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Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an Teachta ag déanamh go maith. Fair play dó.

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad Éireann has passed the Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023, without amendment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le hionad lae in Áras Mhic Dara i gcroílár na Gaeltachta atá dúnta le breis agus trí bliana anois gan chúis nó le cúiseanna atá ag athrú an t-am uilig. Deirtear gurb é easpa foirne, easpa spáis nó HIQA an chúis ach is é an príomhrud ná go bhfuil sé dúnta. Is scannal amach...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inshore Fisheries (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: It might be sub judice, and I more than anyone appreciate that, but I am not prevented from commenting on this. This policy was brought forward in 2018 and 2019 for a very good reason, which was to have sustainable fishing, help local fishermen and reduce the unsustainable number of sprat that were being caught. Now, we have a good news story. The Minister of State is admitting and has set...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inshore Fisheries (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to take the Minister of State's assurances on a personal basis, but I cannot in view of what has happened since 2018 and 2019. It has gone through the courts. The people who took the case lost the case. The Minister of State admitted that the judgment was substantially in favour of the Government. We have to have some outline of what is going to happen when the Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I came from a committee meeting in order to come in briefly on this matter. It is something I have followed up on. It is now nearly three years since the Government committed to doing something in this area. A sum of €100,000 was made available for the feasibility study. The latter is concise in parts and unfocused in others. What is clear, however, is what was recommended,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inshore Fisheries (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 8 December 2022, the status of the programme for Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters are protected for smaller fishing vessels and that pair trawling will be prohibited within the 6-mile nautical limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11811/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inshore Fisheries (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: My question is specific. I am looking for the status of the programme for Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters are protected for smaller fishing vessels. I ask this in the context of a policy that was readied in 2018. It is now 2023. In those years since, there has been a significant increase in the number of sprat caught. We need a drastic reduction in the annual sprat...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. We are over time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I passed over Deputy Carthy and I will come back to Deputy Barry after that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am deferring Question No. 2 for a minute. Deputy Carthy is next or I can give him a break and go to Deputy Canney.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 25. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy; the details of any engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to their recent call for the full implementation of Article 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11812/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Resolution Processes (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of the cost to date of the mortgage to rent scheme; if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the scheme in each of the years since 2012, in tabular form; if any analysis has been carried out into the amount of money paid out by approved housing bodies and the approved private company in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 26 January 2023, if he has received the report in respect of 2021 and 2022 to date from the Galway Social Housing Task Force; if so, if he will provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether child protection assessments are carried out in respect of all referrals of children to HSE Disability Services; if he will provide details of any analysis carried out by his Department on the operation of the HSE Disability Services referral system in the cases of children,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (9 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand public healthcare services for children with disabilities, with a view to decreasing the use of private providers in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12050/23]

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Minister finished?

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Amendment Nos. 1 and 7 are related and will be discussed together.

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: In my two minutes, I want to focus in. I have already wished everybody a happy International Women’s Day. The theme this year is to embrace equity, and it has been pointed out to us that equity allocates the resources and opportunities needed to get an outcome. While it is important to celebrate International Women’s Day, it is also important that that celebration does not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Buildings Projects (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Táimid thar am ach tá an Teachta chomh dearfach sin.