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Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: No, you did not.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: There are many things I could say about the roll-out of the vaccination programme, the role of AstraZeneca and various Deputies calling on the Government to engage with AstraZeneca rather than looking at the contracts, as outlined by a Fine Gael Deputy. I have only two and a half minutes so I will focus on three topics. I note the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, is to come back to us on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: The Taoiseach is over time.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 3 December 2020, if he will reconsider his Department's position on commissioning a feasibility study on light rail in Galway city, particularly in view of Ireland's legal obligations under climate change legislation and the fact that it has now been almost five years since the publication of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 12 November 2020, the status of the feasibility study for light rail in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15412/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken by his Department with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on the need to conduct an investigation into potential mis-selling by Irish agents involved in the French leaseback property scandal; the steps he plans to take on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of the Covid business assistance scheme; if the scheme will include backdated payments which take into account the loss of income and the costs incurred over the past 12 months, since the start of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow persons applying for essential worker jobs which require a full driver licence to apply for and take complete driver tests during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14622/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are planned to address the backlog in driver tests and the resultant long waiting lists for same which will be exacerbated further due to the ongoing level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow essential workers who do not already have a date for their driver test to complete their 12 mandatory driving lessons under level 5 restrictions in order that they can apply for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 458. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the introduction of a moratorium on bank branch closures for the remainder of the Covid-19 pandemic in view of a recent announcement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14549/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 431. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the stamp duty levy on privately funded pension schemes introduced as a temporary measure in 2011 is still being levied on IASS pensioners particularly in view of the deep cuts in their pensions that these pensioners suffered following the revision of pensions legislation in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 450. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the use by employers of third-party providers who operate a voucher system in the delivery of the bike-to-work scheme; his views on the use of third-party providers in this regard by employers given that they take roughly 10% of every sale at no cost to the employer but resulting in the bike shop losing out...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 451. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the protracted payment process of the voucher system with regard to employers’ use of third-party providers who operate a voucher system in the delivery of the bike-to-work scheme has resulted in many bicycle shops being unable to facilitate these third-party providers and the employees of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce targeted financial supports for lighting, sound and audiovisual engineering companies in the entertainment sector which have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic but which were not eligible for the tourism business continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the frequency with which the flat payments of either €2,500 or €5,000 promised under the recently announced music entertainment business assistance scheme will be paid to eligible businesses; if these flat payments will be backdated to take into account the fact that these businesses had little or no financial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to urgent representations made on behalf of a person (details supplied); the way under level 5 restrictions by which a person with a serious medical condition who requires construction work as a result of this condition can obtain written confirmation that the proposed construction work is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 742. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the operation of the Passport Office during Covid-19; the length of time persons are expected to wait with all their personal documentation before their application is processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 763. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and detention of five young children by the Israeli Defence Forces on 10 March 2021 in the Masafer Yatta region near Hebron; his views on the way in which the arrest and detention of children in military courts and prisons accord with the International Rights of the Child; his views on reports...