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- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: As we have eight speakers, they will have maximum speaking time of two minutes each. I call Deputy McGrath, who asked first to speak.
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am very sorry but there are about five or six more speakers.
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I cannot allow the Deputy any more time. I call Deputy O'Callaghan.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Parliamentary Budget Office prepared a paper for us, which stated: "It has to be acknowledged that the political cycle provides little incentive to plan for medium or long-term needs." It acknowledged that point, and that each Government is driven by short-term needs. However, notwithstanding that acknowledgement, the continuation of that approach by this Government is particularly...
- Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: On this topic.
- Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. Anois, Sinn Féin. There are three speakers in this slot.
- Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I will leave the Deputies share time whatever way they wish.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 9 September 2024, the status of the public consultation on a review of trawling activity inside the six-nautical-mile zone which closed on 12 April 2024; if the submissions have now been analysed; the timeline for publication of a report of the public consultation; when a decision will...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister and I are more than familiar with this issue, so we might not bother with the history of it. My question is very specific. It relates to trawling inside the six-nautical-mile zone by vessels more than 18 m long. We know there is a long history here so my question is specific. I know the communication period for submissions has closed. I know there were an extraordinary...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I do not doubt that at all but, as the Minister said, in two months it will be six years since the decision was made to bring in this very welcome policy because of unsustainable fishing practices in the six-nautical-mile zone, particularly in respect of sprat. I will not rehearse all of that again but it was urgent enough in December 2018 and here we are, almost six years later, and there...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome the consultation and the 5,000 submissions but we really need a date for when those submissions will be analysed. I suspect that the vast majority of them are in support of the Government's policy, as were the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Both of them found no difficulties with the policy; it was the consultation. The two gentlemen who brought the first action said it was...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. She can pick it up in her next response.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am keeping the Minister to the time to get people in. I call Deputy Farrell.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We are almost out of time. Deputy Donnelly might put his question; he will not get in a second time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (26 Sep 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: There are a number of contributors - four extra speakers now. These questions are not grouped. I ask everyone to be as quick as possible because there are Members waiting for their tabled questions and we will finish at 10.30 a.m. I call Deputy Alan Farrell first.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: There are four Members present who have questions. With everyone's co-operation, we will get to those four questions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Before the Minister of State comes back in, there are numerous other Deputies wishing to contribute. I ask them to be brief because there are Members here waiting for their questions to be taken.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (26 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister.