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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (17 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the state expenditure on long-term leasing in each of the years 2015 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44647/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (17 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of advice being sought and the purpose of a tender (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44917/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Higgins is theoretically sharing time.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Who decides what is roughly ten minutes?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Like previous speakers, I would like to express my condolences with the family of Kim Damti and also to condemn the actions of Hamas in the targeting of civilians. I have absolutely no hesitation in doing that. However, when we do that, we must also condemn Israel and its actions. There is no way out of that. Their language and the language of the defence minister is simply appalling....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any review carried out by his Department with regard to removing dental nurses from the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; his plans to review same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44204/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le haltraí fiaclóireachta agus go háirithe maidir le haon dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh na bpost seo a bhaint ó liosta na bpost neamhcháilithe. My question relates to dental nurses. I ask for the results of any review carried out by the Minister of State's Department with a view to removing dental nurses from the ineligible...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for confirming that the decision is to be made in November. At least we have the time span. Looking at the background to this - and it has been brought to my attention by someone who wants to come into the country - I will say at the outset that we should not have let this crisis happen in the first place. We should have had enough graduates of our own and we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I would say it is a crisis because we know that in Galway, for example, we are getting phone calls regarding dentists being unavailable under the medical card scheme. There are any number of complications from the absence of dentists. I understand that the review takes place every single year. The answer to the last question I had was regarding the review in 2020. We have had 2021 and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 29 June 2023, for a status update on his Department's engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs with a view to developing a new business and human rights action plan and implementation body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to addressing the shortage of dental nurses and dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: White Papers (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 11 May 2023, for an update on the implementation of the white paper on enterprise; the details of the first update report, which was scheduled for Q3 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (12 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 29 June 2023, for an update on the implementation of the West Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024; for a status update on the development of the BIA Innovator Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44205/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Minister, you are sharing time with your two colleagues and there are just six minutes left for both colleagues. You have five minutes.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There are three speakers on the list. It is up to you. Sorry to interrupt the Minister. I call the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We will now move on to Department of Justice and the Minister, Deputy McEntee, who has five minutes.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: In my time I hope to generally deal with three or four topics and then go to the issue of the Irish language. It takes a while, not just a few days, but a few weeks to analyse a budget. Notwithstanding the good points and the payments that are being made, I would like to give some of the reaction. The Antipoverty Network in Ireland described the budget as a wasted opportunity. It said...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that this is a legacy issue. I know some cases are complicated. However, let us be blunt and straight here; it is a legacy issue. As well as staff not being available because of the Covid pandemic, staff were also reassigned to other matters. Have they been brought back into this section? When does the Minister of State expect the backlog to be cleared? In the example I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Just generally, how long does the e-vetting take?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Citizenship Applications (11 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures undertaken by her Department to reduce citizenship application processing times, particularly in respect of applications submitted in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43951/23]