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Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I shall start on a positive note and welcome the €5 increases for almost all social welfare payments and the new provisions for the self-employed that go some way to addressing the unequal way they are treated, including the provision of an invalidity pension and the extension of treatment benefits including access to dental and optical benefits. To delay such necessary changes until...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I understand Deputy Mick Barry is sharing time.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sé tábhachtach anois tacaíocht a thabhairt don phrionsabal go mbeidh an Rialtas go léir freagrach as an gcóras uisce poiblí agus go bhfanfaidh an acmhainn seo faoi úinéireacht phoiblí agus faoi bhainistíocht phoiblí. I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute to this debate. I pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy Joan...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The programme for Government commits to a health service for everyone. There were 51 people on trolleys last night in a centre of excellence in Galway city. I make no apologies for raising this issue. The Taoiseach visited Galway city and said at that time that the accident and emergency department is not fit for purpose, as did the leader of Fianna Fáil. I call on the Taoiseach to...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I asked the Taoiseach to express outrage that there were 51 people on trolleys.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I asked the Taoiseach to comment on 51 people on trolleys.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that have been refused a SUSI grant due to the fact they could not comply with the rigid requirement for specific documentation in relation to proof of address and, more particularly, in relation to those students who live with a relative and-or a friend and do not have utility bills but notwithstanding that it is their...

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Also, the type of language being used in this Chamber is unacceptable. I would have preferred if this time had been used to discuss the hospitals trolley crisis. There were 45 people on trolleys in Galway today. We have a housing crisis and only 14 houses being built this year in Galway. I do not attempt to be parochial because this is what is happening all over the country. Turning...

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Níl a fhios agam an mbeidh aon duine eile ag labhairt. Cheap me go raibh ceithre nóiméad agam.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Since I have been elected as a Deputy I have found myself on occasion supporting motions tabled by Sinn Féin and the Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit. On this occasion, however, I do not support them as I think this is the lowest type of politics. As I sat in my office preparing for tomorrow and waiting for my turn tonight, I found myself listening in agreement to some of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the EU's general court ruling that the Government had provided illegal state aid to a refinery (details supplied) in the amount of €10 million when the refinery was owned by a company; if the Government and-or the company has appealed this ruling; if so, if they have received a date for the hearing of the appeal; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Alternative Energy Projects (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide copies of the environmental appropriate assessment and the environmental impact assessment reports for the original ten year foreshore lease granted to the Marine Institute in 2006 for the wave energy test site in Spiddal, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33470/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Alternative Energy Projects (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the UNESCO world heritage Burren and Cliffs of Moher site was excluded from the environmental impact assessment screening process in relation to a foreshore lease application (details supplied) to construct an offshore electricity generating station on Galway Bay; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences Data (8 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of all existing applications to "frack"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/16]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: With respect to the conflation of trafficking with the purchase of sex, they are two entirely different issues. I absolutely abhor it. The Government should come back to us to outline how it has enforced the existing legislation. The Oireachtas report indicates that 90% of women who are sex workers want to leave prostitution, but there are no exit strategies for them in this...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the legislation which I will come back to but I want to make a number of preliminary points in view of what was said earlier in the Chamber. Unfortunately, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton has left but I want to correct what she said with regard to Galway. There was no charge, and the women she referred to were not convicted of being prostitutes. They pleaded guilty straight away and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 1 June 2016, the status of the application to construct a boundary wall between a school and a residential area (details supplied) given that all issues have now been resolved and all requested information has been provided. [33221/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE west has the necessary funds to replace equipment (details supplied); if not, when they will be provided with the funds; the specific time span for the provision of the equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33216/16]

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I have just two minutes and 50 seconds so I will be blunt, brief and to the point. I am not sure if the Ministers do shame but I certainly felt shame listening to their speeches and reading them again as I sit here. They have been asked to lead and the country is begging us to join together, stand with an act of solidarity and take in at least 200 children. There is hypocrisy in this...