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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 177. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 15 September 2021, the analysis that his Department has carried out into the delays in recruitment of public health pandemic plan resources in the eastern region, which as of September 2021 was at 48% compared to an average of 68% across all eight departments of public health; the actions his Department is taking...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy. You are over the time.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Please, through the Chair.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Last night, I mentioned some of the positive things in the budget, but I also put it in context. I put it in the context of the sustainable development goals to eradicate poverty that we signed up to, the challenges of the climate and biodiversity crisis, and the pandemic. Before I go into other matters tonight, I want to speak about the eradication of poverty that we signed up to. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 10,000 new apprentice registrations promised per year by 2025 that will be earmarked as craft apprenticeships pursuant to the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021 to 2025; the analysis his Department has carried out with regard to identifying the sectors most in need of apprentices particularly in view of the impact of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: My question relates to the apprenticeship action plan and the target of 10,000 new apprentice registrations by 2025. How many of these will be earmarked as craft apprenticeships and what analysis has been done of the requirements of the various sectors for the different types of apprentice?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State. I have read the plan. I welcomed the plan. I asked what analysis has been done in regard to the number of craft apprentices within the figure of 10,000 per year. That is one question. My second question asked what analysis has been done of the requirements of different sectors. We all know that we are facing a climate change crisis and that there will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Has the national apprentice office actually been set up? Has it been resourced? If so, when was it set up? Please can the Minister of State confirm that? What is the plan to deal with the existing waiting list of 10,000 people? There are huge implications here for the apprentice’s money and educational pathways. I have the privilege of coming from a large family. We had a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to tackling the ongoing crisis in accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the SUSI eligibility criteria to include holders of exceptional stamp 4 permissions including children and young persons in the care of the State or aftercare and dependent children and young persons who hold stamp 3 permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to remove hospitality workers from the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits in view of the ongoing recruitment issues facing the hospitality sector as it continues to reopen in line with the Reframing the Challenge, Continuing Our Recovery and Reconnecting plan; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Passport Office to expedite the processing of the passport application of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the family have been waiting for six months for the passport application to be processed due to an error on the part of the Passport Office which has caused a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis her Department has carried out into the possibility of continuing the system of banking substitution days for the current academic year; the analysis her Department has carried out into the impact of the revised sequencing of access to substitution for primary teachers on the continuity of learning for children with additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the current release day allocation of one release day per week for teaching principals will be maintained beyond the academic year 2021-2022 pursuant to circular 50/2021; the analysis her Department has carried out in this regard; the engagement her Department has had with teaching principals on this matter; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the quality assurance testing and calibration carried out on the CO2 monitors delivered by her Department to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to restore funding for youth work services to pre-2008 levels; if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement her Department has had with other relevant Departments and agencies in addition to external stakeholders with regard to the connection of a new electricity cable, fibre optic cable and water pipe between the Aran Islands and the mainland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50153/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: This is my sixth budget since my election in February 2016. Each year I have heard some good suggestions in the budget and some that are not so good but, increasingly, there is an utter failure to realise the immensity of the challenges we are dealing with, notwithstanding the lovely language used. Over and over we have heard we need transformative action and that we cannot go back to where...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Is it not Galway, Deputy?

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Connolly: No, the Deputy has not.