Parliamentary questions

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Connolly

73. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 1 March 2022, the status of the promised statutory guidelines on the development of local authority climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/22]

Coast Guard Service

Catherine Connolly

74. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 2 March 2022, the status of the development of the proposed coastguard station on the lands designated for an airstrip in Cleggan; if a planning application has been submitted to date; the engagement that his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with the Department of Rural and Community Development with regard to progressing this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/22]

Tax Code

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the adjustment made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the budgetary stance for Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/22]

Tax Code

Catherine Connolly

84. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of additional savings that could be made by not indexing income tax bands and income tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28286/22]

Human Rights

Catherine Connolly

115. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Zinjiang police files authenticated and published in the media (details supplied) which document a system of internment, forced labour, forced sterilisation and cultural eradication camps; if he intends to designate the actions by the Chinese state against the Uyghur Muslim community as genocide; the representations that he has made to the Chinese government and ambassador in this regard; the discussions that he has had at European Union and United Nations level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28360/22]

International Relations

Catherine Connolly

116. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of two Bahraini nationals (details supplied) who are currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, following a trial that has been highlighted as grossly unfair by several human rights organisations; the engagement that he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia to call for the commutation of these death sentences and a prompt, impartial and independent investigation into the defendants’ claims of torture and ill-treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28365/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Connolly

140. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of 23 May 2022 of the Ukraine Contact Group; the person who represented Ireland at the meeting; the number of meetings of this group which have been attended by Ireland to-date; the dates of same; if minutes are taken in respect of the meetings of the group; if so, if they were published; if he will provide details of Ireland’s role in the group; the details of the decision taken regarding the participation of Ireland in this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28191/22]

Irish Sign Language

Catherine Connolly

171. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 25 May 2022, the details of any interim reports that were received during the drafting of the report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; his plans for the publication of the interim reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/22]

Irish Sign Language

Catherine Connolly

172. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 25 May 2022, the details of any engagement that his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to date in 2022, as part of his Department’s consideration of the recommendations of the report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/22]

Departmental Schemes

Catherine Connolly

173. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 24 March 2022, the status 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); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/22]

Immigration Support Services

Catherine Connolly

174. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 11 May 2022, the expected timeline for the completion of the review of the vulnerability assessment pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Catherine Connolly

225. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 240 of 3 May 2017, 1112 of 20 June 2017 and 1743 of 27 July 2021, if the information sought concerning the nature of negotiations between the State and an organisation (details supplied) during the transfer of St. Vincent’s Hospital from St. Stephen’s Green to Elm Park, concerning the agreement regarding the sale or transfer of the St. Stephen’s Green property after the hospital relocated and concerning all aspects of any agreement that have been honoured by the organisation; if any aspects of the agreement that have not been honoured can now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/22]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

7. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 956 of 5 April 2022, the status of the development of Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the status of the bathymetric studies on the harbour; if they have been completed to date; 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. [27786/22]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 5 April 2022, the status of the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the engagement her Department has had with Galway County Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to date in 2022 with regard to the updating of the original environmental reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27785/22]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement her Department has had with Galway County Council to date in 2022 with regard to addressing the issue of sandbanks at Céibh an Chóra on Inis Meáin, which hinder the freight service to the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27788/22]

Departmental Programmes

Catherine Connolly

40. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status update on the appointment of the Town Regeneration Officers; the status of the National Town Centre First Office; if it is up and running to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27787/22]

Island Communities

Catherine Connolly

45. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 5 April 2022, the status of the new policy for the Islands; if the in-person meetings on the islands have taken place to date; if she has received the draft of the policy document to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27784/22]

Departmental Bodies

Catherine Connolly

69. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the relationship between the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and an organisation (details supplied); the services and all funding that have been exchanged to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/22]

Environmental Investigations

Catherine Connolly

79. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will detail the soil, water and gravel samples conducted to date by Geological Survey Ireland in partnership with Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark Project in Connemara and Joyce Country; the results of those samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27511/22]

Broadband Infrastructure

Catherine Connolly

101. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost of missing Ireland’s target for the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27936/22]