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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We do not have 60 seconds. We are moving on to Leaders' Questions. I thank the Minister. Leaders' Questions take precedence. I am sorry about that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Before we start, I ask all leaders to adhere to the time limits in order that I do not have to keep interrupting them. I thank them in advance.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: There are only three minutes remaining for the next question.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the plan to develop a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; the status of the development of the planned emergency department; if the HSE has to date completed its consideration of the feasibility report regarding the inclusion of the maternity department in the new block; if so, the planned...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am sure the Minister is familiar with the emergency department in the hospital in Galway. At what stage is this project? When will planning permission be submitted? Prior to the 2016 general election, the former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, stated that the exiting department was not fit for purpose. Deputy Varadkar, who later became Taoiseach, stated that it was not fit for purpose. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I asked for a response in plain English. Where is the planning permission at? When will the planning application be submitted for the emergency department in Galway? In 2017, then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, told us that a new emergency department for University Hospital Galway was being designed with a view to planning for construction being provided as part of the 2017 capital...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: My question was specifically on the Minister's engagement with the HSE regarding the plan to develop a new emergency department. Given the history of this matter, it is quite obvious that planning permission was the main thing. I have a slightly different opinion. I believe that a brand new hospital should be built on the 150 to 180 acres of the Merlin Park Hospital site and that both...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The staff do exceptional work, it is the building I am concerned about.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Deportation Orders (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We are out of time, but Deputy Bríd Smith can make a brief comment.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Every Teachta deserves his or her time, so I ask that the time limit of one minute be observed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pardons (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I will now go back to Question No. 10 in the name of Deputy Bríd Smith.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I understand Deputy Colm Burke is taking the next question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The next questions are in the names of Deputies Gary Gannon, Neale Richmond, Niamh Smyth, Bríd Smith, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, Éamon Ó Cuív and Brendan Griffin. I understand committee meetings are taking place and it is difficult for Members to be present, although Deputy Murnane O'Connor was present but has stepped out. Deputies should make arrangements with the Ceann...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. We will move on to Question No. 14 as Deputy O'Sullivan is present..

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Before the first question I wish to congratulate the Minister. I did not get the chance to do so on my own behalf.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she has had with the Minister for Health with regard to the establishment of the cross-departmental and cross-agency taskforce on mental health, addictions and imprisonment pursuant to the commitment in the programme for Government; the status of the taskforce; the membership of the taskforce; the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the planned review of the overall process and the way in which persons can access legal aid as referred to by her on 17 November 2020 during the meeting of the Select Oireachtas Committee on Justice; the person or body that will carry out the review; the terms of reference of the review; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current waiting times for MRI services in CHO area 2; the discussions he has had with the HSE with regard securing additional MRI facilities to meet the ongoing need in CHO area 2; the number of adults and children, respectively currently on the waiting list for an MRI in CHO area 2; the number of adults and children,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE with regard to the planned orthopaedic theatre in Merlin Park University Hospital; the status of the new orthopaedic theatre; if building work has commenced to date; if his Department has carried out an analysis into the effect of the delay in delivery of the new theatre on waiting lists in Merlin Park University...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Driver Licences (10 Dec 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 3 December 2020 and in view of information on the NDLS (details supplied), if persons who obtained their class B manual driver licence prior to 30 November 2013 are precluded from availing of the exemption in question and having the code 78 restriction removed from their driver licence...