 16 or 18 hours per week is not entitled to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I might have a different view on that.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion and for shining the spotlight on this. The first line of the motion "notes that, as of 13th February, 2024, there are 327 children listed as waiting on a scoliosis-related surgery with Children's Health Ireland (CHI), as compared to 312 in February 2017". That is despite promises, despite everything. I am not going to use my time to...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: In the brief time I have, I acknowledge the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador and I also reiterate my condemnation of the illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Tánaiste gave a very long speech of 12 pages in which he said, "Two years on, tragically, it seems that we are no closer to peace." I say it is more than tragic; it is deplorable. We have utterly failed to use our voice to bring...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will stop but there was an interruption and both I and my colleague lost our train of thought as a result. It took all those deaths and all of that to make us write and take that little bit of action.

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the ambassador of Ukraine. Céad míle fáilte roimpi.