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Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Institutional Burials Act 2022 (Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam) Order 2022: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome and support this. The motion was approved in July and we will set up what we promised we would in relation to Tuam. It begs the question as to whether it is just Tuam and what about all the other places, as has been referred to. As I am wont to do, I will put it in context. The expert technical group's report entitled Options and Appropriate Courses of Action was published in...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I will take the extra time.

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I will not take a deep breath, although one should at the result of this report. If I take a deep breath, the time will be up. I have approximately six minutes to deal with a report that is over 1,500 pages long and has taken seven years. The conclusions are absolutely damning. It is significant that the Dáil Chamber is empty. The first senior Minister to be present since the...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Is there a copy of the speech available?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time. I know it is the first day back but please let the Taoiseach complete his response.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: There will be no more facilitation.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: We are moving on and there is less time left for the questions now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The only issue for me is timing, and we are running late.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: There is no time left to reply. I call Deputy Joan Collins.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 56. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 10 May 2022, the status of the investigation into the leak of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation which was reported on in an article which appeared in a national newspaper on 10 January 2021; the details of any interim reports received to-date from the senior official in charge of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 26 July 2022, the status of his Department’s consideration of the report by the Low Pay Commission on Universal Basic Income, which was submitted to him in July 2022; the timeline for the publication of this report and the accompanying research report; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 19 May 2022, if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding the development of a second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the reduced tourism VAT rate of 9% beyond February 2023; the analysis that his Department has carried out in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis that his Department has carried out into extending the provision of medical cards to all persons with a serious spinal cord injury; his plans to extend medical cards to all persons with a serious spinal cord injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 22 June 2022, the reason for the delay in the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff of private nursing homes; when the payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the examination by the HSE and the Department of Health into progressing the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to the list of non-HSE/non-Section 38 organisation types covered by the Government decision; the estimated timeline for when all eligible frontline workers, including healthcare facility cleaning staff...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 31 May 2022, the status of the development of Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the status of the development of the model simulation of the harbour by the National Maritime College of Ireland and if it has been completed and tested, with feedback given to date; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Site Acquisitions (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement that she has had with Mayo County Council and the HSE regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) from the HSE to Mayo County Council to facilitate the relocation of a centre in Louisburgh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45190/22]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Foilsitheoireacht agus Léitheoireacht na Gaeilge: Plé (Atógáil) (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: De ghnáth, ní bhíonn drogall ar bith orm ceist a chur ach níl a fhios agam. Tá sé deacair teacht timpeall ar na fadhbanna. Is maith an rud é go raibh dreamanna éagsúla agus na finnéithe atá ann inniu os ár gcomhair. Deir na finnéithe gur easpa acmhainní an phríomhchúis atá leis an rud. Bhí an-trua ag...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Foilsitheoireacht agus Léitheoireacht na Gaeilge: Plé (Atógáil) (14 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Léigh mé an dá ráiteas thosaigh agus an achoimre. Gan dabht, tá dul chun cinn déanta ag na finnéithe, ach tá bearna mhór idir an méid atá á rá acu agus an méid atá á rá na dreamanna a tháinig os ár gcomhair. Is é an téama coitianta ná go bhfuil trua ag na dreamanna orthusan ach...