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Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Legal Services Regulation
Catherine Connolly
1028. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Legal Services Regulatory Authority removed the right of a person to bring a matter before the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal; the mechanism by which a person may now bring a matter before the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19704/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Legal Services Regulation
Catherine Connolly
1029. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual cost of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19705/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Legal Services Regulation
Catherine Connolly
1030. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed at the Legal Services Regulatory Authority by grade, in tabular form; the number of those who formerly worked in the complaints department of the Law Society; the procedure by which persons formerly employed by the Law Society were appointed to the authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19706/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Legal Services Regulation
Catherine Connolly
1031. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the time frame within which to bring a complaint to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority was reduced from five to three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19707/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Legal Services Regulation
Catherine Connolly
1032. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the agency or body charged with regulating the Law Society of Ireland; the agency or body that the body is answerable to in the event that it is found to have acted unlawfully; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19708/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Catherine Connolly
52. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that has been undertaken of the consequences of the decision not to extend the pandemic unemployment payment to those over 66 years of age that lost employment as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16304/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Community Employment Schemes
Catherine Connolly
68. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans in respect of the provision of pensions for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16767/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Human Rights
Catherine Connolly
30. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of Baha'i citizens and members of other religious minorities by the Iranian authorities; the assessment made of reports that members of the Baha'i minority in Iran are being prevented from obtaining identity cards; the steps he is taking in relation to the matter at an international level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18542/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Departmental Functions
Catherine Connolly
291. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Departments that will have responsibility for the islands with Irish as the main language, islands with English as the main language and all islands following the transfer of functions. [18351/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Pleanáil Teanga
Catherine Connolly
310. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta soiléiriú a thabhairt maidir le stádas Phlean Teanga Chathair na Gaillimhe; cén dáta a fhoilseofar é [19136/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Foreign Policy
Catherine Connolly
385. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each foreign military air force that used an ARES area in Irish airspace in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of times in each year that each air force made use of an Irish ARES area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19084/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Foreign Policy
Catherine Connolly
386. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each instance in which Irish airspace was reserved for the use of foreign military aircraft through flexible use of airspace in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the foreign military involved in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19085/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Public Services Card
Catherine Connolly
629. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the cost-benefit analysis undertaken for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18991/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Common Fisheries Policy
Catherine Connolly
647. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress and or the outcome of the administrative inquiry into the capacity of Ireland to apply the rules of the EU Common Fisheries Policy for which an inquiry was requested by the European Commission in 2019 following the identification of severe and significant weaknesses in the control system here during a Commission audit carried out in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18642/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Local Authority Staff
Catherine Connolly
27. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when a person will be appointed as biodiversity officer in Galway City Council in view of the obligations under climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Catherine Connolly
207. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the cost of a Covid-19 test per person; the turnaround time for Covid-19 test results; if his attention has been drawn to cheaper tests with a faster turnaround time with alleged similar accuracy levels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17723/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Arts Funding
Catherine Connolly
16. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of Galway 2020; the amount paid to Galway 2020 to date in 2020; the way in which the funding has been spent; the conditions that will be attached to further allocations, including the reappointment of an Irish language officer; the status of the performance delivery agreement between her Department and Galway 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17298/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Oideachas Gaeltachta
Catherine Connolly
49. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil Campaí Samhraidh Gaeltachta 2020 a n-eagrú de réir an Comhairlre reatha um Sláinte Phoiblí (NPHET); má tá, cén fáth nach bhfuil campaí faoi dhíon ceadaithe; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [17384/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Forbairt na nOileán
Catherine Connolly
54. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an pholasaí atá beartaithe do na hoileáin agus cén uair a bheidh an polsaí sin foilsithe; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [17383/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Military Aircraft
Catherine Connolly
85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each foreign military airforce that used an ARES area in Irish airspace in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of times in each year that each airforce made use of an Irish ARES area. [17598/20]