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Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Guím gach rath ar an Aire agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis ina ról nua. Táim ag tnúth le bheith ag obair as lámh a chéile ó thaobh córas sláinte aonleibhéil a chur chun cinn de. I congratulate the Minister and look forward to working with him and I welcome his commitment to a one-tier system. However, his commitment is somewhat...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: We will move on to the Rural Independent Group. Members have two minutes each, beginning with Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Tá ocht nóiméad aige, mar sin.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. The Tánaiste has one minute, if he likes.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: There is one minute left so I thought the Deputy would like her questions answered. I will move on if she likes.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Tá sé deacair na Teachtaí a fheiceáil. Bogfaimid ar aghaidh chuig Sinn Féin agus Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 556. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) closed since March 2020 will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13601/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by Galway City Council for funding under the carbon tax 2020 fund for the Galway Bearna greenway; the closing date for the applications; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13603/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for funding under the carbon tax 2020 fund by local authority area; the number of applications for which a decision has been made; the number awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 785. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a crèche (details supplied) will open; the childcare arrangements made available to parents and frontline staff in particular until that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13628/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 903. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the of processing the foreshore licence application by Galway City Council in order that it can commence critical coastal protection works from Sáilín to Silverstrand; when the application was received; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13602/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 927. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the islands will not reopen for tourism before the end of July 2020, in view of the concerns of islanders; the protocols and directions that will be in place for the opening of the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13605/20]

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

Catherine Connolly: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama. Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Taoiseach nua, an Teachta Micheál Martin, agus leis na hAirí nua. Guím gach rath orthu go léir. Is onóir iontach í dóibh a bheith mar Airí agus mar Thaoiseach ar an tír álainn seo. Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an...

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

Catherine Connolly: I have five minutes. Perhaps I should have a few seconds more given the interruption to my train of thought.

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...