Results 141-160 of 1,146 for long speaker:Catherine Connolly

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...is the part that is missing in the Minister's speech. It is the part that I find more than a little disappointing. This balancing of both sides has not been teased out. Normally I am giving out about long speeches; while the Minister is to be complimented for her brevity, on this occasion I would really have liked the Department's and her thinking on how this very difficult situation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (10 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...to grow? Park-and-ride facilities have been in its development plans since 2005 and we are now in 2022. The one glaring error in the Minister's script was the statement that the NTA had "long recognised the importance of high-capacity park-and-ride facilities". No one has recognised it except the councillors in Galway and the people who included such facilities in the city...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 964. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists currently in position in St. Vincent’s public long-Covid clinic; the number of vacant WTE physiotherapist posts in St. Vincent’s public long-Covid clinic; the status of recruitment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 965. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical psychologists currently in position in St. Vincent’s public long-Covid clinic; the number of vacant WTE clinical psychologist posts in St. Vincent’s public long-Covid clinic; the status of recruitment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54405/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Papers (27 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...are still being accepted. I thank the Minister who will be dealing with the next questions on the progress that has been made. However, we have been waiting on the policy for the islands for so long and on interdepartmental reports. Going back to the topic of seaweed, these are good news stories we are ignoring. I am only picking two or three, the latest of which was the story on...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...overholding before this legislation? Do we just look on them as deadweight, or what is the rationale for that? I ask that the Minister of State might try to explain that to me, please, because I will go a long way with him in understanding legislation. What is this cut-off point and what about those people who are already overholding? What will happen to them? There is no emergency...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...happened to those people? That is something I have to fight with myself. Nevertheless, in regard to Government policy, I have had the privilege, or the torture, or being a representative for a long time. Over that time, I have watched the results of Government policy intensifying the housing crisis over and over. We on this side of the House have repeatedly begged and appealed to the...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, could we avoid naming people in the House? There is a long practice of that.

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...in Galway who has no option because we have failed to bring in park-and-ride facilities. We have failed to lift the school transport of the city. We have failed to listen to the people of Galway. Around 25,000 people signed a petition so long ago I cannot remember. We stood in the rain asking the Government to please carry out a feasibility study. We still have no study. We have a...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...the Minister could address the point I am making, which is that the Central Bank at that time was extremely prudent and this was one of the main justifications for this scheme. The Central Bank no longer advises prudence but says one can borrow up to four times, yet we are extending this. When we are extending it, we are saying it had "two key objectives", namely, "to increase supply"...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sentencing Policy (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: As long as it is relevant to the question.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...that is not because I do not want to hear the reply of the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne. I am appalled at his comments that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing Ireland to rethink its long tradition of military neutrality.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...least, to explain or justify them. There are so many things I would like to discuss but in the three minutes I have I will focus on the direction that Europe is heading, and has been heading for a long time. I proudly canvassed against the Lisbon and Nice treaties on the grounds of the militarisation of Europe. That militarisation continues unabated and I judge the comments of the...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I am last to speak but I hope not least. I remind Deputy Michael Healy-Rae that not too long ago, the Government mantra, like that of other Governments before it, was to work towards a four-day week on the logic that we would be much happier and healthier and more effective and productive. However, the mantra changes depending on the market. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department’s work on a straw-man proposal for the restructuring of long-term disability payments; if she will provide details of the unit or group that is carrying out this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50712/22]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...of what has been published on transforming the lives of people with disabilities. We are still waiting for that transformation but what has been transformed is language itself. We are no longer talking about the urgency of the provision of services but about gradually progressing. We are not talking about provision but about progression. We have certainly had a transformation but not...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...there is a proper complaints procedure that is able to deal with complaints quickly and to the satisfaction of those making the complaints, once they are bona fide complaints. It has taken this long to do it, and I am not sure why. Let me deal with the inquiry and the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 to give context to this. I know that the Minister of State is multitasking again, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...the board. Perhaps the Office Public Works is doing better. I do not know, because I do not have the profile of all of the other buildings. For instance, in Galway, the city library is rented for as long as I can remember. That is completely daft. I am talking here about a policy. The OPW now has less space now with more staff, as I understand it, but we also have the blended work...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Sep 2022)

Catherine Connolly: ...advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Jackie Cahill: To discuss specialised long-term dementia care in the Tipperary area. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan: To discuss recognition of qualified teachers in the Cork Life Centre; and if she will make a statement on the...