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Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais: Tairiscint - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (27 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Let us roll out a public childcare system. People have spoken about learning from the Covid-19 crisis and not going back. I look at the programme for Government and there are some very good elements in it, including a commitment to ending direct provision. It would be nice to have a timescale attached to that. There are nonetheless many internal contradictions in the programme. There...

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I have run out of steam and am tired of the spin.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister did not give any spin there but there has been spin about public health medicine provided through private hospitals. There is certainly spin there. How many hospitals signed up to the deal at a cost of €150 million per month for three months? Was it 17 or 18? Exactly how many hospitals did so and is there a service level agreement in place with all of those hospitals?

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We are almost at the end of that period and I thank the Minister for not renewing those contracts. I understand he has stopped it and is going to look at the whole thing.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: However, after three months of those deals being in place, we have no service level agreements in place and do not know precisely how many hospitals signed up. The State paid €150 million per month to leave the hospitals empty, by and large.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: To take an example, the rehabilitation unit in Merlin Park University Hospital was stopped. Patients were transferred to the private hospital. Inexplicably, the nurses were sent to University Hospital Galway where they went from ward to ward. I do not know who was behind that decision and who will be held responsible for making it. Luckily, that has now been undone and the rehabilitation...

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that. It is a matter that quite a number of Deputies have raised. I understood that it was almost at the point where it was to be done a year ago. Here we are now, having done all of this and given out public money, and those hospitals are not under the remit of HIQA. I found myself in the unusual position of supporting the private consultants' misgivings about this deal, the...

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I left the Chamber earlier to check on that. I saw a press release from the organisation stating that planning permission was about to go in. That press release was from 2016. It is now 2020. I obviously forgive management for not progressing the matter over the past few months but it is inexplicable to me. There are 150 acres available in Merlin Park, or at least that is what I thought....

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for a copy of his speech. It is helpful when it is set out in written form. I will take up a theme raised by Deputy Bríd Smith. As I listened to the debate, I went to my office and came back to the Chamber because I thought my memory was not serving me right. I went back to the Kilkenny incest case and the report from 1993. One of the comments that stood out for...

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Could we have a copy of the Minister's speech?

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: It is not available.

Reopening of Schools and Summer Provision 2020: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The matter concerning external students for whom predictive grades are not appropriate has been raised already and we need clarity. I ask the Minister to give clarity on that as soon as possible. On practical students, I tabled a Dáil question and asked the Minister about this on the last occasion. I did not expect him to know then but we need clarification, for example, in respect of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State's Response to Impact of Covid-19 on Gaeltacht Areas and the Islands (18 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: An bhfuil cóip den ráiteas ar fáil?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State's Response to Impact of Covid-19 on Gaeltacht Areas and the Islands (18 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: D'fháiltigh mé roimh an bpacáiste ó thaobh na coláistí samhraidh de, agus tá na mná tí ceangailte leis an mhéid sin. Rinne an Rialtas an cinneadh ceart. Thóg sé am, ach tá mé thar a bheith sásta go ndearnadh an cinneadh ceart. Níl mé ag iarraidh an iomarca a rá faoi na scéimeanna a luaigh an...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Minister, I did not-----

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I have only a very short-----

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister might comment on this issue. Flooding is completely related to climate change, bad planning and to a lot of other factors. One of the factors is climate change and resulting rise in our water levels. We then go to biodiversity. I have gone from Billy to Jack with regard to a biodiversity officer in Galway city. Given the Minister's role in the Department of Public...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama. I thank the Minister for the written speech. It is always very helpful to get a written speech and to go through it. I realise that a lot of work has been done. I have the greatest of respect for the OPW except in regard to its policy of renting buildings. That comes back into the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I understand there is...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: When did it last meet? Are minutes available?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for the written copy of her speech. It is helpful to have it in my hands. I congratulate her on the €25 million allocation for the arts. She clearly listened to the groups working on the ground. The next step is detailed in their 13-point plan. The Minister has answered one of those points and there are 12 other points they have asked for action on. We cannot...