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Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State paid tribute to the local authorities for their co-operation with other groups on the ground. I join in that tribute. They have shown us the way forward. If we have learned anything, it is that we cannot go back. We must go forward with a completely different vision. Development in Galway has not been sustainable for a very long time. I know the Minister of...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: It is about inequity.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: There is no equity in this. The Minister is talking about private patients going into the public system where the public system has significant waiting lists. If what the consultant stated on Monday is wrong, then the Minister should challenge her publicly about a three and a half year waiting list for gynaecology in the public system in Galway. I am too familiar with this. I appreciate...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: -----with good will. Very quickly after that, however, it became apparent that it was not right and that the Minister is paying €115 million for empty hospitals. He then filled the private hospitals with public patients out of Merlin Park Hospital.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Up to €1.2 billion will be spent in a year on this system.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I will ask again about private hospitals and nursing homes. Having read what I have read, I am more convinced than ever that nursing homes were not put to the top of the list. The Minister said many times in this Dáil that HIQA was the voice of the nursing homes. I looked at the minutes and I did not see HIQA as the voice of the nursing homes. HIQA had the expertise and the...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Tá dhá cheist agam, ceann amháin i mBéarla agus ceann i nGaeilge. Ní mór dom a rá i dtús báire go bhfuil an teachtaireacht iomlán mhícheart ag dul amach go dtí an tír inniu. Tá muidne i Seomra na Dála, tá sé folamh agus níl aon Taoiseach ann. Tá gá le hathbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach ach tá rud difriúil faoin earnáil seo agus tá a fhios aige é sin. Beidh na mná tí agus na coláistí thíos leis. Beidh impleachtaí maidir leis an gceantar, leis an nGaeilge agus leis na Gaeltachtaí. Is rud thar a bheith tábhachtach é seo. It is very important that the implications...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full year cost of purchasing 15 extra combat support service armoured 8 x 8 drop vehicles for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of permits granted for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport and to pass through Irish airspace between 1 January 2020 and 30 April 2020 inclusive; the countries the requests were made by; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the review of the July provision programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7127/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application process for the July provision programme; the details of the planned expansion of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of providing 10,000 extra release days for teaching principals in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7128/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of recruiting 20 additional full-time probation officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the resources and trained Garda personnel are in place for each of the divisional protection services units established to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each Garda division outside Dublin as at 11 May 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the issuing of body worn cameras to each front-line Garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7113/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new competition for Garda collision forensic investigators will be held in Q4 of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2021 if the budget for Irish Naturalisation and Immigrant Service increased by 6%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7115/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (27 May 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 due in March 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7344/20]