Results 21-40 of 1,140 for long speaker:Catherine Connolly

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...ann chun monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar na céimeanna atá sa pholasaí sin agus iad a chur chun cinn. I know the Minister has followed up on this in respect of the policy she published for the islands after a long time, and I thank her for that. The first task force was set up in 1996 and it took up to last year to get the policy, so then you set up a monitoring...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact that the minutes will be published. That is a good exercise in openness and accountability. We have waited so long for the policy for the islands, since 1996, and there have been many false starts. The implementation of that policy is the key. Are two meetings a year enough? I understand from the terms of reference that the monitoring committee will meet twice a year....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Hospital Services (29 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Pringle. It is a specific question on the three hospital sites that are to be picked; when the study on those three model 3 hospitals will begin; how long it will last; and how it will be analysed. I ask that specifically in the context of the study the Minister is aware of and which has highlighted the impending crisis in model 3 hospitals,...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...report and a final report, and that suggestions are ongoing. The next step will see pharmacists prescribing for minor injuries, which is not the case at present. I am open to any of this as long as there is openness, accountability and monitoring. I am a little concerned about an example given of extending the administration of vaccines to other therapists, in that they would be given...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the long-term carers contribution scheme; the number of applications received to date; the number approved; the number rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8028/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am looking for an update on the very welcome long-term carers contribution scheme, or the pension for carers. I am asking for all the details, specifically the number of applications to date, the numbers approved and rejected, and the number of applications the Minister expects under the scheme.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...through. The Minister of State knows that, but the point is we are here in relation to that and we are here after three reviews. There is the one that is ongoing at the moment and we have no idea how long it will take. I tabled Dáil questions. I do not know whether there are any interim reports and we do not know the timeline for the completion. That ongoing report, with another...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: In the brief time I have, I acknowledge the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador and I also reiterate my condemnation of the illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Tánaiste gave a very long speech of 12 pages in which he said, "Two years on, tragically, it seems that we are no closer to peace." I say it is more than tragic; it is deplorable. We have utterly failed to use our voice to bring...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...our public service media at the moment. I welcome the Minister's agreement that serious consideration needs to be given to direct Exchequer funding. My difficulty is that it has been going on too long, far before the current troubles with RTÉ. I pay tribute to the vast number of staff in RTÉ who have nothing to do with this issue. What has happened is unacceptable. I...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...is not accurate. We have a total of just under 26,000 people in direct provision. I hope I have a chance to come back to the inhuman, unacceptable direct provision we were supposed to finish a long time ago. Of those 26,000 people, a shocking number have been granted refugee status and have no place to go. More than 5,000 people with refugee status cannot leave direct provision. If we...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: .... It is 34 years since the Gleeson commission reported, highlighting inadequacies in the redress of wrongs and the victimisation of those seeking redress. We have known all about this for a very long time. In relation to culture, and I note my colleague talked about it in a different way, the report of the IRG stated: Apart from the horrendous nature of the alleged rapes and sexual...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...and privatisation of care. She and other writers have highlighted the difficulties and consequences of that. We have seen it lately in relation to nursing homes and the report by the ESRI that now tells us more than 80% of long-term residential care is provided by the private sector. We needed the ESRI to tell us what we have been saying here for years. Please stop privatising the care...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...Stage relates to the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment which is contained in the Schedule to the Bill. The sections of the Bill are merely technical. Therefore, in accordance with long-standing practice, the sections are postponed until consideration of the Schedule has been completed. In accordance with precedent and Standing Order 184, consideration of sections 1 and 2...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1806. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a report (details supplied); his plans to address regional inequalities in access to long-term residential care; the details of any analysis carried out by his Department into the impact of the increase in private equity financed operators in Ireland’s long-term residential care sector; and if he will make a...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank my colleague, Deputy Pringle for introducing this motion. It was a privilege to sign it along with my colleague, Deputy Joan Collins. I will deal with the Government's response presently. We are seeking in this very specific motion to amend the Bill Deputy Pringle pushed through the Dáil in 2018. In a few days, it will be five years since his Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...that in Galway we have 2,400 people on HAP. Actually, the task force numbers are higher again. There is the same number of people on HAP in Galway as there is social housing. That does not even include long-term leasing. There is public land in Galway. A task force was set up. I heard Deputy Canney asking for a task force, but a task force was set up in 2019 because of the housing...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...in the history of the State comprising 712 pages, 22 Parts - we know there are further Parts to come which have not been subjected to pre-legislative scrutiny - 501 sections and six Schedules. The explanatory memorandum is 124 pages long. The legislation will affect all our lives in areas such as housing, roads, renewable energy, environmental and architectural conservation, and very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...development plan. Twenty years later, we are being told that there is work on the east side. There is absolutely nothing on the west side - the Connemara side - that is being put into the future long-term plans. I know the Minister shares my frustration on this. It is one of the key solutions for Galway. There are others such as the roll-out of a light rail system and the lifting of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...the creative extension of school transport, at the very least a feasibility study of light rail and the urgent roll-out of park and ride. It is unacceptable that the Barna site has now gone into a long-term plan. This should all have been done when we identified it almost 20 years ago and said it was urgent that we rolled out different solutions to the traffic congestion in Galway. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There is a certain frustration on my part because I have borne with the process for a long time. The Minister of State referred to the fact that, following the completion of the hydrological and hydraulic modelling, significantly more defences were necessary. That was way back in January 2023. We knew this even before Storm Debi and before that again because there was major flooding in...