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Message from Select Committee (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 and has made no amendments thereto.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: Briefly, in the context of the programme for Government, there are many positive commitments one of which states that inclusion in and access to education is the foundation for a more just and equal society. I have tried everything before standing up here today. I have written to two Ministers, namely, the Ministers for Education and for Transport. I have tabled Dáil questions. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I support the Deputy's request on this matter. Language is meaningless if we accept what the Minister said today, that on the one hand he was not opposing the motion but, on the other, he gave no clarification regarding the extension of the commission. We need clarity and we can only have that in an open discussion in the Dáil, in which the Minister and Taoiseach clarify the matter and...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Social Democrats for using their time to put the spotlight on this topic. We need more than a spotlight. Continued light must be shone on it through the democratic process of Deputies asking questions and getting answers. I am afraid that I am not reassured by the Minister. I have a difficulty when things are personalised, but something somewhere is very wrong in the...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate Deputy's interest in the topic but we are out of time. We will be in trouble in terms of the time for Leaders' Questions.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Prospecting Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the checks and scrutiny processes his Department carried out when it considered and subsequently endorsed a company (details supplied) for prospecting licences in Connemara, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9550/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Seirbhísí Dátheangacha (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén fáth nach féidir coinne athnuachana ceadúnais tiomána leis an tSeirbhís Náisiúnta um Cheadúnais Tiomána a eagrú trí Ghaeilge ar líne; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [9989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact assessment his Department has undertaken of the recent changes to the help-to-buy scheme which extends the scheme to end 2021 and allows new buyers to claim up to €30,000 under the scheme, particularly in view of research by the ESRI which predicts that these changes are likely to push up house prices; the engagement he has had with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of including boat tour businesses which are tied to one particular location and as such are not mobile businesses in the Covid restriction support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Plant Species (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking, pursuant to the Wildlife Acts and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations, to ensure the eradication, containment and management of Japanese knotweed on all lands owned by his Department and all lands owned by local authorities; if his attention has been drawn...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to protect the Rockabill to Dalkey Island special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the compulsory immersive two-week Gaeltacht course for students of primary teaching will cost €1,300 per student in 2021 despite being held online; her plans for making this more affordable for students in both public and private colleges in view of the fact that many teaching students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the Gaeltacht grant to trainee teachers in private colleges such as a college (details supplied) and those studying teaching at postgraduate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10330/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a voluntary redeployment panel for primary school teachers, which would run on a year-by-year basis subject to annual approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the reasonable accommodations at State examinations scheme to make particular provision for students with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow for the reopening of public and private study centres that provide study time in the evenings for leaving certificate students to coincide with reopening of schools for leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 27 January 2021, the status of the reimbursement of the agreed mileage rate under the July provision transportation grant; the number of families still awaiting reimbursement; the reason for the ongoing delays in this regard; if delayed reimbursements will be paid with interest given that it is now...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend eligibility to persons aged 65 years who do not have the required paid contributions for 2019 but who have many years of contributions prior to that with regard to the newly announced benefit payment; the provisions that will be made for persons aged 65 years who had a gap in contributions for 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons currently aged 65 years who did not earn enough to pay PRSI in 2019 and who did not receive State benefits in 2019 will be eligible for the newly announced benefit payment for 65 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend entitlement to the free travel pass to persons with epilepsy and who do not hold a driver licence as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10274/21]