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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 8 October 2024, the status of the proposed new further education college in Galway city; if the revised business case, as requested, has been evaluated; to provide a breakdown of the €450 million national allocation over four years to four capital funding programmes announced on 14 February...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I wish the Minister the very best of luck in his new role. I do not know whether Deputy Harkin is taking this question. It relates to Galway and a campus of further education. I was delighted when this announcement was finally made in November 2022. It was announced that there would be an adult campus, a campus of the future. There is a great need for it because so many properties are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for the background. I have the background and I welcome that. My concern is that there is slippage as regards this project. The ETB in Galway is the second biggest in the country. It is unique in that it covers the Gaeltacht area and the islands. It has 19 post-primary schools and two community national schools and a huge amount of buildings rented at an enormous...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that there is a date, but there is the history and the fact that the ETB was asked to revise downwards twice its plan and its vision. We attend regularly meetings on updates with GRETB. I keep calling it the old VEC. In any event, there is cross-party support for this. It looks like the ETB is being forced to accept the 10,000 sq. m, even though it was asked to reduce it even...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Island Communities (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on policy measure 2.10 of ‘Our Living Islands Action Plan 2023-2026’ to work with partners to actively promote apprenticeships and skilled trades as a valuable career path and ensure appropriate responses are in place to enhance capacity of the education and training system to meet green skills and construction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it has been brought to his attention that a president has not been appointed to the University of Galway; how long the position has been vacant; if the process to recruit a president has started; when it is expected that the process will conclude; what engagement the Minister has had with the university in this regard; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans to provide additional student accommodation for the students of Galway; when the new national student accommodation strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board was requested to reduce its floor space from 25,000 metres squared to 10,000 metres squared in its revised business case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each of the policy measures detailed in the ‘Our Living Islands – Action Plan 2023-2026’; when an updated progress report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Properties (27 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 10 October 2024, if the transfer of lands from the Department to the HSE has been completed; to provide an update on the plans for the remainder of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14533/25]

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Níl m'ainm leis an leasú seo. Is dócha go bhfeicim an dá thaobh. Arís, tá sé mar mholadh ón gcoiste. Phléamar é seo, agus bhreathnaíomar ar an dá thaobh. Is dócha, i ndeireadh na dála, go bhfuil an leasú seo stuama, ach ní mór dom a admháil go raibh mé idir dhá chomhairle ar feadh...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Fanfaidh mé go dtí go gcloisfidh mé an freagra ón Aire.

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tá m’ainm ar an gcéad leasú. Arís, tá sé thar a bheith praiticiúil. Tá ciall ceannaithe againn anois agus ba chóir go mbeadh caighdeán anseo. Phléigh muid é arís go mion ar an gcoiste. Ní raibh muid ag iarraidh ualach mór a chur ar dhaoine ach amháin a chinntiú go mbeadh ar cibé duine atá...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Ní mór dom a rá go bhfuil sé beagáinín íorónta, cé go bhfuil neart cainteoirí ann agus nuair a chuireann tú san áireamh go bhfuil 174 Teachta Dála i gceist, go bhfuil cuid acu ar na meáin chumarsáide ag gearán nach bhfuil deis chainte acu ach níl siad anseo anois lena gcuid guthanna a chloisteáil....

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Maithfidh an tAire dom é, ach tá a fhreagra beagáinín lag agus é ag cur in iúl go mbeidh an bord i bhfad níos éifeachtaí más rud é go mbeadh deichniúr tofa agus seisear ceaptha i gceist. Ní aontaím leis sin. A mhalairt atá i gceist sa Teach seo. Tá méadú ollmhór tagtha, 174 Ball, agus ní...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Fáiltím roimh an mBille seo agus go bhfuilimid faoi dheireadh na dála ag an bpointe go bhfuil muid ar Chéim an Choiste. Is maith an rud é sin. Mo bhuíochas leis an iarAire, Éamon Ó Cuív, a chur tús leis an bpróiseas seo. Tá sé tábhachtach é sin a aithint. Lean muidne ar aghaidh, agus seisean freisin. Ní raibh...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I thank the Minister of State for her speech. I especially thank the Library and Research Service that serves us well and that produced the abstract for us and educated us. The Bill itself is short. The Schedules attached to it are somewhat longer. The context of this Bill is important and previous speakers referred to it. We are...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: That period of time from 1821 to 1861 has already been referred to. It hits all of us. We are talking about Daniel O'Connell and emancipation during this period of time right up to the Famine. It is hard to look at this and realise that we are still dealing with famine in the 21st century. I will come back to the body of this quickly. I will not speak for long on it but there is a...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity - two and half minutes - to speak on this and I will choose words carefully and with focus. We have 17 pages from the European Council meeting conclusions and I have failed to find Israel mentioned in any of those pages. Does that not tell you something? These are the conclusions of the recent European Council meeting and Israel is not mentioned. Genocide is...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Will he read the figures for Palestine, Gaza and the occupied territories? Will he look at Sudan? Will he look at what is happening in Yemen as we speak, with American planes flying from England over to Yemen? Who is backing all of this? Who is pushing an open door for the arms industry, for Lockheed Martin and all the other industries? The Minister sits there and shamefully shakes his...