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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Good. I welcome that clarification.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I am not questioning that. It would be helpful if Ms O'Donoghue could forward a note to the committee on how the system operates because there is confusion in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéid airgid a chuir an Rialtas ar fáil d'Údarás na Gaeltachta sna blianta 2015 agus 2016 agus i mbuiséad 2017; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [31149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme Projects (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money that was made available to which counties under the town and village renewal scheme in tabular form; specifically which towns and villages; of those funds made available, the proportion that was used; the review process and analysis in place for the effectiveness of the scheme; the results of such a review; and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an féidir léi soiléiriú agus míniú a thabhairt maidir leis an laghdú 9% ó thaobh na teanga, na Gaeltachta agus na n-oileán de; cé na heagraíochtaí agus na scéimeanna a bheas thíos leis an laghdú seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (20 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ós rud é go ndúirt an Rialtas in 2007 go raibh siad ag glacadh le moltaí an SCT, Staidéar Cuimsitheach Teangeolaíochta, an bhfuil sé ar intinn acu na moltaí tábhachtacha a chur i bhfeidhm; go háirithe an bhfuil an moladh maidir le SLG, Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge, a fhorbairt agus...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (19 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the appointment procedure in place for the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, in particular the procedures which were used by the Council of the Bar of Ireland for choosing its nominee to the authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Conditions (19 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the additional one year foreshore lease for the Galway bay test site, March 2016 - March 2017 granted and dated 11 July 2016, which was applied for by the Marine Institute, Oranmore, County Galway, to continue to occupy and to utilise the existing facility under the terms and conditions of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Conditions (19 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the original foreshore lease document (details supplied) amounts to thirteen pages, while the granted one-year, short-term foreshore lease extension document is sixty pages long in relation to the foreshore lease applied for by the Marine Institute; if he will confirm the substantive differences between...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Conditions (19 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the foreshore lease extension of one year has been granted to the Marine Institute for the Galway Bay test site without environmental impact assessments having been conducted for this lease extension, as required under national and EU legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31072/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (19 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 118. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht given the importance of job creation in helping to retain sustainable communities in Gaeltacht areas and given Údarás na Gaeltachta's confirmation that an increase in its capital budget to €12 million per annum would enable it to create an additional 1,000 new jobs over three years, if she will commit to this...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 20. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available for County Galway and south Mayo for home help packages in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a result of going over budget early in the year to relieve the pressure on the hospital, the service has now been severely curtailed with the result that there are both delayed discharges and delayed admissions to...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Has the Minister of State's attention been drawn to the crisis in home care packages in Galway and the fact that the budget was overspent? There is now a severe crisis with delayed discharges and admissions in the hospital. Will the Minister of State address whether her attention has been brought to that and, if so, what she will do about it?

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I did not catch whether the matter has been drawn to the attention of the Minister of State. Has she spoken with the hospital in Galway and with Galway Primary Care? That is a specific question. As a result of the cutbacks in Galway city, there are patients in the hospital who cannot be discharged and, as a result, patients cannot get in. I refer to one particular case where the...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: It is difficult to digest the figures the Minister of State has given. Presumably I will get a copy of all those figures. I will bring those figures down to a personal level. I do not like bringing stories into the Dáil Chamber but I have to do it to illustrate. The Minister of State is talking in general figures and increases. Currently in Galway there is a patient who is not...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gnó an Choiste (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Tá leithscéal faighte ón Teachta Ó Gallachóir. Tá an Teachta Ó Cuív anseo ag déanamh ionadaíochta ar a shon. Cuirim fáilte roimhe. Tá sé ar intinn agam go mbeidh seisiún príobháideach againn i dtús báire chun dul i ngleic le nithe éagsúla . An bhfuil sé sin aontaithe? Aontaithe.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Géarchéim na Gaeltachta: An Dochtúir Brian Ó Curnáin agus an tOllamh Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Ba mhaith liom fáilte croíúil a chur roimh an Dochtúir Brian Ó Curnáin ó scoil an léinn cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, agus roimh an Ollamh Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, ollamh taighde na Gàidhlig agus stiúrthóir ar Shoillse, Ollscoil na Gaeltachta agus na nOileán, Alba. Gabh mo...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Géarchéim na Gaeltachta: An Dochtúir Brian Ó Curnáin agus an tOllamh Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil as na finnéithe as a ndíogras agus a ndua ar son na Gaeilge. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an t-uafás scríobhte acu. Tá leabhar na bhfinnéithe, Beartas Úr na nGael, léite agam. Ní raibh sé éasca ach tá sé léite agam. Comhghairdeachas ar sin. Tá an cruinniú...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Géarchéim na Gaeltachta: An Dochtúir Brian Ó Curnáin agus an tOllamh Conchúr Ó Giollagáin (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Gabh mo leithscéal, rinne mé dearmad ar an alt tábhachtach. Léifidh an rúnaí anois é.