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Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure it is a point of order. It sounds like a point of information. I will leave it to the Ceann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy. We are way over time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I was taken by surprise myself with the two questions being amalgamated. The Deputy has one minute - both sides are gaining a little time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you Deputy. I call the on the Tánaiste to conclude.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, I have given great discretion.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Tánaiste. He will have a chance to come back in.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy will have eight minutes to respond. It is four minutes for each of the questions. I apologise for interrupting him.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a map of the catchment area for a school (details supplied), given that a number of local residents have been unable to get places in the school despite living in close proximity to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52862/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le scoil faoi leith i nGaillimh agus go háirithe leis an rochtain atá ag muintir na háite atá in abhantrach na scoile uirthi. My question relates to a specific school in Galway but it has more general application in regard to the difficulties that people on the ground in the catchment area of the school have in accessing this school. I ask the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact the Minister is going to publish the parameters, although I am not sure of what. Will that relate to the catchment areas? I realise it is up to the boards of management but very specific issues are arising with huge implications for other policies. The school in question is on the west side of the city and there is a waiting list. Students with different needs, some of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for clarifying the matter. It is my understanding that the boards of management are free to do what they want with regard to the criteria they set down. However, the catchment area would seem to be one of the most basic requirements, particularly if we are to align our policies with active travel and climate change. It makes no sense for people to be travelling out of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister might address the issue of alignment with policy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 5 October 2023, the status of the roll out of park-and-ride in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52832/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Tagraím do chóras páirceáil agus taistil i nGaillimh. Tá mé ag iarraidh soiléiriú a fháil ó thaobh aon dul chun cinn atá déanta, ag cur san áireamh gur chuir na comhairleoirí, mé féin san áireamh, é isteach mar chuspóir beagnach 20 bliain ó shin. I am looking for an update on the status of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for the clarification regarding the N6 junction 19 proposals, the N83 and the improvements for Oranmore and the railway station. I will return to where I started. Almost 20 years ago, we put a proposal that park and ride be rolled out on the east and west into the city development plan. Twenty years later, we are being told that there is work on the east side. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am reluctant to blame a planning system that successive Governments have run down completely. We were in Mayo last week where planning vacancies were pointed out so I am not going down that route. I place the responsibility firmly on the Government. I cannot describe the frustration. The traffic in Galway has been like this for years. In my opinion, it has been allowed to be left...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Message from Select Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2023: Votes 26.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 5 October 2023, the status of the feasibility study on light rail in Galway, which is being undertaken as part of the development of the Galway Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; the details of the engagement between the National Transport Authority and local groups in the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagement she or her Department has had with post-primary schools in Galway with a view to implementing a common application system along the lines of the Limerick Area Post-Primary Schools Common Application System; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52863/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to call for a comprehensive international arms embargo to be placed on Israel; the details of any engagement he has had at EU and UN level in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50113/23]