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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 December 2022, if he will clarify if the community category will be continued for RESS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9839/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (28 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants currently accommodated in a facility (details supplied); of this number, the number of children under the age of eighteen years; the average length of stay of those children under the age of eighteen years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9614/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister, but we are way over time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Before the Minister responds, I call Deputy Stanton.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the plan for the implementation of the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030, including a detailed timeline with key milestones; the details of the plans, under the White Paper, to support indigenous enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9165/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: My question relates to the implementation of the commitments in the recent White Paper on Enterprise 2022–2030. Has the Minister a detailed timeline for the milestones? I am particularly interested in supporting indigenous industries, which subject I will come back to.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that the Minister is giving a date for the implementation plan for the first quarter and that it will be published. The Minister set out the enterprise priorities and targets. I have read the document. I have read the White Paper although I have serious doubts about its failure to recognise that we need transformative change in how we do business. Given climate change, we have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am aware that we do not have enough time but maybe this is the start of a conversation or debate on the matter. To go back to the word "transformative", we cannot continue to do business as we have done. That is the message from climate change and the emergency we have declared. We need to go local again and go small. With regard to the seaweed industry, the Dáil passed in 2017...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Question No. 15 was already dealt with as a priority question, in effect. It is the same question as the priority question. I am not sure why it was left in. May I take Question No. 18 instead?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Question No. 320 of 14 December 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin; if her Department has received the draft business case to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9084/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Táimid ar ais arís go dtí na céibheanna agus go háirithe an Caladh Mór ar Inis Meáin. Cad é stádas na céibhe seo? Cá sheasann sé? What is the status of the Caladh Mór pier? We are at stage 3. Has the draft business case been received?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. This relates to the question on policies for the islands. This particular quay goes back to 2008, when phases 1 and 2 were completed. That is now 15 years ago. The failure to complete phase 3 directly affects business on the island. As the Minister knows, Cniotáil Inis Meáin is directly affected, not to mention all of the other users of the quay. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. I do not like the word "finally", but I thank her for the clarification.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Perhaps she can clarify what money has been set aside or will be set aside to complete phase 3. As she knows, this is directly affecting business life on the island and the lives of residents on the island in terms of cargo coming in and being interrupted because of bad weather. The Minister has said two things to me. Will they take place in parallel? She referred to a draft business...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the date on which the new policy for the islands will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9410/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Ar ais linn arís go dtí polasaí na n-oileán. Cá bhfuil sé? Táimid ag fanacht ó 2019 i leith. Cuireadh grúpa oibre tras-rannach le chéile i 2019; táimid anois i 2023. Cá bhfuil an polasaí? Thug an Aire geallúintí dom. The Minister gave promises. I know her heart is in this. She has shown a commitment to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. I welcome her dedication and the fact that she wants an action plan. She will forgive my cynicism and, more importantly, that of the islanders who have waited a long time. We have had interdepartmental reports previously. That was what led me to table a motion in respect of this matter before the Dáil, which was accepted by a majority in 2019. It is very...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The problem, and the reason I tabled the motion, as did people before me, is the crisis in respect of the islands' population. Of the 30 islands, eight are in Gaeltacht areas and they contain 70% of the population. On so many levels, including Irish language sustainability, this is about the sustainability of the islands, whether their populations speak Irish or English. That is why we put...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Offshore Islands (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the date on which the new policy for the islands will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9083/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 14 December 2022, the status of the 2023 community centres investment fund which will be targeted for new build community centres; the details of the funding that will be allocated to new build community centres under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9086/23]