Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Data Centres

Catherine Connolly

96. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 2 November 2021, the status of the review of the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy 2018; the timeline of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60795/21]

Enterprise Policy

Catherine Connolly

107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 2 November 2021, the status of the new west regional enterprise plan to 2024; if the plan has been finalised to date; when the plan will be published; the analysis that has been carried out in the preparation of the plan with regard to supporting sustainable, community-based, indigenous industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60799/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Connolly

138. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the analysis his Department has carried out into the uptake and effectiveness of Government supports for Covid-19 impacted businesses; the uptake to date of each of the Covid-19 business supports provided by his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60797/21]

Work Permits

Catherine Connolly

154. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to include home care workers on the critical skills list in view of ongoing challenges in sourcing workers in this area and to facilitate non-EEA workers in obtaining permits to work in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60798/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

159. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 2 November 2021, if he will report on his engagement at European Union and World Trade Organization level with regard to the waiving of intellectual property rights in respect of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60796/21]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

62. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 14 October 2021, the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier 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. [60119/21]

Island Communities

Catherine Connolly

89. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 14 October 2021, the status of the new policy for the islands; when she expects the initial draft of the policy to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60118/21]

Company Law

Catherine Connolly

119. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 March 2021, the steps he plans to take to ensure that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission secures a copy of the report for the Irish owners who risk losing their family homes given that 12 owners have received demand letters from a solicitor (details supplied) on behalf of a bank which have been followed in five cases with European enforcement orders which under European Union legislation cannot be contested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59824/21]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

62. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 7 October 2021, when the strategic review by Tusla of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59446/21]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

82. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the integration policy being developed by his Department in respect of the new model that will replace the direct provision system; when the new model will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59447/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the validity of the digital Covid-19 certificate to nine months for persons who have recovered from Covid-19 infection, particularly in view of HIQA's recommendation that the period of presumptive protective immunity following infection with Covid-19 should remain at nine months post infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59481/21]

Hospital Equipment

Catherine Connolly

108. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans for investment in additional MRI machines in County Galway; the details of analysis carried out or commissioned by his Department into the adequacy of MRI provision in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59480/21]

Company Law

Catherine Connolly

3. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 141 of 24 March and 174 of 15 September 2021, the status of plans to conduct an investigation into potential mis-selling by Irish agents involved in the French leaseback property scandal; the engagement he has had with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in this regard since September 2021; if the Commission has to-date received the final report of the investigation by the French consumer protection authorities La direction générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des fraudes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59581/21]

Middle East

Catherine Connolly

74. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a decision by the Belgian Government to intensify its scrutiny of all goods originating in Israel in order to ensure that all products from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are excluded from preferential trade tariffs under the EU-Israel Association Agreement; if he will consult with his Belgian colleague and other like-minded European Union states in the context of the recently registered European Citizen’s Initiative to develop an European Union legal proposal to ban trade with these settlements; if he considers such leadership from Ireland appropriate in view of the strong support of the Houses of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59650/21]

Departmental Strategies

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Strategy Development Group to develop the Autism Innovation Strategy; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59524/21]

Legislative Measures

Catherine Connolly

123. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the legislation required to support excavation of the site of the former Mother and Baby home in Tuam will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59525/21]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

124. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when HIQA will begin undertaking independent inspections of direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59526/21]

Child and Family Agency

Catherine Connolly

125. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €41 million in additional funding allocated to Tusla in Budget 2022 that will be allocated to domestic violence supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59527/21]

Child Protection

Catherine Connolly

126. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 737 of 31 March and 412 of 16 November 2021, the status of his engagement or plans for same with persons affected by illegal birth registrations in relation to the report of the Special Rapporteur titled Proposals for a state response to illegal birth registrations in Ireland; when he expects to publish the report of the Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59528/21]

Emergency Departments

Catherine Connolly

182. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 435 and 436 of 13 June 2021, the status of the Strategic Assessment Report and Preliminary Business Case Report required in respect of the proposed emergency department and women and children’s block in University Hospital Galway; his plans to publish these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59533/21]