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- Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (29 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Tá sé tábhachtach é a phlé agus teacht ar ais arís uirthi. Tiocfaidh mé ar ais nuair a bheidh níos mó ama againn. Bhí reachtaíocht ag dul tríd an Dáil inné nó arú inne, mar shampla, maidir le treoir ón Eoraip. Bhí daoine in ann leasú a chur leis an reachtaíocht sin, cé nach raibh aon...
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: No. My question is whether the Minister has ever received a written-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: No, it is from the housing task force. It was set up-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Any report.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Let me clarify.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: A housing task force was established because of the situation in Galway. I am very familiar with the situation, having spent a number of years of my life on the local authority. No house was built from 2009 because of what happened in the country. That is part of the problem. An emergency task force was finally established in recognition of the emergency in Galway, where people are...
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I have seen no report. I am asking the Minister, who is in charge, if he has ever received a completed, written report from the emergency task force, almost two years later, that contains an analysis and recommendations.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Has the Minister received a report, "Yes" or "No"?
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I am using my colleague's time-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: This is my colleague's time.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for his speech and for his efforts on homelessness and for taking a personal hands-on approach. I will ask one very specific question and I would like a "Yes" or "No". Is the Minister aware of, the recent report from Simon called Locked Out of the Market X, from December 2020 or has it been brought to his attention? It was published in January 2021. A "Yes" or "No" will do.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: It is good that the Minister is aware of it. Maybe he might tell me if he has read it.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: So will the Minister read that report?
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: That is great. It is an absolutely damning indictment of every Government's housing policy. Simon does not say that, of course; they simply give us a snapshot. This is the eighteenth snapshot. Let us consider Galway city and the suburbs, which are divided into two categories. There is not one property available under the HAP limits in Galway city. There are three in the suburbs. Simon...
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Minister-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Minister, you have less than one minute to reply.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: Before we go any further, there are public health guidelines and directives. I am addressing everyone now. Comments about Deputies leaving the Chamber or not being in the Chamber are not appropriate. Deputies come in, make their contribution and leave. They are in their offices and they are watching. It is important for listeners to know that. We will move now to the Government side....
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: I ask the Minister and the Deputy, please-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy had the floor and the Minister then had the floor to answer the question. If the Deputy is not happy-----
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Catherine Connolly: We are going to waste time and Deputy Ó Broin is going to eat into his colleague's time.