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An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I call Deputy John Lahart, who is sharing time with Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I acknowledge that the Minister is looking at a scheme for new community centres, which is the big gap in provision, not just in new towns and rural towns but also in cities. The Newcastle action group in Galway has fought for a centre for a long time, as all Members for the area know. It has fallen between two stools, having been led in one direction via urban regeneration funding. It...

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

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister, and I thank her for her visit to the islands. She is aware of the issues. My question is, are those issues reflected in the draft report that is before her? That is very important. In regard to the ongoing issues, we can learn from the islands. They have survived. They have shown us a sustainable way of living. Each Government, not just this Government, has...

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

Catherine Connolly: Inis Meáin.

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

Catherine Connolly: 85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Question No. 45 of 31 May 2022, the status of the new policy for the islands; if she has received the initial draft of the policy document to date; the expected timeline for the completion and publication of the new policy for the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45151/22]

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

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le cúrsaí oileánda agus go háirithe leis an bpolasaí do na hoileáin atá beartaithe le fada an lá. Tá mé ag iarraidh uasdátú a fháil maidir le stádas an pholasaí sin. An bhfuil an dréachtpholasaí ag an Aire agus cén uair a bheidh an polasaí foilsithe? Táimid ag fanacht le...

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

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the Minister's determination and that she now has an initial working draft of a policy for which we have long waited. She has given a publication date of before the end of the year. I will be holding her to that. I take a cynical attitude to this, given the background here. There has been no policy for the islands. We have had interdepartmental workforces going back to 1996,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: We are almost out of time but with the co-operation of Deputies we will squeeze in one more question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Was it taken?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: It was grouped. The Deputy should have come in at that time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Actually, the Deputy is down on the list. I am sorry about that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: My instructions were that Deputy O'Reilly was down for this question and that it was grouped. I should have pointed that out to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I said I was aware you were taking the question but I did not see the grouping. Anyway, we will let you go ahead.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: There is time for Deputy Ó Ríordáin.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am leaving the next Priority Question for the moment and moving on to Ceisteanna Eile.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Somebody has to notify the office. I have just checked and there is no notification. I ask the Deputy to double-check what has happened. I will leave it open. If notification has not been given, I cannot do anything.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I will leave it with the Deputy to check. Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding. The Deputy should check with his office.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: He can certainly come in on it. We will check in regard to Deputy Catherine Murphy’s question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to commission an annual, independent report assessing existing and planned data centre facilities, particularly in view of their high consumption of electricity which is predicted to rise significantly by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45158/22]