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Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I reiterate what the previous speaker said about copies of the Minister of State's speech. It is very handy to have a copy of the speech and I looked for it. It is slipping in gradually with various Ministers whereby we do not get the speech. It is very useful to have it. I want to use my time, as I have done repeatedly since 2018, to discuss this matter and I want to focus on sprats....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State. He clearly and honestly acknowledged that this has been going on for some time. Even if we take 2018 as the start, when it was redesigned, we are in the eighth year now in which this school has been in dire need of a new school. I know it is at stage 2(b) and the Minister of State has confirmed the submission was given to the Department in March of this year....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that hands-on approach and that the Minister of State is going to come back. However, he can imagine the frustration over such a length of time. The Minister of State said that this takes some time to review. What time roughly? Are we talking six months, three months, nine months? How many are in that? What is the difficulty? What is the delay? Maybe if he cannot come...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 29 April 2025, the status of the development of a school (details supplied), currently at stage 2(b); the timeline for the completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31299/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: My question on the status of the development of a school is specific. I have given the details. It is currently at stage 2(b). I would be grateful if the Minister could give me a more precise timeline for the completion of the project and more specific details.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Obviously, I cannot respond to the Tánaiste's five- or six-minute reply in one minute. He made many promises. We had promises in the Nice and Lisbon treaties and, separately, we have promises to end the housing crisis. There have been many solemn promises the Government has not fulfilled. For the Tánaiste to stand here and say he will fulfil a promise is not a response to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: The Tánaiste has referred to hypothetical situations, which, he has told us in the past, he does not like to talk about because he instead prefers to deal in reality. The reality is that America used the veto to stop a ceasefire and allow genocide to continue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I do not know if the Minister understands the Lisbon and Nice treaties. We had to vote a second time because of people's concerns regarding the militarisation of Europe and neutrality. We got solemn declarations, or whatever they are called, in the Nice and Lisbon treaties and the then Government forced the people to vote twice. The Taoiseach has told us the triple lock is a fundamental...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Do I get in again or is this the end?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: That is all I wanted to know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: It is unfair the way it has worked out.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the basis on which the decision has been taken to legislate for the removal of the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Baineann mo cheist leis an nglas triarach agus an cinneadh atá déanta fáil réidh leis. My question relates to the triple lock. Will the Tánaiste outline as clearly as he can the basis on which the decision was taken to legislate for the removal of the triple lock? If he can outline that in a rational...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: When will that be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Cathaoirleach and apologise for being late as I was caught up with something else. I am looking for guidance on this issue, on which I am no expert. The correspondent has written to and been in contact with a lot of TDs regarding automatic enrolment. He did his best to explain the issue to us and we raised it in the Dáil and did our best to have it addressed. I do not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: There has been engagement and we were told the information is sensitive and cannot be made available. I am looking for more guidance than that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: That is great. I would appreciate a comment from the Comptroller and Auditor General more generally on matters such as this. I am not sure whether he has read the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. The accounts route is a good route and will have a parallel in terms of follow-up.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 May 2025, to provide details of the 2025 work programme of the Institute for Security Governance to be progressed throughout the year, which is costing the State €716,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31259/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs without a place in a school, by county, in tabular form; the measures being taken to provide places for these children who do not have a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31300/25]