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Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Tánaiste. Chríochnaigh sí díreach laistigh dá cuid ama.

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Níl drogall ar bith orm mo thacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. Déanaim comhghairdeachas leis an gComhaontas Glas. I have no hesitation in supporting the motion. I congratulate the Green Party and the Social Democrats on tabling this very comprehensive motion. While I hope it will not become a pattern, for the second time in a number of weeks, I find myself praising the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve the administration and to extend the scope of the fund in view of recent comments made by the CEO of Caranua in relation to the administration of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17090/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I have a specific question for the Minister. What steps have been, are being or will be taken to improve the administration and extend the scope of the Caranua fund in view of the most unacceptable comments the CEO of Caranua concerning the administration of the fund, as well as the hurtful and damaging experiences of many survivors with that board. This has been reported extensively in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for that clarification, but can he stand over a CEO on €87,000 making such comments? She reportedly said:Some applicants will never be happy and grievances suit a narrative. It suits a narrative of the big bad State and the big bad religious congregations, and so on. We have to face the facts that the damage that has been done to these people [these are the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is important to place on the record that the name Caranua, or new friend, is singularly inappropriate. It is a misuse of the Irish language because the experience of all these survivors is not that they have met a friend. They have met with delay, obfuscation and the phone not being answered. There is absolutely no consistency in what survivors get. Sometimes they get a washing machine...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an t-ábhar seo ardaithe go mion minic agam maidir le cúrsaí sláinte. Is é an t-athbhreithniú atá geallta ar A Vision for Change. I have to say that I am really tired of the pretence concerning A Vision for Change. I am asking the Taoiseach, once again, when the promised review will be published. He told me it would be published at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Question No. 35 of 28 February 2017, when the second interim report on the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be published; the details of the scoping exercise to examine an extension of the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17144/17]

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA is contributing adequately to the social and economic development of the State in accordance with its statutory duty under the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; if so, the way it is doing so; the consideration that has been given to include obligations on the purchaser to build homes as a measure to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tosóimid an seisiún poiblí mar táimid faoi bhrú maidir le am. Ba mhaith liom fáilte chroíúil a chur roimh an gCoimisinéir Teanga agus a bheirt comhgleacaithe, Mr. Éamonn Ó Bróithe agus Mr. Colm Ó Coisdealbha. Tá an coimisinéir ar ais arís tar éis cúpla mhí le dea-scéal. Táimid ag...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá trí rud i gceist, an bhfuil?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: An bhfuil an coimisinéir chun díriú isteach ar na trí rud?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. An bhfuil comhghleacaithe an Chomisinéara ag iarraidh teacht isteach ag an bpointe seo? Níl. Tá sé oscailte do cheisteanna.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tosóidh an cruinniú maidir leis an ollscoil ag 6.30.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: B'fheidir go bhfreagróidh an Comisinéir an cheist dheireanach ar dtús?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Cén chaoi is féidir plean níos laige a thabhairt isteach faoin dlí? Sin an cheist.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tiocfaimid ar ais because is ceist thar a bheith tábhachtach é. Tiocfaimid ar ais ar an gceist because muna bhfuil Oifig an Choimisinéara in ann rud a dhéanamh tá bearna sa reachtaíocht. Tiocfaimid ar ais go dtí an ceist sin agus tabharfaidh mé deis daoibh leanúint ar aghaidh leis na ceisteanna eile mar tá na Seanadóirí agus na...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Tá cúpla ceist ansin.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Aon duine eile?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Tráchtaireacht agus Tuarascálacha: An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Maidir leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir, ní mór dom a rá nach bhfuil an coiste seo ar an bhfód ach sé mhí. Bhí an chéad chruinniú againn i Mí Mheán Fómhair agus tá an t-uafás oibre déanta. Nílimid ró-bhog le ró-fhada agus nílimid ró-dheas. Tá an t-uafás...