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Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and welcome the fact that I have time to do so. It is the first time there has been time to consider the Bill. It was published on Monday and we are discussing it today. The note we got from the Oireachtas Library today points out that its staff did not have enough time to devote to the Bill. Let us place this in perspective. The 2015 Bill...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Did the maternity team bring the ward closure to the Minister's attention?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Significantly, this day a year ago, I was obliged, along with my colleagues, to bring a motion to implement the national maternity strategy, which the Government accepted on the day. That motion arose from the concerns of the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, at the failure to implement the national maternity strategy, notwithstanding that we were halfway through the strategy....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Ba mhaith liom filleadh ar an ábhar athrú aeráide, go háirid i gcomhthéacs na tuarascála damanta a d’fhoilsigh an áisíneacht EPA inniu agus an teachtaireacht láidir nach bhfuilimid chun ár spriocanna a chomhlíonadh. An teachtaireacht ba láidre ón tuarascáil sin ná go bhfuil sé thar am beart a dhéanamh...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: There comes a point when language has to mean something. I appreciate the Taoiseach's positive comments. Galway city is a golden opportunity for the Government to make its commitment to climate change a reality. The park-and-ride element of the 2005 development plan has not been acted on. Something is wrong. The National Transport Authority, NTA, has no sense of urgency. There are no...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: No. The NTA.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The NTA-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Seventeen years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Good. I thank the Taoiseach.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (1 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 Pat Buckley - to discuss the conditions for refugees, particularly from Ukraine in the east Cork area; (2) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to discuss with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the need to expand...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 28 April 2022, the status of the review of the implementation of the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty 2016-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28508/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 6 April 2022, the status of the preparation of the finalised terms of reference for the offshore renewable energy scheme one; the status of his Department’s response to the public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 1 March 2022, the status of the promised statutory guidelines on the development of local authority climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 2 March 2022, the status of the development of the proposed coastguard station on the lands designated for an airstrip in Cleggan; if a planning application has been submitted to date; the engagement that his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the adjustment made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the budgetary stance for Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of additional savings that could be made by not indexing income tax bands and income tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of two Bahraini nationals (details supplied) who are currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, following a trial that has been highlighted as grossly unfair by several human rights organisations; the engagement that he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia to call for the commutation of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Zinjiang police files authenticated and published in the media (details supplied) which document a system of internment, forced labour, forced sterilisation and cultural eradication camps; if he intends to designate the actions by the Chinese state against the Uyghur Muslim community as genocide; the representations that...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of 23 May 2022 of the Ukraine Contact Group; the person who represented Ireland at the meeting; the number of meetings of this group which have been attended by Ireland to-date; the dates of same; if minutes are taken in respect of the meetings of the group; if so, if they were published; if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (1 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 25 May 2022, the details of any interim reports that were received during the drafting of the report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; his plans for the publication of the interim reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/22]