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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: When people apply for a primary medical certificate and it is refused, they have to go to the appeals board. The Minister will be aware that the appeals board was not sitting for quite some time. In my office it has been lately brought to my attention that there is a waiting list of more than two years for people with serious disabilities applying to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: That is right.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The board is in place. The backlog is the issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There are five contributors left so I ask them to contribute by keeping to the time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I want to add my voice to those of other TDs who asked for time for a debate on Palestine and Lebanon. We are complicit by our silence, despite our words and recognition of Palestine. As a neutral country, we should be using our voice, now more than ever, in the context of brining peace to the world. The EU is still trading with a country that has flagrantly breached every international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1594 of 23 July 2024, the status of the implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, and in particular the commitment to double the number of refuge spaces during the lifetime of the strategy; the number of refuge spaces and their locations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 July 2024, the number of people who have been refused leave to land at a port, or at the border with Northern Ireland, in 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down by nationality and location of the refusal; the number of those who were refused leave to land who applied for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding allocated to Galway County Council under the Brexit adjustment local authority marine infrastructure scheme 2022-2023 (details supplied) was drawn down; the status of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37903/24]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: She might not remember it, but Planning for the Future was the document to change everything in 1984. That was followed by A Vision for Change covering 2006 to 2016. Again, it was brilliant. I had no problems with both documents, but I had a big problem with their implementation. Planning for the Future was to change everything from the mid-eighties onwards to stop institutionalisation,...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. They still have two wards of court. Five residents are in that acute unit. The word "acute" signifies something. It is not chronic; it is acute. It has had five residents for more than six months. Interestingly, they did not tell us whether that is years or months. I believe that one or two patients, or people, have been residents in that unit for years. That ties in with the...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome this Bill. It is a positive Bill and I welcome the progress. Its purpose of course is to replace the Mental Health Acts, 2001 to 2022, which Acts themselves replaced the Mental Health Act 1945. I might come back to that date later, in terms of admissions for that year, and the still high admissions. Of course, this whole Bill reflects a shift on international level, forcing us...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the time to speak on this Bill. I wish I had more time. The Dáil is just back in session and this is very serious legislation, as is the next Bill we will consider, the Mental Health Bill 2024. The Defamation (Amendment) Bill involves a lot of reading. I have a lot of people to thank for their help. Once again, under pressure, the library and research service has...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: And look at the clock.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: While it is within the remit of the Minister, I wish to raise school transport. It is a huge scheme every year, with 163,000 children availing of it. Properly functioning school transport is an absolute necessity for access to school, to allow people to go to work and for climate change. August and September are a nightmare every year all over the country. The emails I have received, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is very hard to hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will not ask the Minister to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It was my fault.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy will get a chance to come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, please.