Results 15,421-15,440 of 33,470 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Will we, therefore, stop using German laboratories?
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister might confirm that. I want to zero in on nursing homes. Again, for the record, I do not believe they were prioritised. My office has checked when it came to our attention from Europe that there were serious problems in nursing homes. It was way back in early March. We did not learn from other countries but perhaps we will learn now. I turn to private hospitals and preface...
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: If the Taoiseach could please answer in the 30 seconds, what is the Government going to do about the special schools?
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Is the Taoiseach going to meet the parents who have written to him?
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Ní cúis iontais é don Cheann Comhairle nach mbeidh mé ag díriú isteach ar chúrsaí gailf. Beidh mé ag díriú isteach ar ghasúir le riachtanais faoi leith agus ar scoileanna speisialta atá dúnta le dhá mhí anuas anois. Coicís ó shin, d’ardaigh mé an cheist seo leis an Taoiseach. Bhí...
- Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I understand all of that.
- Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: That is welcome. Perhaps the Minister could give me the figures and the breakdown of same.
- Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: The group I am speaking about is a quantifiable number of approximately 1,000 people. I understood that there was no clarity regarding the supplementary welfare allowance. There is clarity regarding the special needs payment, but that is a one-off payment and there is no appeals process. If the Minister is telling me that the language students qualify for the supplementary welfare...
- Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I am sharing time with Deputy Marian Harkin. I wish the Minister the best of luck in whatever path she takes and I also pay tribute to the staff in the Department. They have worked incredibly hard and it is important we place that on record. The Minister dealt with the maternity leave extension and it is something that also concerns me, along with the position of people over 66. I will...
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I have three practical questions which I would like answered and I will then make some comments in regard to childcare. First, has Covid-19 interfered with the mother and baby homes report? Will it be published promptly and, if so, when? Second, has Tusla carried out a risk analysis on the effects of the closedown on child protection and, if so, has it produced a paper on that? Third,...
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Has the Minister had an input to the report in terms of recommendations to the Cabinet?
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: The report has been published. It was done on behalf of Scouting Ireland. Has the Minister had an input at Government level since then in terms of the next steps?
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: It is for what happens in regard to the report.
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. I realise this is difficult and I thank the Minister for her professionalism in regard to how she is approaching this subject. However, I have to say I do not believe that childcare was given appropriate attention at the level of NPHET. Perhaps that was not its role but, certainly, when we look back on the minutes from 16 March, it comes up as an item under discussion...
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister has a minute and a half.
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: We had better leave some time for the Minister to respond.
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: To clarify, the Deputy asked one question-----
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: He is going to ask another now.
- Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister might address her remarks through the Chair.