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Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: It captures better what a local authority is there for - to serve. It is there to serve the people of Galway and Mayo. It is not a business. The Chair was there at the time, but he cannot comment, when the manager confirmed the number of vacancies for planners in Mayo County Council. This is the same for Galway City Council. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, which is...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I have placed a bundle of documents in front of me to give to context to what we are being asked to do. I would be misleading the Dáil if I said I have read the Bill. I have done my best to read around it and to read the memorandum. I thank the Library and Research team for producing two digests under extreme pressure. I want to thank the staff in the Department before I absolutely...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is here. We have engaged on the floor of the House on public nursing home beds. She may recall I was delighted that she called for an audit of public nursing home beds last year. I am trying to get a copy of that audit. I think the Minister of State failed to get a copy of it. I have now failed to get a copy. What I have found out, and I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I did. The HSE said that I cannot get it and that I have to ask specific questions. It is an internal document.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We are running out of time and there are two questions left. With a little co-operation, we will get the two done perhaps.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: It is the next question, in the name of Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Ba mhaith liom céad míle fáilte a chur roimh na daltaí agus roimh na múinteoirí atá thuas staighre. Nollaig shona daoibhse.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I will let the Minister of State pursue that in a minute.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am trying to be helpful too because there are people with questions.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: If the Minister of State chooses to clarify the other matter, it is entirely up to him.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for confirming that he will look at it. It is a real concern to me that 6 acres of public land is being sold in a deal that we know nothing about, including the price, with no commitment to public housing. The task force was set up in 2019, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have had a serious housing crisis in Galway. The task force has become a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Land Development agency was set up by the Government to deal with it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 9 November 2023, what engagement he or his Department has had with the Galway social housing task force regarding the issues raised in the task force chairperson's report on progress to end-2022 since that report was received by his Department; the details of any engagement he or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I return to the subject of the Galway social housing task force and its report. What engagement has the Minister had with the task force and its chairperson on the housing challenges and difficulties that have been highlighted in Galway, particularly the complete absence of availability of HAP properties locally? I have had a quick glance at the written reply to my question. I would...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authorities (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, worked with me to try to get a report produced. Our effort went into just getting a report from a task force that was set up in 2019. The Minister of State then told me he would study the report and come back to me with an analysis of the difficulties. I have read the written answer from the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, already. Let us look at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Residential Tenancies Board Rent Index Report Q2 2023, which showed that Galway City had the largest annual increase in average rents for new tenancies in any city in Ireland at 12.7%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the publication of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the public consultation deadline on the Green Paper on disability reform; the number of submissions received to-date; the expected timeline for the consideration of all submissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54183/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to close the pay gap between Tús supervisors and CE supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grounds on which aircraft on contract to the US military transportation command are being allowed by his Department to transit through Shannon Airport and through Irish airspace on their way to and from supporting wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, including Israeli bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the...