Results 281-300 of 33,749 for speaker:Catherine Connolly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 368. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration given to introducing an amendment to the primary medical certificate eligibility criteria to ensure people of various disabilities currently excluded from applying for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme can do so into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to provide for a deposit retention scheme under section 61 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; the timeline for same; the measures being taken to strengthen tenants’ rights in respect of deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39659/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on visa applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that the electricity generation test-site station on Galway Bay under foreshore lease (details supplied) is now fully decommissioned; that all structures, infrastructure, devices, items and or utilities included in the foreshore lease application have now been permanently removed from the Galway Bay marine test-site; and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 1059. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total costs to date of the construction and operation, the current number of full- and part-time employees, and the full nature of the work of the hi-tech health facilities at the two Údaras na Gaeltachta industrial estates of GTeic An Spidéal, Páirc na Meán, An Spidéal, County Galway, H91CH01, and...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for his detailed speech. Let me recognise the progress made in terms of legislation. We are on our third national strategy. We have an action plan. The Minister is promising three pieces of very important legislation in regard to the removal of guardianship rights for a person who has been convicted of killing, the issue of counselling records which has already been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I raise the Health Service Executive report from yesterday on the care of some women in Portiuncula hospital. The results are shocking enough that this could be replicated in other hospitals. Equally shocking and perhaps more is that we utterly failed to learn from the Walker report in 2018 and the same mistakes have been repeated. I am particularly aware of the national maternity...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I will follow on from that suggestion. I think they should come back before us if we can fit them in. To go back to the University of Galway, there is a clear audit. As someone from Galway, I welcome that, and the university is very important. I have not had a chance to look at the documentation, but as regards the foundation, we discussed this the last time I was on the committee....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Is it included now, parallel with the reports?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that, and they have made arguments for that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: As regards Tusla, we have confirmed that will be on our clár oibre because there are serious issues there and it is a very important agency. I will not go into them now. They are outlined here and we will have the agency before us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: On that, I thank Mr. McCarthy for the clarification. On the last occasion, going back a few years, we thought it was very important - certainly, the members did - to have the two sets of accounts, even though the foundation does not come under our remit, but to have it there for clarity purposes and for context, so I ask that we go back and ask for that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the witnesses and the officials from the Department. It is a very important Department. I do not envy them their job. In comparison, our job is a little easier. They are required to deliver better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland. I cannot think of a more important job. They are also responsible for governance, so there is a...