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Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: That is not a point of order.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. The point has been made. A small number of copies were available, and some Deputies got them. It is unacceptable. Everyone should have a copy. This is very serious. It is not about Deputies sharing copies of a speech, it is about an adequate number of copies being made available for everyone. The point is made.

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: To prevent any confusion, the debate on the motion will adjourn at noon for Leaders' Questions and will resume in the afternoon. I call the Minister to move the motion. He has 20 minutes.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Regardless of our opinions on it, this reflects the Order of Business as decided by the Business Committee. I hear and appreciate what the Deputies are saying but I must invite the Minister to introduce the motion.

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I will return to the Minister of State. I understand that Deputies wish to speak but they are not in the Chamber. If anyone is outside the door, they should please come in. It is the final opportunity to speak before I move to the Minster of State and close this debate.

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: One moment. Different speakers missed their slots. We still have a little time so with Members' permission, I will ask Deputy McNamara to come in, but there will be no reply from the Minister of State. Is that agreed?

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: If the Deputy will let me, I will put the question to the House because we are out of sync and I must get permission. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The time for questions has expired but I will allow Deputy Martin Browne to complete this round.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for groups and or organisations to access funding made available by her Department to community and voluntary groups to support their response to Covid-19; the way in which decisions to allocate funding to such groups were made; the reason an organisation (details supplied) was denied such funding; and if she will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: My question is brief. It is about the welcome funding that the Minister's Department has provided to voluntary and community groups, which has been refused to a specific group. It seems to me that it was done on the basis of morality. I hope not. I am trying to determine what the policies and criteria were, and if they are publicly available.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I take hope from the Minister's reply and also despair a little. I welcome that there is a report regarding the 2017 Act. Will the Minister give a date for when it will be completed? I am a little confused. I welcome all the funding she has outlined, which is very positive. This particular organisation has written to the Department and the Department has written back, asking it for a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. I welcome that she is prepared to meet with them. That is positive. This is a group of women represented by the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland who have come forward to point out the vulnerability of women who find themselves in this position during the Covid pandemic. They are asking for assistance in helping vulnerable women. It has nothing to do with child...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Question No. 4 is in my name. With the permission of the House, I will move that question further down the list and ask it when I leave the Chair. We will move to Question No. 9 as the Deputies who submitted Questions Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, are not present. Their questions may be taken later.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am sharing time with Deputy Pringle. I wish I could say I welcome the opportunity to speak to this debate but "welcome" does not come to my mind. I feel nauseated at the language being turned on its head, the same language of "It is for your own good" that was used to put people into these homes and so on. I listened carefully to the language used during the debate and have tried...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister has moved that the Bill be read a Second Time, Deputy Bríd Smith objected to that and I took a few minutes to reflect on and check it. The Deputy raised an interesting point but there is no provision for her objection. There were two votes last night. I was in the Chair when we took the votes on the motion on sitting arrangements. That was when the business was set out...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I hear what the Deputy is saying and she is making a good argument. However, the motion on how we proceed today was put last night and it was passed by a majority of the House. Under Standing Order 176(1) on the Second Reading of a Bill: The debate on the motion, that the Bill be now read a second time, shall be confined to the general principle of the Bill. It goes on to say what can...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I understand where the Deputy is coming from. I am sorry but I will not allow a debate on it. At this point I have to make a ruling on it. I perfectly understand what the Deputy is saying. It is part of the system that I read out that the Bill will now be read a Second Time and nobody can object to that at this point. In my limited experience and understanding of the system, it is not...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Bríd Smith is not agreeing to the Bill being read a Second Time.