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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I call on the Tánaiste to respond.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

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

Death of Private Seán Rooney: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Mar a dúirt an Tánaiste, tá an tír uilig faoi scamall an bhróin. Seasfaimid le chéile i ndíol cuimhne Seán Rooney.

Death of Private Seán Rooney: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Before starting the next business, I ask Members to join with me in expressing our deepest condolences to the family of the soldier killed in the ambush in Lebanon, Private Seán Rooney, from Newtowncunningham in County Donegal and to the families of the two soldiers injured. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 October 2022, the engagement that she or her Department has had with representatives of island communities in relation to the creation of an island-specific regional grouping for the purposes of the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62558/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am glad I have the opportunity to ask this question. I did not think I would, given the time restrictions. I will go back to the funding for the islands and recognising the islands as one subregional area. The Minister said she has had interaction with the islands and has brought changes but the islands have asked for that recognition. When the Minister brought in those changes, which I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister emphasised the changes made. What interaction did she have on those changes with the representatives of the islands? Is she telling me they are happy with those changes and have abandoned their campaign to be recognised as a subregional area? This is very important. During the presentation in the AV room, the representatives pointed out that they had been looking for this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I know the Minister's heart is in the right place and I have recognised her commitment on record. My difficulty is that during the presentation in the AV room, the islanders told us it was absolutely essential to have the recognition as a subregional area and that alignment with the counties does not suit the sustainability of the islands. It is as simple as that. The interaction the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I have a question later on this and I am coming in now in case it is not reached. I am not sure why the question was not grouped but that is the privilege of the Department. I hear the Minister telling me that she listened to the islanders. When I visited a packed AV room meeting, they told me that for 38 years the islands have been fighting to be recognised as a subregional area and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27 October 2022, the status of the new policy for the islands; if the policy and action plan are on track to be finalised by the end of 2022; the timeline for the publication of the new policy and action plan; the date of the last meeting of the interdepartmental committee; and if she will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist arís eile leis an bpolasaí atá beartaithe do na hoileáin ar fud ár gcósta. Cá bhfuil an polasaí sin? Cá bhfuil an plean gníomhaíochta? I, along with my colleagues, will follow this up. Where is the policy for the islands? It has been promised over and over. It was to be published by the end of summer and then by...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I do not doubt the commitment of the Minister. I do not doubt that she is working very hard to see a policy produced but we have heard this for a very long time. In 2019 I tabled a motion in the Dáil. By comparison, in Scotland we see the population of the islands rising. We see a policy underpinned by legislation and proper resourcing. Here we have promises. I know the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. Without a doubt there is positivity on the islands. What is lacking is positivity on the part of the Government-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: -----notwithstanding the Minister's commitment. What I hear is the Minister telling me she will have the draft plan. The draft plan was there in October. It remains a draft almost three months later. I presume the Minister has not seen it yet and it has not landed on her desk. She is giving a commitment that it will be published. I would like this clarified. When will the action plan...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis that his Department has carried out into the operation of the community category in RESS 1 and RESS 2; the reason that the discontinuation of the community category is being considered for RESS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 8 November 2022, the status of the promised statutory guidelines for the implementation of local authority climate action plans, which will include the guidelines for the implementation of the local authority decarbonisation zones; the timeline for the publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all changes to the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme that have come into effect since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has issued revised guidelines to local authorities in respect of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme, to take into account the changes to the scheme that came into effect in 2022; if these guidelines are publicly available; if not, his plans for their publication; and if he will make a statement on the...