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Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Michael Ring - To discuss investigations into Inland Fisheries Ireland. Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss the commencement of legislation to allow local authorities to erect CCTV in dumping blackspots. Deputy Ciarán Cannon -...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (6 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Colm Burke - To discuss the current position in respect of the treatment of home tutors as being self-employed. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the shortage of school places in north County Dublin. Deputy Pearse Doherty - To...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (5 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - To discuss the timeline for the opening of the mother and baby redress scheme and the making of payments. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss street safety in Dublin's north inner city. Deputy Colm Burke -...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Gino Kenny - To discuss the lack of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West. Deputy Alan Dillon - To discuss early intervention methods for early years education. Deputy James O'Connor - To discuss the urgent need for childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1492 of 11 September 2023, when the mother and baby institution redress scheme will be open for applications; the timeline for when payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48449/23]

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I notice that a group of amendments have been taken together. Amendment No. 1 is in relation to conclusion dates, so I have no idea why that is there. Deputy Funchion has asked that question, and I will repeat it. First, I want to thank the Department for its work. When I attended the Irish-language committee today, I realised that there is an extraordinary number of vacancies in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...cáipéisí seo a chaomhnú agus a chosaint agus, níos tábhachtaí fós, iad a chur ar fáil do lucht acadúla agus don phobal. My question relates to what appears to be - forgive me if I am wrong - the complete failure of this Government and previous Governments to take action to preserve and protect the records held by various religious...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Taoiseach for answering my question, but this is an issue that this Government and previous Governments have dealt with. The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters was set up in 2015. Its report was published in 2021. The Government has to have considered this matter. It was raised by the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The culture of dignity and respect did not exist, clearly, from the reports and stories told and the histories told by the Women of Honour. From the beginning they wanted a full, independent statutory inquiry. They got a review. They were never happy with that but struggled and did their best to co-operate with it. Let us put that aside now. Here we are. Trust is of the essence. I echo...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: In my two minutes, I want to focus in. I have already wished everybody a happy International Women’s Day. The theme this year is to embrace equity, and it has been pointed out to us that equity allocates the resources and opportunities needed to get an outcome. While it is important to celebrate International Women’s Day, it is also important that that celebration does not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...would not go amiss. The Government was forced every step of the way to do something. Catherine Corless, who has fought gallantly, raised this back in 2012. Survivors have come here repeatedly and educated us. We have gotten over 1,500 emails, at a conservative estimate, about the madness of progressing with this divisive and discriminatory scheme. How dare the Taoiseach take pride in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...ag an bpointe seo, ciall ceannaithe a bheith aige, an rud ceart a dhéanamh, agus an scéim lochtach seo a tharraingt siar. I am wearing a jacket that is ill-fitting. I wear it out of respect for a woman who spent time in a mother and baby home. I wear it to be in touch with her spirit. She was allergic to the doublespeak and hypocrisy that this Government and previous...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Pat Buckley - To discuss the enhanced medical cards for survivors of mother and baby homes. Deputy Joan Collins - To discuss a proposed referendum on the public ownership of our water services. Deputy Joe McHugh - To discuss the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (15 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Sean Sherlock - to discuss the need to address recruitment and spending on ophthalmology services in the CHO 4 area of Cork and Kerry. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan - to discuss a data breach at Munster Technological University....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (14 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to 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 Kathleen Funchion - to discuss the additional funding promised to the nine care homes in Carlow and Kilkenny. Deputies Chris Andrews, Eoin Ó Broin - to discuss the possible transferring over of the 20% NAMA stake of the...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am glad the Minister is here. In his speech, he acknowledged that Members inside the House and people outside the House would have different viewpoints. I certainly have a very different viewpoint on this Bill. Let me also say that I have the greatest respect for the gardaí on the ground. Many is the time I have had little respect for the management, as with all institutions. That...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: It is St. Brigid's Day. Brigid was a significant woman in Christian and pagan times. I try to take strength from her because we are tired. We do not want to do this but we have no choice. We have listened to people's sheer frustration, upset and disbelief. I lost a little patience with someone I talked to yesterday because I thought that person was still hopeful. I was left in the...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I fully support the calls for an inquiry. I hear what the Minister said in her speech. She acknowledges the need for an inquiry and is in the middle of taking steps to determine the best type of inquiry, to be led by the survivors. She points out on the first page that "The sexual abuse of a child is repugnant to the whole of society and is a reprehensible abuse of power and trust." I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with religious congregations and church leaders to date as regards to the way that they will contribute to the cost of the mother-and-baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56947/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (16 Nov 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 12 October 2022, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56930/22]