65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the progress to date in fulfilling the Programme for Government commitment to enact the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 25 April 2023, the status of the engagement between her Department and stakeholders including the National Parents Council and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children on matters pertaining to the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; the expected timeline for the enactment of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31394/23]
759. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health for details of any engagement his Department and the HSE has had with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with regard to the recent changes to the public spending code, and in particular the introduction of a three stage approvals process, and the impacts of these changes on an ongoing project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31302/23]
599. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the details of the proposed offer of mediation between the local community and the international protection applicants in Inch, County Clare (details supplied); the reasons such an approach has been adopted, if it has; the way in which the international protection applicants will be represented and supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31110/23]
475. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will be issued a new recommendation from the International Protection Office following the settlement of their High Court proceedings in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30933/23]
339. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a charge is levied by Ireland on undersea telecommunications operators for the use of the Irish marine EEZ as a pass-through location for undersea telecommunications cables that do not land in Ireland or connect Ireland to other states and-or to networks outside this jurisdiction; if so, to outline the annual charge levied on operators for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30516/23]
254. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Health and the HSE with regard to the recent changes to the public spending code, and in particular the introduction of a three-stage approvals process, and the impacts of these changes on an ongoing project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31301/23]
253. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Review of Ireland's Statutory Framework for Ethics in Public Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31300/23]
149. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces participating in EUTM Mali carry arms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30844/23]
148. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the work of members of the Defence Forces to assist in the evacuation of Irish citizens from Sudan was hampered by the legal basis underpinning the 'Triple Lock', in light of the explicit provision in the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 Section 3(1)(f) allowing for the Government to deploy members of the Defence Forces abroad to undertake humanitarian tasks in response to an actual or potential disaster or emergency, without any limit as to number, or any requirement for a vote in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30843/23]
108. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of undersea telecommunications cables that connect Ireland to other states and-or networks outside this jurisdiction; to outline the ownership of same, by state and-or by public or private entity, in tabular form; to clarify if these cables are regarded as critical infrastructure per the definition used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30515/23]
107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail the definition of critical infrastructure used by his Department in regard to undersea telecommunications cables; if the designation of infrastructure as critical is a reference to its being critical infrastructure for Ireland, or critical infrastructure for another country or countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/23]
106. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department holds any information on the number of telecommunications cables that pass through the Irish marine EEZ; if so, to provide that information, including information on the ownership of same, by state and-or by public or private entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30513/23]
41. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of any analysis carried out by his Department into the expected impacts of the recent changes to the public spending code, and in particular the introduction of a-three stage approvals process on major projects that were already moving through the approvals process prior to the changes to the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30905/23]
38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 11 May 2023, the status of the review of the programme for the Coirib go Cósta flood relief scheme; the status of the revised programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30904/23]
33. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of the promised independent evaluation of national development plan priorities and capacity; the timeline for the evaluation to be carried out; the details of the individual or organisation tasked with carrying out the evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31299/23]
405. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the consideration he has given to resolve the matter of employee status for PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30478/23]
404. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to establish minimum standards for the provision of funding for PhD researchers in Ireland, including minimum standards of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30477/23]
403. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that PhD researchers have access to the Workplace Relations Commission in order to resolve disputes with their university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30476/23]
402. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that PhD researchers have access to sick leave and/or parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30475/23]
401. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that PhD researchers have access to PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30474/23]
400. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to provide PhDs classified as non-EU with updated residency visas with a four-year duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/23]
233. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expected timeline for the transposition of EU Directive 2022/2941 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union; the status of the preparation to date for the transposition of the directive; the steps required for full transposition of the directive, and in particular the provisions relating to collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30276/23]
137. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 9 May 2023, the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when he expects a new board to be in place; the details of the body that will provide the facilities and secretarial service to the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30011/23]
24. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 4 May 2023, the status of the promised feasibility study for light rail in Galway; if the feasibility study has commenced; the details of any engagement he or his Department has had with the team carrying out the feasibility study since the appointment of the team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30009/23]
14. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 4 May 2023, if he will provide a status update on the roll-out of park-and-ride facilities in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30010/23]
100. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the foreshore licence granted (details supplied) regarding the foreshore activity issued by the Department of Transport during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29885/23]
77. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 2 December 2021 and the completion of the investigation by the DGCCRF, the status of plans to conduct an investigation into potential mis-selling by Irish agents, including an organisation (details supplied) involved in the French leaseback property scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29909/23]
53. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 13 June 2023, the number of military ships from, respectively, Russia, China and the US that have been subject to sighting and observation by the Irish Naval Service and-or Air Corps while present in or passing through the Irish EEZ in each year since 2008. [29903/23]
52. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 13 June 2023, if the Naval Service and the Air Corps keep comprehensive records of sighting and observation of foreign military ships passing through the Irish EEZ; if they produce statistics for delivery to him and-or the Government on the number of military ships from each country present in or passing through the Irish EEZ, by year or by other relevant time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29902/23]
51. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Government ever put forward plans to, or gave consideration to, allowing members of the Defence Forces to serve outside the State in forces other than United Nations forces at any time between the passage of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 and the dissolution of the USSR, in view of the regular exercise of Security Council vetoes by both the USA and the USSR during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29900/23]
41. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if representatives from Austria, Cyprus or Malta were invited to address the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; if not, to detail the reason why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29901/23]
40. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on the number of times the United States has exercised its veto at the UN Security Council to veto resolutions in regard to Israel-Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29899/23]
39. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the officially adopted view of his Department in regard to the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999; if that view holds that it was in line with the fundamental underpinnings of European security within the framework of the OSCE, namely, sovereign equality, refraining from threat or the use of force, inviolability of frontiers, peaceful settlements of disputes, fulfilment in good faith of obligations under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29898/23]
38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to furnish a definition of the rules-based international order referred to in the programme for an event hosted by his Department (details supplied); to outline the difference between same and the provisions of the UN Charter and international law, if any; to detail the reason Ireland is characterised as being reliant on the rules-based international order and committed to upholding it, rather than to the UN Charter and international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29897/23]
37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of peacekeeping missions proposed at the UN since 2014; the number vetoed at the Security Council; the country that exercised the veto in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29896/23]
555. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied or separated children on behalf of whom Tusla has made an application for international protection in 2022 and to date in 2023, broken down, by year, gender and nationality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/23]
465. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of unaccompanied or separated children whom her Department referred to the Tusla under section 14 of the International Protection Act 2015 in advance of an application for international protection being lodged in 2022 and to date in 2023, broken down by year, gender and nationality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29787/23]
433. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners currently accommodated at the National Violence Reduction Unit operating in the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise; the length of stay of each prisoner; how often each prisoner is reviewed; the way in which the review is carried out and, if multidisciplinary, to explain the function and statutory provision utilised; the details of any independent inspection of the facility and its method of operation since inception; if IPS staff are specifically designated and trained to work exclusively in that unit; the details of all complaints, if any, of the NVRU by staff, prisoner and-or relatives; the details of any legal action taken regarding the NVRU including the grounds and outcome of same; the total cost to run the unit over the past 12 month period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29218/23]
176. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to his statement on 13 June 2023 to Parliamentary Question Nos. 134 and 137 of 13 June 2023, namely, that "Costs related to the Forum [Consultative Forum on International Security Policy) be split on an equal basis between the Department of Foreign Affairs and his Department”, to detail the precise programme and heading within vote 36 in which expenditure for the Forum is accounted for and/or reflected in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29743/23]
148. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 134 and 137 of 13 June 2023, in which he indicated that "the contribution by the Department of Foreign Affairs will be made from within existing resources in Vote 28", to provide specific detail on the precise programme and heading within vote 28 in which the expenditure for Forum is accounted for and/or reflected in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29744/23]
112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 16 May 2023, the status of the promised statutory inquiry to identify systemic failures in the Defence Forces complaints system, including in relation to sexual misconduct; the timeline for the statutory inquiry; the terms of reference of the statutory inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29519/23]
103. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the engagement he or his Department has had with the Land Development Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the identification (details supplied) by the Land Development Agency of Renmore Barracks in Galway as a potential site for housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29520/23]
295. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of free GP care for children aged six and seven years, as announced as part of Budget 2023; the timeline for the roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/23]
119. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the community projects under RESS 1 and RESS 2; his plans to publish any analysis carried out by his Department into the operation of the community category in RESS 1 and RESS 2, particularly in light of the decision to discontinue the community category under RESS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28822/23]
115. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 28 February 2023, the status of the small-scale generation support scheme; the expected timeline for the launch of the scheme; the details of the community participation element of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28821/23]
108. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 27 April 2023, the expected timeline for the implementation of local authority decarbonising zones; the details of any engagement he or his Department had with Galway city council or Galway County Council in 2023 with regard to their Local Authority Climate Action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28820/23]
106. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 April 2023, the status of the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems for the period to 2030; the timeline for the publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28819/23]
94. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been brought to the recently published EPA report “Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2022-2040: June 2023”, which outlined that Ireland is not on track to meet the 51% emissions reduction target by 2030; his response to the EPA report; what engagement he or his Department has had with other Government departments on foot of the findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28818/23]
50. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 27 April 2023, to provide an update on Ireland’s efforts at EU and UN level to stop the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28817/23]
7. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 27 April 2023, if he will provide an update on his bilateral engagement to date in 2023 with his Israeli counterpart with regard to the ongoing demolition and seizure of Palestinian property in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as the escalating violence by Israel on Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28816/23]