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Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Through the Chair.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The remaining Sinn Féin speakers have a minute and a half each.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure which Deputy from Sinn Féin is speaking, but he or she has ten minutes. Deputy O'Reilly is mentioned first in the list I have, but it is Deputies Andrews, Paul Donnelly and Martin Browne. I call Deputy Andrews.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Three speakers remain and just six and a half minutes. I call Deputy Paul Donnelly. He will be followed by Deputies Martin Browne and Louise O'Reilly.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I fully agree with the Minister that rent supplement should be a temporary emergency measure. I fundamentally disagree with the Government's policy since 2014 of moving people into HAP, which is blatantly unjust and is bolstering the private market. Some €600 million and rising is going straight into the private market. The Minister talked about the HAP scheme being designed simply....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department in rent supplement each month from January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25104/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Is ceist shimplí dhíreach í, a Aire. It is a very simple, direct question. How much money has been paid out by month in rent supplement from the Minister's Department?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the flexibility from the Department regarding this matter. I also welcome the flexibility regarding victims of domestic violence. I have no difficulty with any of that. I look forward to looking at the detail of the Minister's answer but rent supplement was to be abolished, is that not right? It was to be phased out and was only supposed to be there in temporary emergency...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, please.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her plans to extend JobPath beyond the end of 2020; if contracts with providers Turas Nua and Seetec will be extended beyond 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Climate Action Council will undertake a comprehensive review of the climate mitigation potential of forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25144/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of the temporary wage subsidy scheme with particular reference to the way in which it applies to workers of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 September 2020, the reason the flood defence system installed in 2014 failed in the Clifden area of County Galway on 1 and 2 September 2020; if the location was identified by Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme as a flood risk; if so, if the details of same will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher predicted leaving certificate grades which were downgraded in the standardisation process by more than 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 percentage points, respectively; if an analysis has been carried out regarding the number of students that received downgrades across several subjects; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department in exceptional needs payments in each month from January to September 2020, by payment type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25207/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department in urgent needs payments each month from January to September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25210/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the external consultants review of all current contracted public employment services will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Labour Market (22 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been received for a labour market access permission since the European Communities (Receptions Conditions) Regulations 2018 came into effect on 30 June 2018; the number refused; the number granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24938/20]