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Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I also commend the Minister for his honesty and openness but that raises all the more questions. He is a member of a party and he has the views that he formed, based on his research and experience, that this was a bad decision, but he is now asked to leave that aside and go with what the party is telling him. That is extremely worrying, not just for this debate but for many other debates...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister also has a choice.

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I do not have the cluster of amendments in front of me but we are speaking about taking away the right to jury trials. I wished the Minister the very best in his new career but I cannot but go back and read out his speech. I do not know how he is going to get around that, other than by the fact that he now has power or, as has been alluded to already, has been captured by the Department. I...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I did my best to read through the report. I have two minutes so I cannot do it justice, but I have certainly read it. I would like to welcome it but I cannot. When you look at it, the words, such as "sustainability", are good, but you then realise it is business as usual. It is significant that in a few days' time we will - I will not say celebrate - recall that we declared a climate and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Derelict Sites (30 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Bogfaimid ar aghaidh go dtí an tríú saincheist agus an Teachta James O’Connor.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (30 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss unsafe working conditions at the ambulance station in Drogheda. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the lack of suitable after-school facilities in Dublin 1. Deputy Brian Brennan - To discuss the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: You do not know because you have not inspected them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I have asked you to inspect them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Is masla é sin do chosmhuintir na tíre.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: It is our responsibility.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: We have an obligation to prevent genocide and not to be complicit in genocide. It is our job to do something. It is particularly our job as a country that was colonised. That is exactly what has happened with Israel's colonisation of Gaza and, more widely, Palestine. As a republic and an independent sovereign state, we have a duty to take action. Doctors Without Borders has described...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Táim ag díriú isteach ar mhuintir na Palaistíne agus an cinedhíothú atá ar siúl inár n-ainm fad is atáimid anseo ag caint agus briathra milse, bhreátha ag na hAirí gan beart ar bith. Inné sa chúirt, dúirt Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, "Israel has closed all crossings and it has turned Rafah itself, once a refuge for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take in view of the publication of the report on negotiations with religious organisations associated with the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20527/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Commissions of Investigation (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the second phase of the commission of investigation (certain matters relative to a disability service in the south east and related matters), as required by Part II (a) (iii) and (iv) the terms of reference of that commission, will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20526/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a school (details supplied), currently at stage 2B; the timeline for the completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Strategic Infrastructure (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 8 April, the reason the current outstanding strategic housing development application list waiting to be determined by An Bord Pleanála (ABP) is no longer available on the ABP website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 1516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement in relation to the Review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017, and the acknowledgement in that review that there has been no impact on demand for the purchasing of sex since the enactment of the legislation, even though that was the key rationale for its implementation, and in that context, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 1517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement regarding the status of the draft report on the review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017, submitted by the original independent expert commissioned to undertake that review in July 2020, with particular reference to where that report can be accessed, the reason it was not published, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 1582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received from Iranian citizens for a visa; the numbers granted under the headings employment - crucial skills & scientific researcher, study - phd and masters, and join family in the period 11 December 2023 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19728/25]