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Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will repeat it if the Taoiseach likes.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Galway University Hospital is at crisis point. This is a hospital that serves a core population of 800,000 people and six core counties. In addition, it serves a number of other counties, which means it serves a population of approximately 1 million people. It is operating on code black alert, the highest emergency code, and at full capacity on an ongoing and prolonged basis. As a direct...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the DEIS programme; when the review will be published; the details of the expansion of the programme; the methods by which a school can apply for inclusion in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Levels (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve adult literacy levels in view of the comparability of the Irish sample in PIAAC with that of other participating countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 1 December 2016, the names of the members and chair of the marine licence vetting committee which will consider the Marine Institute's 35 year foreshore lease application in Galway Bay. [2036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2002; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2003; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2004; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2107/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2005; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2108/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2006; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2109/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2007; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2110/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2008; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2009; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households on the waiting list for social housing in Galway city since 2010; the categories the households are in; the number of persons, adults and children that equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2113/17]

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am delighted to hear it. I will not waste my few minutes but the Minister might clarify it. I am not in the habit of misleading people. One of my faults is that I am too blunt and direct. At the risk of using my time, I repeat that not one social house has been built in Galway since 2009. This year, there is a proposal to go ahead with 14 houses. I checked the news today and the local...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I disagree entirely with the Minister that this is premature and the Fianna Fáil speaker who said the Bill was based on ideology. I am not sure if they are in touch with what is happening on the ground. While I have difficulties with some sections of the Bill, I agree with the intention underlying it. The Bill arises because the Government's housing policy, as well as that of the...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gnó an Choiste (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Fáilte romhaibh go léir agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh. Go raibh maith agaibh. Tá fhios agam go bhfuil sé deacair teacht inniu, go háirithe ag an am seo, ach ní raibh smacht agam ar an am. Is é an cinneadh a rinne mé ná an dá thoscaireacht, ó Ghaillimh le Gaeilge agus ó Chearta Oideachais, a ligean isteach i dtosach. An...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Cathracha Dátheangacha: Gaillimh le Gaeilge (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Fáilte romhaibh go léir agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh. Tá bliain chrua amach romhainn, trí Ghaeilge agus trí Bhéarla. Ba mhaith liom fáilte croíúil a chur roimh an dtoscaireacht ó Ghaillimh, go sonrach ó Ghaillimh le Gaeilge, Ms Bríd Ní Chongóile agus Dr. Iggy Ó Muircheartaigh. Táimid ag tnúth le bhur...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Cathracha Dátheangacha: Gaillimh le Gaeilge (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal a Ms Ní Chongóile. Ní mór dom a rá freisin go bhfuil triúir agus mé féin anseo. Tá sé thar a bheith deacair do Theachtaí Dála bheith anseo mar tá Dáil Éireann ina suí freisin. Feiceann sibh é sin ar an monatóir.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Cathracha Dátheangacha: Gaillimh le Gaeilge (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I dtús báire tá píosa dlí agus reachtaíocht le léamh amach chun cur in iúl daoibh bheith cúramach maidir le bhur gcuid focal. Sula rachaimid ar aghaidh tá rud eile le déanamh againn. Ba mhaith liom na finnéithe a chur ar a n-aird go bhfuil, de bhua alt 17(2)(l) den Acht um Chlúmhilleadh 2009, finnéithe faoi chosaint ag...