Results 15,501-15,520 of 33,470 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Yes. I will move on and call the Sinn Féin Deputy.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I congratulate the Deputy on his maiden speech.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy may continue but there will be no time for a reply.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: That completes the statements. We now move on to questions and answers, with six minutes for each party or group. That is six minutes for both the questions and the answers.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: We will move on to the Rural Independent Group. Deputy Michael Collins is next.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: It is five minutes in total. Then there will be questions and answers after that.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Now from the Regional Independent Group, I call Deputy Fitzpatrick.
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Bogaimid ar aghaidh go dtí Fianna Fáil. Glaoim ar an Teachta Haughey.
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Yes. Will the Taoiseach confirm that it is not his intention to abolish the Department of Children and Youth Affairs? That possibility has been raised, albeit in a joking manner. I have just under five minutes and have only one question, which I will preface with a number of comments. The question relates to children with autism and special needs of all sorts. I understand the Taoiseach...
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I asked who is the voice for people with disabilities on NPHET. That is my question.
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Who carries out the impact analysis in regard to decisions like this, whereby this sector has been left completely on the side with no provision?
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Perhaps we could get one or two responses as we did a little time.
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: This is the first written copy of a speech we have got from any Minister today, so I thank her very much for that. I welcome that. I thank the Minister for her work to date. I was often very critical, I hope constructively so, especially regarding delays with various reports on mother and baby homes. I might come back to that in a moment. I wish the Minister the best in whatever path she...
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. She certainly took the constructive criticism very well. I was most alarmed by the kite that was flown at the weekend in The Sunday Business Post. It has already been mentioned by Deputy Funchion. I welcome the Minister's clarity on that. In particular, I was alarmed that a kite would be flown suggesting that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs would be...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I reiterate my question on giving money to the European militarisation process. Can the Minister of State confirm that we will withdraw from PESCO, or at the very least, suspend our contributions under it?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the deeply corrosive effect of no action being taken in respect of the suspension of parliament in Hungary. I have the same concerns about the suspension of that parliament. What I think is deeply corrosive is the gap between the language used by our leaders in the Government here and their counterparts in Europe and the reality on the ground. This is...
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Catherine Connolly: That does not answer the question I asked. I am seeking an answer to the question I submitted in writing.
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Catherine Connolly: My time has been curtailed. I ask the Minister to reply to my question in writing.
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I have two questions for the Minister. I have listened carefully to all his replies. I gave notice of my questions and I really would like them to be answered specifically. I ask him to clarify the position on testing and residential settings. I asked the Minister the number of residential settings and where they have been tested. In his speech he said that 18,000 samples had been taken....
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Catherine Connolly: I do not agree to that.