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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1081. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capacity and occupancy of each EROC centre, to include the number of places available and actual occupancy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11570/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail his plans to secure adequate and safe accommodation for all international protection applicants and to prevent the emergence of refugee camps on our streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12142/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 14 December 2023, if the negotiation process between the expert negotiator and religious orders with regard to contributing to the mother and baby institutions redress scheme has been completed to date; if not, the expected timeline for the conclusion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of unaccompanied children in the care of the Child and Family Agency; the number of those children who, according to the process set out in section 14 (4) of the International Protection Act 2015, have made an application for international protection. [12652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1397. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the special scheme to provide special leave with pay for eligible health sector staff in respect of long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12448/24]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I dtús báire, gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach, leis an gcléireach agus le foireann an choiste. Is de bharr na hoibre uilig a rinne siad go bhfuilimid go léir anseo. Is lá stairiúil é i ndáiríre go bhfuilimid anseo le chéile. Mo bhuíochas libh ar fad. Tá neart ceisteanna agam. B'fhéidir gur tús...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Ní raibh mé ag iarraidh an ollscoil a lochtadh ach clúdaíonn sé na dúshláin atá os comhar na cathrach i ndáiríre.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is cathair dhátheangach muid, nó táimid in ainm is a bheith dhátheangach. Tá obair na gcapall déanta ag Gaillimh le Gaeilge agus eagraíochtaí eile ar an talamh. Leagfaidh mé an cheist sin ar leataobh anois agus díreoidh mé isteach ar na dúshláin. In ainneoin na hoibre sin, tá dúshláin ollmhóra i gceist....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Más mian le haon duine caint faoin gcéad cheist eile seo, níl mé ag iarraidh díriú isteach ar rudaí pearsanta. An bhfuil cinnteacht ag baint leis na róil seo atá ag na finnéithe sna comhairlí contae agus cathrach agus sna hollscoileanna? An bhfuil conraí gearrtéarmacha i gceist? Cén sórt béime atá na...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is dul chun cinn é go bhfuil conarthaí buana ag na hoifigigh. Is rud maith é sin. Nuair a bhí mise mar chomhairleoir, throid muid chun fostaí a fháil. Ba throid mhór é agus d'éirigh linn ach bhí an post gearrthéarmach. Tá beagáinín dul chun cinn déanta. Ag dul siar, tháinig ionadaithe ar an ollscoil os...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is ea.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sé cosúil le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta atá anois ag díriú isteach ar chúrsaí tithíocht de bharr na foirgnimh folmha atá acu. Ceapaim gur gá don ollscoil an rud céanna a dhéanamh sa Ghaeltacht ó thaobh deiseanna agus cúrsaí. Táim ag druidim chun deireadh mo cheisteanna ach, maidir leis an...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Faoi dheireadh, tá ceist agam do Róisín Ní Chinnéide faoi Ghaillimh le Gaeilge. Luaigh sí an lárionad Gaeilge. Tá fís ag Bríd Ní Chonghóile maidir leis sin. Aontaím le Róisín Ní Chinnéide sa mhéid atá an t-ábhar seo á ardú aici. Ceapaim go bhfuil gá le lárionad Gaeilge...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: An raibh Conradh na Gaeilge bainteach sa staidéar féidearthachta agus ar bhreathnaigh sé ar an bhfoirgneamh sin mar lárionad don Ghaeilge?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá neart ceisteanna eile agam. An bhfuil Róisín Ní Chinnéide ag iarraidh teacht isteach? Níl. Críochnóidh mé anois. Ní hí ceist é seo ach ní mór dom a rá nach mairfidh an Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht mura bhfuil cúrsaí tithíochta réitithe ach ní hé sin ábhar don lá inniu....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cathair na Gaillimhe, Cathair na Gaeilge: Plé (8 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: As cé mhéid?

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will finish by referring to bánú, the depopulation of the Gaeltacht areas and the rural areas. While it is a fantastic to have "Danú", at the moment we have bánú, so we need to look at the two. I am fully behind the Minister of State on this matter and I would like to work with him.

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: In the time I have I will try to be as focused as possible. I welcome the Minister of State's speech today. I welcome that he has confirmed the Government is confident, just as Deputy Fitzmaurice has said, that at a minimum the rewetting targets for 2030 and 2040 can be met entirely on State lands. I welcome the clarification that flooding is not in question. It has nothing to do with...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: He has done so with the assistance of Clare Daly. It is important to put this on the record.

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is nearly five years since we declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. I sat on a council that had a draft biodiversity plan for donkey's years and no biodiversity officer. The Department was starved of funds and leadership from governments. I have said this on the record. As well as this, there is an emergency brake in the scheme in addition to it being voluntary. It is very...