Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Industry

Catherine Connolly

130. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 9 December 2021, the status of the wool feasibility study; the expected timeline for the development of a robust policy roadmap for the Irish wool industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6846/22]

Fishing Industry

Catherine Connolly

186. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 9 December 2021, the status of the commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and that pair trawling will be prohibited within the six-mile limit in line with the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6847/22]

Low Pay Commission

Catherine Connolly

33. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 2 November 2021, if he has received the report by the Low Pay Commission and the ESRI of a universal basic income; when he expects the report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6883/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

104. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1125 of 19 January 2022, if certain additional hotels (details supplied) are being used to provide emergency accommodation to persons in the international protection process; if these hotels are sufficient to meet the current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6863/22]

Further and Higher Education

Catherine Connolly

110. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6088/22]

Further and Higher Education

Catherine Connolly

138. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the economic evaluation on the Cassells report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6089/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

392. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the terms of reference for the review examining issues relating to rape, sexual misconduct, bullying, harassment and discrimination in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6192/22]

An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta

Catherine Connolly

430. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nach bhfuil seirbhís trí Ghaeilge ar fáil do mhúinteoirí agus do theagascóirí le clárú nó le clárúchán a athnuachan don Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta; ós rud é nach bhfuil an tseirbhís ar fáil i nGaeilge ar líne cén uair a bheidh sí ar fáil; cén socrú a dhéanfar dóibh siúd ar mian leo clárú nó athnuachan a dhéanamh i nGaeilge ar a mballraíocht den Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta, ní atá éigeantach chun íocaíocht a fháil; cén comhlacht a fostaíodh chun an suíomh nua idirghníomhach a thabhairt isteach; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [6330/22]

Education and Training Provision

Catherine Connolly

503. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the report of the review by the expert panel on the further education and training model will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6097/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Catherine Connolly

504. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the recently published national surveys on sexual harassment and sexual violence experienced by third-level students and staff; the details of proposals received to date in this regard from the Higher Education Authority Advisory Group on Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6098/22]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Connolly

609. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Safety Net 4 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/22]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Connolly

610. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Safety Net 2 agreement; the total cost to date of the Safety Net 2 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5853/22]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Connolly

611. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Safety Net 3 agreement; the cost to date of the Safety Net 3 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/22]

Health Strategies

Catherine Connolly

630. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for the implementation of the National Cancer Strategy in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/22]

Employment Schemes

Catherine Connolly

82. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into phase 1 of the roll-out of the new local area employment service; her plans to publish this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5470/22]

Official Engagements

Catherine Connolly

108. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement she or officials from her Department have had with the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group with regard the implementation of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5471/22]

Children in Care

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the research and data project to examine the lives of children in care and adults who were in care as children; the person or body that will carry out the research; if the steering group has been established to date; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430/22]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

152. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Tusla’s review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5429/22]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Connolly

419. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 14 October 2021, the status of the recruitment campaign for the six whole-time equivalent posts for area directors of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5561/22]

Health Services

Catherine Connolly

420. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of times the regional health areas advisory group has met to date; the dates of the meetings; if minutes are taken and published in respect of the meetings of this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/22]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Connolly

421. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 October 2021, the number of recruitment campaigns launched to date for the 34 whole-time equivalent consultant in public health medicine posts which are due to be in place by June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5563/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the terms of reference of the independent review into dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5224/22]

Protected Disclosures

Catherine Connolly

109. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protected disclosures made to him in relation to his Department and all bodies under its remit by year and body since 2014 to date in 2022; the date on which each was received; the date on which it was determined that each protected disclosure was upheld or not upheld; the number subject to ongoing investigation and the date on which each of these was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice her plans with regard to the undocumented regularisation scheme to allow for financial hardship exemptions in cases in which applicants are unable to meet the cost of the application fees or in respect of successful applicants for whom additional immigration fees may apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5256/22]

Oideachas Gaeltachta

Catherine Connolly

97. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais céard é stádas an Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017 – 2022 agus a iarraidh uirthi soiléiriú a thabhairt ar aon athbhreithniú ar an bPolasaí atá críochnaithe nó atá beartaithe, go háirithe agus deireadh na tréimhse ama atá leagtha amach don Pholasaí ag teannadh linn; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [4723/22]

Gaeltacht Policy

Catherine Connolly

166. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the work of the inter-Departmental partnership group chaired by her Department which oversees the implementation of the Policy on Gaeltacht Education; the details of reports prepared to date by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4835/22]

Cabinet Confidentiality

Catherine Connolly

186. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 25 January 2021, the terms of reference of the investigation and examination of arrangements for the management of documents for Government meetings and their confidentiality. [4750/22]

