Parliamentary questions

Offshore Islands

Catherine Connolly

84. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 17 February 2022, the status of the new policy for the islands; if the draft policy has been finalised to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17840/22]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

95. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 17 February 2022, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the engagement that her Department has had with Galway County Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to date in 2022 in relation to moving forward with the development of the pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17841/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

486. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the number of children of school going age that are awaiting access to the education system, three months after their international protection application has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17998/22]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Catherine Connolly

526. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a PPS number for international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17999/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

612. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants awaiting the issuance of a temporary residence certificate in card form and not the paper document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17996/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

613. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons awaiting a preliminary interview further to section 13 of the International Protection Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17997/22]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

956. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 17 February 2022, the status of the development of Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the status of the development of the updated simulation by the National Maritime College of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17797/22]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Connolly

20. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 15 February 2022 and with regard to the new emergency department and women and children's unit at University Hospital Galway, if his Department has received the preliminary business case from the HSE to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/22]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 183 of 2 December 2021 and 790 of 15 February 2022, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway west; the status of the preparation of the planning permission application; if the application has been lodged to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/22]

Agriculture Industry

Catherine Connolly

157. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 February 2022, 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. [16766/22]

Inshore Fisheries

Catherine Connolly

193. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 February 2022, the status of the commitment to ensure 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. [16767/22]

Health Services

Catherine Connolly

121. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 786 of 15 February 2022, his plans to restore respite provision in Galway city and county to pre-Covid levels; the expected timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16726/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 784 of 15 February 2022, the status of plans for the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16727/22]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

123. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 15 February 2022, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the acquisition of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16728/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Catherine Connolly

124. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 789 of 15 February 2022, the status of the construction of the two orthopaedic theatres with ancillary accommodation for the provision of elective procedures in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if the handover of the facility has occurred to date; the estimated timeline for when both theatres will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16729/22]

Departmental Strategies

Catherine Connolly

131. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the third national strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when the strategy will be published; the status of the examination of the public consultation on the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16005/22]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

150. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 17 February 2022, the status of the promised implementation plan in which the number of refuge spaces available in Ireland will meet Ireland’s commitments under the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16006/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

363. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Ireland can genuinely be a credible and effective actor and have international influence by continuing to raise human rights issues with Israel in the context of the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli Government through measures (details supplied); his further views on whether it is time to be genuinely proactive; the new initiatives that he will undertake; if he will reconsider adopting the legislation to make it an offence to import or sell goods or services originating in an occupied territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15930/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

364. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the opinion of a person (details supplied) that Israel has sunk to such political and moral depths that it is now an apartheid regime and that it is time for the international community to recognise this reality as well; his views on their opinion that the solution would be for Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and the establishment a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel; the steps he intends to take to build an alliance of countries within the European Union to expedite work towards such a solution; if he will take similar urgent action in this instance as has been taken in response to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine which is also a gross violation of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

516. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 27 May 2021, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted to him in December 2018 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16664/22]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

9. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the promised payment scheme to make once-off payments of €3,000 to persons affected by illegal birth registration in the files of an institution (details supplied); his plans to extend this payment scheme to all persons affected by illegal birth registrations; the timeline for when the payment scheme will be operational; the calculations or analysis upon which the figure of €3,000 was based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15471/22]

Adoption Services

Catherine Connolly

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the establishment of a State inquiry, including a truth commission model into illegal adoptions as recommended in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15470/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

88. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has concluded its examination of a report (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15466/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Catherine Connolly

126. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with his counterparts in Russia, either bilaterally or through Ireland’s membership of the United Nations Security Council since February 2022, to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15467/22]

Historical Conflicts

Catherine Connolly

244. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 18 November 2021, the status of the implementation of the report by the independent review group on Jadotville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

245. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of the consideration by his Department of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; the timeline for the completion and publication of the high-level action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15578/22]

Gaeltacht Policy

Catherine Connolly

248. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 1 February 2022, if the Gaeltacht education policy advisory committee will continue its work beyond the expiry of the current Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017 – 2022; the role the committee will play in the formulation of the next policy on Gaeltacht education; if the advisory committee will produce a final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15556/22]

Gaeltacht Policy

Catherine Connolly

249. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the development of the next policy on Gaeltacht education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15557/22]

Departmental Data

Catherine Connolly

311. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees admitted into Ireland to date by country in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15571/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

340. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees admitted into Ireland in each year since 2011, by country under the Irish Humanitarian Admission Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15562/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

341. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees admitted into Ireland in each year since 2011 under the Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15563/22]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

342. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees admitted into Ireland to date under the Afghan Admission Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15564/22]

Fishing Industry

Catherine Connolly

403. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a full and comprehensive review of the current quota allocation methodology for the Irish Hook and Line Mackerel fishery, as requested by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15555/22]

Pleanáil Teanga

Catherine Connolly

57. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le plean teanga Bhearna agus Chnoc na Cathrach atá faofa ag an Aire le tamall fada; agus go háirithe, an ndeimhneoidh sí go bhfuil Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga ceaptha; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [15507/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Catherine Connolly

79. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the bilateral engagement he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia with regard to bringing about an end to the ongoing war in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15496/22]

Schools Amalgamation

Catherine Connolly

92. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education when her Department received the inquiry from the school authority regarding the process for school amalgamations further to a response; the status of the proposed amalgamation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15261/22]

Schools Amalgamation

Catherine Connolly

93. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department has had with the patron or board of management of a school (details supplied) with regard to the closure of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15262/22]

Schools Amalgamation

Catherine Connolly

94. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department has had with the patron or board of management of a school (details supplied) with regard to any proposed amalgamation involving this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15263/22]

Education Policy

Catherine Connolly

95. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department has had with the patron or board of management of a school (details supplied) with regard to the participation of this school in the small schools clusters action research project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15264/22]

Education Policy

Catherine Connolly

96. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the schools involved in the small schools clusters action research project; the location of these schools; the details of the cluster they are part of in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15265/22]

Education Policy

Catherine Connolly

97. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the small schools clusters action project; if she has received any interim reports to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15266/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

153. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to establish a specialist tracing team with ring-fenced resources as recommended in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15497/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Catherine Connolly

154. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the Tusla review of accommodation services for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/22]

Employment Support Services

Catherine Connolly

56. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 3 February 2022, the details of any analysis carried out to date by her Department 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. [14848/22]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands, as outlined in the Committee’s response to the Report of the Commission on Pensions, February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14849/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

456. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 10 March 2022 and the terms of reference for 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, if a work plan has been produced by the review group to date; his plans to publish the work plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14483/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

457. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 10 March 2022 and the terms of reference for 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 any monthly progress reports received to date by him from the group; his plans to publish these monthly progress reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14484/22]

Defence Forces

Catherine Connolly

458. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 10 March 2022 and the terms of reference for 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 any letters he has received to date from the review group as regards interim assessments or recommendations addressing issues for immediate action; his plans to publish these letters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14485/22]

School Accommodation

Catherine Connolly

511. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the details of the lease agreement between her Department and a foundation (details supplied) regarding the former school building in Newtownsmith, Galway, which is to run for five years from September 2022; the expected annual cost of leasing this building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14477/22]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Connolly

512. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of plans for a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if a site has been identified to date; the timeline for the permanent relocation of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14478/22]