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Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Cuireann sin deireadh lenár suí speisialta den Dáil agus den Seanad. Gabhaimid buíochas leis an Uachtarán von der Leyen.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 27 September 2022, the status of the development of the promised section 28 guidelines for planning in Gaeltacht areas; the timeline for the public consultation; the timeline for the publication of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59700/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist leis na treoracha pleanála do na cheantair Ghaeltachta. Táimid ag fanacht orthu le fada an lá. Ba mhaith liom soiléiriú a fháil maidir le stádas na dtreoracha sin. I seek clarification about the promised section 28 guidelines for planning in Gaeltacht areas. I did not hear the answer to the previous question but I am sure the two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Guidelines were originally due to be completed by the end of 2021, then in 2022, and now we are coming into 2023. Tuairisc.ie and the Irish-language committee, chaired by Deputy Ó Snodaigh, has covered this. We produced a report and made specific recommendations. It has been raised by every delegation that has come before our committee and when we have travelled the country. I am...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Given the climate emergency, I have no difficulty with the importance of strategic environmental assessments and so on. That goes without saying but we are not at that point. We do not have planning guidelines. The delay has been on the part of many Governments. We are waiting for the planning guidelines. The people coming before us are not exaggerating. Everyone knows there is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Is that process ongoing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: In January.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Lands (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I find it a little reassuring that we will be focusing on brownfield sites. I worry, however, about recreational land. I hear what the Minister is saying, but I have seen previous moves to change this designation. Many times these have come about via motions from councillors. This is still being done in Galway, where land is still being rezoned. This is one aspect of the matter. I think...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Lands (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development of the register of relevant lands; if the Land Development Agency, LDA, is on track to complete the register and make it available online by the end of quarter 4 2022, as per the target date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59701/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Lands (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: My question is specific. I am asking for an update on the status of the development of the register of relevant lands and if the LDA is on track to complete the register.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Lands (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that positive news. However, I stay guarded in my welcome because the LDA was set up on a non-statutory basis over four years ago and the first job it had to do was carry out an audit. Over four years later we do not have the audit. It has been on a statutory basis for over a year and we still do not have the audit. I welcome the audit and if the Minister is saying we will have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new further education and training campus on the grounds of a location (details supplied) in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of review officers appointed to review decisions under S.I. No. 230/2018 - European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018, Article 20.(1)(a) and Article 20.(1)(d); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of review decisions issued under Article 20.(1)(a) and Article 20.(1)(d); the outcomes of each of those decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 26 of 20 October 2022, if the process of contacting proposers, whether to notify them of their progressing to the second stage of the process or to require further information has now concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of successful applications made under the Afghan Admissions Programme; the number of applications now at the second stage of processing; the number refused following a request for further information; the total number of unsuccessful applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 Dec 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 15 November 2022, which of the listed non-expiry licence are currently operational; the dates on which the competent authority made its statutory environmental determinations under the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive in relation to the listed non-expiry fish...

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: From the Seanad (30 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Agreement to the Seanad amendments is reported to the House. A message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it accordingly.

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion on the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022. On Wednesday, 30 November 2022, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: From the Seanad (30 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 8, 19, 20, 23 and 24 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.