School Inspections

Catherine Connolly

496. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta by the dedicated inspectorate team within her Department; the reports she has received to date from the inspectorate team with regard to the effectiveness of the implementation of the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4866/22]

Departmental Programmes

Catherine Connolly

497. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 23 November 2021, the status of the roll-out of the refined DEIS model; the timeline for the extension of the DEIS programme to new schools; when schools will be notified of same; the details of her Department’s plans for further engagement with relevant stakeholders in advance of the implementation of the refined model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4867/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Catherine Connolly

724. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 899 of 2 November 2021 and 658 of 25 January 2022, the reason that the first and second interim reports of the Farrelly Commission as published on the Departmental website appear to be the same document; if copies of both reports will now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Connolly

758. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services in Galway city and county by area; the number of children that have been waiting three, six, nine months, one year, 18 months and two years, respectively; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/22]

Middle East

Catherine Connolly

46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of plans to officially recognise the state of Palestine pursuant to the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3914/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

79. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to raise the treatment of human rights defenders and the restriction of civil society space in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at the United Nations Human Rights Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3915/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Question No. 92 of 18 November 2021, the status of the independent review to examine the effectiveness of the policies, systems and procedures currently in place for dealing with bullying, harassment, discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the Defence Forces; the details of his engagement with a group (details supplied) to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3920/22]

Air Corps

Catherine Connolly

149. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the details of the engagement he or officials from his Department have had in 2021 and to date in 2022 with the Department of Transport in relation to exploring the option of the Air Corps providing some element of the next generation search and rescue service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3921/22]

Irish Aid

Catherine Connolly

93. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount donated to date by Irish Aid to the COVAX facility to enable the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines for distribution to low-and middle-income countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

94. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with his counterparts in Bahrain with regard to the ongoing detention of a person (details supplied) whose case has been highlighted in a United Nations statement; the engagement has he had with the Bahraini government with regard to the detention of human rights defenders in the country; his plans to call for the unconditional release of all human rights defenders currently detained in Bahrain in addition to the lifting of all conditions and restrictions on human rights defenders already released under the Bahraini alternative punishments law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3960/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

95. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with his counterparts in United Arab Emirates with regard to the ongoing detention of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to a report on the matter; the details of any visits that were planned or carried out by representatives of Ireland to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3961/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

103. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of the work of the Civil-Military Research Technology and Innovation Unit recently established in the Defence Organisation; the funding allocated to this unit in 2021 and 2022; the number of whole-time equivalent positions in this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3956/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

104. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 18 November 2021, the status of plans for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Jadotville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3957/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

105. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces to date; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3958/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

106. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the annual cost for the provision of aid to the civil power duties at Shannon Airport for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3959/22]

Vacant Properties

Catherine Connolly

89. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlights that in 2020 approximately 4,000 properties owned by local authorities nationally were vacant; the engagement he has had with Galway City Council and Galway County Council with regard to the findings of this report and in particular in relation to bringing vacant housing owned by these two councils back into use as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/22]

Local Authorities

Catherine Connolly

109. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if housing delivery action plans have been received to date by his Department in respect of Galway City and County Councils pursuant to Housing for All; when these action plans will be published; the engagement that he or his Department has had with local authorities in Galway city and county with regard to the development of the action plans; the details of the targets in respect of Galway City Council and Galway County Council for the use of vacant properties as social housing through buy and renew, construction and repair and leasing schemes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3351/22]

Departmental Investigations

Catherine Connolly

154. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach the status of the investigation into the leak of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation; the details of any report received from the Secretary General his Department to date; the terms of reference of the investigation; and when the report will be published. [3180/22]

Housing Schemes

Catherine Connolly

295. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the housing delivery action plans received by his Department from local authorities to date pursuant to Housing for All in tabular form; the local authorities in respect of which housing delivery action plans are still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/22]

Housing Schemes

Catherine Connolly

296. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a progress update on the Housing for All target of acquiring at least 2,500 vacant units by 2026 for onward sale; the analysis his Department has carried out into increasing this target, particularly in view of the findings of a report (details supplied) which found that there were 90,158 vacant dwellings in Ireland at the end of 2021; the details of the targets in respect of Galway City Council and Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3371/22]

Vacant Properties

Catherine Connolly

297. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the commitment to ensure that vacant homes officer roles in local authorities are full-time positions; the details of the local authorities currently employing a full-time vacant homes officer; the details of the local authorities currently employing a part-time vacant homes officer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3372/22]

Regulatory Bodies

Catherine Connolly

299. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on An Bord Pleanála’s IT transformation plan; the legislative changes that are required to see a complete roll-out of an e-Planning facility for online submissions for planning applications, appeals and associated fees; the timeline for the full implementation of promised IT facilities to be operated by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3398/22]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Catherine Connolly

434. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average wait time for a personal public service number to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3374/22]