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Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tuigim. Tá tábhacht leis sin. Bhíomar sásta géilleadh le cuid de na leasuithe. Bhí an formhór acu curtha isteach ag Sinn Féin agus bhí cúpla ceann agam féin. Aontaím le formhór na leasuithe. Bhíomar go léir sásta géilleadh le cuid acu mar thug an tAire a bhriathar go dtiocfadh sé ar ais agus go...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (14 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: D'oibrigh muid as lámha a chéile go dtí seo ag iarraidh an Bille seo a chur chun cinn. Bhí agus tá muinín agam as an Aire. An uair dheireanach nuair a bhí sé anseo, d’éist sé linn agus muid ag caint, tríd ár nguthanna sa Dáil, maidir le cúrsaí tithíochta agus na chumhachtaí atá nó nach...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak. As has already been pointed out, the consequences of the debacle are that younger people and those without a full licence are paying huge insurance costs. On top of that, it is limiting people from taking the opportunities that are there for work and education, and it is also contributing to isolation. Having said that, I reiterate what Deputy Murphy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: He thought he was.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the need for a new maternity unit at University Hospital Kerry. Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss additional funding for local authorities for housing adaptation grants, mobility aid grants and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 6 March 2025, if the development control plan and the options appraisal process for the master plan for University Hospital Galway has now been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23679/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure which Minister is answering, but I am asking about the regional university hospital in Galway, a master plan we have been waiting on for a long time and a control development plan. I have in my hand the HIQA report from its last unannounced visit. There is a shortage of 232 beds and a huge difficulty in treating patients with dignity and respect and privacy, notwithstanding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Unfortunately, I will not be there for that photo opportunity on Thursday because the Dáil will still be sitting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that the Minister is going to Galway. The reason I put my hands up is that we had the former Taoiseach back in 2017 tell us it was not fit for purpose. It is now 2025. I am looking at a HIQA report from last year that states that a strategic assessment preliminary business case had been completed, approved by the Health Service Executive board and submitted to the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that the Minister is going there-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome it, but she should listen to what I am saying. Back in 2015, it was not fit for purpose. We had Leo Varadkar down there telling us it was not fit for purpose, then we had Deputy Micheál Martin as Taoiseach, and here we are in 2025 and we are getting more and more plans. I welcome that there is something at the end of this month.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: We have 31 people in there with nowhere to go due to delayed discharges. We have a serious problem with privacy and dignity. We have a problem with lack of staff and lack of clinical leads, notwithstanding the progress. I pay tribute to the staff. Let us go back to Savita Halappanavar in 2012, and forward. This is a hospital seriously under pressure, a congested site with not enough...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion and providing us with an opportunity to speak on it. Sinn Féin is asking for three basic things. The first is clarification from the Government on its plan for funding the infrastructure that is necessary, as has been identified by so many organisations on the ground. The second is the implementation of the Housing Commission...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topic. The last occasion I spoke on it was, I think, February 2022 in relation to the Higher Education Authority Bill. I had a lot of time then to discuss where we were going with third level education. I welcome the Minister's speech and the priorities it set out. However, I have a huge problem with the title, "Power of Higher Education,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I am going to return to the genocide that is taking place in Palestine. The Taoiseach said the problem was that Israel was riding roughshod over the world. That is not entirely accurate because most of Europe is behind Israel and America is certainly behind Israel. In practical terms, despite the very good words the Taoiseach has used and his describing what has happened lately as a war...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to ensure that Clifden hospital remains open on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23680/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 1185. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, the current staffing shortfall at the HSE’s Galway community audiology services; when the posts will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24343/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Meetings (8 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 5 February 2025, if the minutes of all meetings with an organisation (details supplied) will now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18047/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Meetings (8 May 2025)

Catherine Connolly: My question is very specific and relates to a specific organisation. It is about a specific series of meetings the Department of Defence has had with the Irish Defence and Security Association. This is my third time asking for the minutes of these meetings. On the last occasion, whoever was in the Tánaiste's place told us it was his intention to publish these minutes. I have two...