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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Although Deputy Bruton is not present, his question has been grouped with Question No. 79, which will be introduced by an Teachta Ó Cuív.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: We will move on to the final questions now. We will not have the full time for it and I ask Deputy Richmond to start the questions, in any event.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 1 June 2022, if he will report on the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on 15 June 2022; the person who represented Ireland at the meeting; if minutes were taken at the meeting; if so, if they will be published; the reason no official public record was published in respect of the group's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: My question is very specific. Will the Minister give a report on the meeting of 15 June of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group? Who represented Ireland at the meeting, were minutes taken and, if so, will they be published? I ask that he also comment on the record of the previous two meetings, the second of which, I understand, Ireland attended.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure why there is no official record of these meetings. Part of my question concerns who represented Ireland and at what level from within the Department of Defence and the Army. Why is there no record of the meetings? The Minister has agreed that Ireland is a neutral country. He has described it as "non-aligned" and said we are not neutral in regard to war. Like most...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I do not accept that. I accept the Minister's bona fides in wanting peace but I do not hear our voice as loud as it should be as a neutral, non-aligned country that holds respect in the world. What is happening in Ukraine is deplorable, unacceptable and illegal but joining a meeting led by NATO is not a way to bring peace. The Secretary General of that body, Jens Stoltenberg, has told us...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy.

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. We are over time. I call Deputy Nash.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Richard O'Donoghue - to discuss plans for an investigation into the management of University Hospital Limerick; (2) Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin - to ask the Minister for Social Protection to address the...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Question put and agreed to.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to look at this legislation. I am horrified by Deputy Leddin's comments and the ill-informed content of some of the debate. He talked about the data centre trove. I rarely personalise debate but I certainly find it a little worrying that information could be twisted in such a way by a Green Party Deputy. We have here legislation for which the date for amendments...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The Taoiseach and the Minister for Health are fully aware of the crisis concerning home care hours. I raise this issue again in the context of a reply I just received. At this stage, figures mean nothing. People are waiting up to four years for home care hours. It is now over three months since a strategic workforce group was set up. Have there been any interim reports or recommendations...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: People are waiting up to four years for-----

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 12 May 2022, if he will provide an update on the independent review to examine the effectiveness of the policies, systems and procedures in place for dealing with bullying, harassment, discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the Defence Forces; the details of any monthly reports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gaeltacht Policy (23 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the promised guidelines on planning matters in the Gaeltacht; the status of the working group established to examine planning policy in the Gaeltacht; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the group; the dates of all meetings of the group to date; when the next meeting is scheduled for; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 5 May 2022, the status of the Galway social housing taskforce sub-group on homelessness; the number of times the sub-group has met to date; if he has received correspondence to date from the subgroup; if the sub-group will produce a final report; the terms of reference of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to a report (details supplied) which details the impact of the operations of an Irish-headquartered company on indigenous communities and their lands in Colombia; the engagement he or his Departmental representatives have had with representatives of this company on foot of the issues raised in the report;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had at bilateral level with his counterparts in Israel with regard to halting the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank; his plans to increase Irish aid funding to Palestinian human rights NGOs, particularly in view of the increasing legal constraints faced by such organisations...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding emergency services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. On Tuesday, 21 June 2022, on the question, "That the amendment to the amendment be made", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Amendment No. 9 arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 50 and 94 are related and may be discussed together.