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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Ceann Comhairle has kept a list the names of Members who are to be called and I will go through them first following the leaders' contributions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I will go back to Deputy Cormac Devlin's question now.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Pa Daly is not in the Chamber but this is grouped with his Question No. 68.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: They are grouped but they are separate questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: As Deputies Pa Daly and Devlin are not present, we will move to Question No. 70. Questions Nos. 68 and 69 may be answered later.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy is over time. I am sorry but I am just trying to ensure we stick to the time. Deputies are waiting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: There is actually a very good reason to do so because America has been involved in many wars. The figures are shocking. I hope the Minister would use his voice for the sake of peacekeeping rather than peace enforcement. According to the UN Refugee Agency, 79.5 million people were displaced in 2019. Of those, approximately 39 million were displaced as a direct result of America's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: It is not possible to advance those principles and policies if we are facilitating war, and we are facilitating war. Almost 3 million soldiers have passed through Shannon Airport since 2002. Some 475 American planes have landed and 734 overflight permissions were granted in 2019 alone. It is not possible to promote peace if we are facilitating war. It is simply not possible; they do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by the US military with US President-elect Biden, particularly in view of the fact that from January to October 2020, 65,965 US military personnel transited Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38480/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: My question is a direct one. What are the Minister's plans to engage with the new President of America, Mr. Joe Biden, in respect of the continued use of Shannon Airport by American troops, given that this year alone 65,965, or almost 70,000, troops have passed through in ten months which is more than in any year from 2014 to 2017?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I have given great lenience, like Santa Claus. I must act in fairness to the other Deputies asking questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Budgets (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. We are well over time.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s upcoming membership of the UN Security Council to highlight the increase in recent months in demolitions of Palestinian structures in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be expanded to include businesses such as travel agents that have seen significant reductions in turnover as a result of Covid-19 but are currently only eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme while under level 4 and 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact assessment that has been carried out by his Department into the proposed changes to the retail export scheme minimum purchase threshold, particularly on businesses working in the tourism industry in Ireland; if he will commit to keeping the retail export scheme minimum purchase threshold at €0.01; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow for the recently announced €250 payment for undergraduate and postgraduate students to be made available to all recipients as a one-off payment rather than a credit note regardless of whether they are in receipt of SUSI or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39345/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced €250 payment for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Ireland to all Irish citizens currently undertaking undergraduate or postgraduate studies in other EU countries will be extended; the details of the cost analysis of same carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (26 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI grant to graduate entry medical students will be extended given the considerable financial obstacles for many in pursuing this course of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39453/20]

Greyhound Industry: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to amendment No. 1 in the name of Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the motion re funding for the Irish greyhound industry. This morning, on the question, "That the amendment be made", a division was claimed and that division must be taken now.