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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: 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.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I ask Members for their co-operation because we are running out of time. There is one minute per person.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Did Deputy Ó Murchú indicate that he wanted to come in?

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy has 40 seconds.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received by her Department under the humanitarian assistance scheme in respect of Galway city and county since the flooding in Galway in November 2023; the amount paid out to-date under the scheme to the residents of Galway city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7854/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 7 December 2023, for a status update on his Department's engagement with representatives of community employment supervisors and Tús supervisors with a view to resolving the pay gap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given his statement of 26 January 2024 when he recalled the commitment by Dáil Éireann to "strongly consider intervention" in the South Africa case at the ICJ, and stated that he had asked his officials to prepare legal advice for his consideration on an "urgent basis"; if he will brief Dáil Éireann on the detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to a HAP recipient whose medical circumstances mean that they are permanently disabled and wheelchair bound, resulting in their present accommodation being unsuitable, in terms of both priority on the social housing list and availability of grants and schemes to the owner of the HAP property to make the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of submissions received to-date to the consultation on the Green Paper on Disability Reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8032/24]

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: To talk real fish.