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Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Before we proceed, I take the opportunity to mention that I understand that Deputy Howlin's extended family is almost filling the Gallery above. Céad míle fáilte romhaibh go léir. You are all very welcome.

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Maybe the next candidate is up there.

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I call an Teachta Bruton.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I hope I am being constructively critical of the city and county councils in Galway, but it is not totally fair. They are under-resourced. They do not have enough staff and the county council is certainly at its wits' end. They are also competing with a model of development that has continued on, and which was there before we declared a climate emergency, with the same absolute consumerism...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 15 June 2023 , the details of any engagement his Department, or bodies under the aegis of his Department, has had with Galway City and County Councils in 2023 with regard to the development of their local authority climate action plans, and in particular the preparation of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: My question specifically relates to Galway City Council and Galway County Council. What engagement if any has the Minister, his Department or any bodies under its aegis had in respect of the preparation of these plans, in particular the inclusion of decarbonisation zones? The city council did great work and designated an area on the west side as a decarbonisation zone way back in April...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I agree with the Minister totally, absolutely. They should show vision and they should lead. That is very difficult when staff are constantly moved, when the county council is seriously underfunded and staff are moved from department to department. As soon as they get any expertise, they are moved off under pressure. There is a serious role for the Government in properly resourcing and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Is there a document, an analysis or research-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: -----that led to the Minister’s decision?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 28 September 2023, and subsequent follow-up, the details of the analysis carried out by his Department regarding the operation of the community-led category in RESS 1 and RESS 2, and in particular the challenges faced by community-led energy projects; the details of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy O’Rourke raised this matter in a slightly different way, but both questions are the same really. As the Minister knows, this is an issue that I follow up on continuously. I do not know how many questions I have tabled on it. It is good that there is a community-led category – I welcome that as well as the changes – but my problem is that I do not know where the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: As someone who supports what the Minister is talking about, I am frustrated. The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, was present the last time I asked about this on 28 September. He stated that he would contact my office. I received an acknowledgement but nothing with details of the analysis. Where RESS 1 is concerned, I have been told repeatedly that seven community-led projects were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I do not disagree with the Minister and I am delighted that community projects are out of the auction system. They should never have been in it in the first place. When we declared a climate emergency, we spoke about needing transformative change because our corporate model and other models had not worked for energy. That transformative change will come from the ground up and nowhere else....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 26 October 2023, for an update on plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat fishery, which is concentrated within the six-nautical-mile zone; when he expects to receive the updated scientific and economic advice from the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara on...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion on the escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. On Tuesday, 14 November 2023, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Minister of State want to come back in?

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Before going through the next three amendments, I note that things have moved much quicker than anticipated. For the information of Members, the next item, the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, Report and Final Stages, will be starting immediately after this item, in just a few minutes.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad amendments Nos. 13 to 15, inclusive, have already been discussed.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: A message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it with the fact that Dáil Éireann has agreed to amendments Nos. 1 to 15, inclusive, made by Seanad Éireann to the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1 and 3 are related and may be discussed together.