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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]

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

Catherine Connolly: 41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the status of the examination of the draft Islands policy by her Department; when she expects to bring the approved policy before Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Harbours and Piers (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 14 December 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the status of the CPO process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9085/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits issued in respect of non-EEA home care workers since the changes in December 2022 to the employment permits system for workers from outside the EEA to address skills shortages in the home care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9167/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the grants and supports available from his Department to assist persons with disabilities in establishing, building and sustaining their own businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 13 December 2022, the status of the cross-departmental group, co-chaired by his Department, to oversee implementation of the transition from the atypical scheme for non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet to the employment permits scheme; the terms of reference of the group; the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 13 December 2022, if he will provide a status update on his Department's engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs with a view to developing a new action plan on business and human rights and to advancing effective action in this area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his priority discussions with his European Union counterparts at the Foreign Affairs Council in January 2023 on the situation of the occupied Palestine territory, as referenced in a recent Parliamentary Question reply; if there were any outcomes as a result of these discussions; the further steps he intends...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of his recent reply concerning the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, how he proposes that the international community should practically support the Palestinian Authority in its recourse to legal and political responses to the occupation; the role he envisages for civil society in this regard; the action...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: A little humility would not go amiss. The Government was forced every step of the way to do something. Catherine Corless, who has fought gallantly, raised this back in 2012. Survivors have come here repeatedly and educated us. We have gotten over 1,500 emails, at a conservative estimate, about the madness of progressing with this divisive and discriminatory scheme. How dare the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Taoiseach was asked a very simple question but he has not answered it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Tá mé ag filleadh ar árais na máithreacha agus naíonán. Tá mé ag impí ar an Taoiseach ag an bpointe seo, ciall ceannaithe a bheith aige, an rud ceart a dhéanamh, agus an scéim lochtach seo a tharraingt siar. I am wearing a jacket that is ill-fitting. I wear it out of respect for a woman who spent time in a mother and baby home. I wear...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I think Deputy Pringle benefited from the fit of coughing with extra time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vacant Properties (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: With the permission of the House I will take the fourth matter before the third because the relevant Minister is not yet present. Is that agreed? Agreed.