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Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad Éireann has passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 without amendment.

Message from Select Committee (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 and has made amendments thereto.

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I thank all the Members for their very helpful and supportive contributions. I was more hopeful at the beginning than at the end of the Minister of State's contribution. The tabling of this motion was an attempt to put a spotlight on the situation relating to respite, the dreadful situation on the ground and the inconsistency from county to county. Deputy Sherlock talked about recruitment...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: - that Ireland signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2007 and ratified the UNCRPD in 2018; - that, notwithstanding a commitment in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future in 2020, Ireland has not yet signed or ratified the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD, making Ireland one of just...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 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 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Sean Sherlock - to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the current status of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve; (2) Deputy Michael Creed - to ask the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis that her Department has carried out on the impact of the recent change to the rules regarding the career break scheme for teachers as per circular 0038/2022, dated 8 June 2022 (details supplied); the number of teachers who were granted career breaks for the 2022/2023 academic year prior to the rule change; her plans to allow for a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 17 May 2022, the way in which the State discharges its European Convention on Human Rights Article 13 obligations to ensure that a timely and effective investigation takes place in all maternal deaths, which includes an obligation to include all relevant evidence in that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 168. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic special recognition payment €1,000 per person will be made to non-HSE frontline healthcare workers; when staff in private nursing homes will receive the payment; the reason for the delay; the number of payments of €1,000 made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays in the payment of the pandemic recognition payment to eligible staff of private nursing homes; when the payments will be made; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32844/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Tá a fhios ag an Aire Stáit go bhfuil práinn le beartais agus treoirlínte ó thaobh cúrsaí tithíochta agus cúrsaí pleanála. Tá cathaoirleach an choiste Gaeilge anseo. Tá an coiste sin ar tí tuarascáil a fhoilsiú maidir leis na pleananna. Bhí sé soiléir ó na heagraíochtaí a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Tá a fhios ag an Aire Stáit nach bhfuil an córas ag feidhmiú do dhaoine atá ag lorg cur fúthu sna Gaeltachtaí. Tá géarchéim ann. I gCeantar na nOileán, mar shampla, an rud is iontaí ná an méid tithíochta atá folamh agus tréigthe. Chomh maith leis sin, níl daoine in ann cead pleanála a fháil...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht stádas an ghasra oibre bunaithe ag a Roinn agus an Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta chun beartas maidir le pleanáil sa Ghaeltacht a phlé; soiléiriú a thabhairt ar ról a Roinne sa ghasra; an fhaisnéis is deireanaí a thabhairt ar obair an ghasra go dtí...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Is ceist dhíreach atá agam arís. Baineann sé le stádas an ghasra oibre a bhunaigh Roinn an Aire agus an Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta chun beartas maidir le pleanáil sa Ghaeltacht a phlé. An dtabharfaidh an tAire Stáit soiléiriú ar ról na Roinne sa ghasra agus an fhaisnéis is deireanaí ar...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am wide awake, and we are over time.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Next is the Rural Independent Group, with five Deputies sharing time.

Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence: Motion (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I do not welcome the opportunity to talk again. "Welcome" does not seem the right word. I do welcome the directive and the fact we are opting into it. I welcome the fact that opting in will give us a voice in the final drafting of the directive. It will do away with the gap that exists in respect of effective legislation. There is a patchwork of legal instruments in place at present....

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I ask that the clock be stopped. If Deputy Richmond has a point to make he can make it, but not in the manner he did. I ask him to resume his seat. I ask Deputy McGrath to avoid making personal comments.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I ask Deputy McGrath to avoid personal comments.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Before we move on, there are some problems with the sound system. The backup sound is on, however, so we can hear Deputies.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am going to step outside the consensus as the Taoiseach outlined it in his nine-page contribution regarding Europe and everybody being on side. I am horrified that over the nine pages, there is not a single word about bringing the war to an end or about the way in which we have used our voice in Europe and on the UN Security Council. What are we doing, as a proud, neutral country, to stop...