162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to review the process whereby international protection applicants may, at very short notice, be moved from the communities in which they have established connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24441/25]
130. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1516 of 29 April 2025, his views on the ‘Impact on Safety and Well-being’ chapter of the Review of the Operation of Section 7A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, specifically that sex workers who contributed to the review outlined that the legislation had made their circumstances more dangerous; the steps he intends to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24442/25]
84. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the plans for the development of Galway Harbour; the breakdown of residential accommodation in the mixed-tenure site, by accommodation type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/25]
1185. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, the current staffing shortfall at the HSE’s Galway community audiology services; when the posts will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24343/25]
163. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to ensure that Clifden hospital remains open on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23680/25]
120. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 6 March 2025, if the development control plan and the options appraisal process for the master plan for University Hospital Galway has now been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23679/25]
366. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a person who is refused leave to land at Dublin Airport may indicate they are in need of international protection or be identified as same by an immigration officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/25]
365. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if a review of the cultural mediators pilot project in the international protection process has been completed by the Department; the results of that review; the degree to which international protection applicants were consulted; if the review is publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22980/25]
364. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the recognition rates at first instance, and appeal stage, for all international protection applicants, for each month to date in 2025, in tabular form; if decisions made in any given month are indicative of a trend in decision-making; the current waiting time for appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22979/25]
206. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when a company (details supplied) was appointed to advise on expanding Ireland’s military; the terms of the contract, including the cost and duration of the contract; the way in which the company was identified as the preferred provider of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18048/25]
191. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason his Department has initiated tender-related processes (details supplied) calling for unmanned aircraft systems for search and rescue that can be adapted to strike targets; to outline the strike capability being called for; the use to which it is contemplated such drones are to be put; the reason(s) such UAMS must comply with all NATO integration standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17728/25]
186. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the draft Bill to dismantle the triple lock will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/25]
179. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of fighter jets the Government intends to purchase; the estimated cost of each aircraft; the number of personnel required to operate and maintain each new aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18046/25]
159. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 5 February 2025, if the minutes of all meetings with an organisation (details supplied) will now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18047/25]
128. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na ccad iad na chéad chéimeanna eile a bheidh á nglacadh aige ag eascairt as na cruinnithe a bhí aige leis an eagraíocht Bánúéad chéimeanna eile a bheidh á dtógáil aige ag eascairt as an cruinnithe a bhí aige leis an eagraíocht Bánú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [22794/25]
110. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán maidir le Ceist Uimhir 45 an 6 Márta 2025 agus Ceist Uimhir 9 an 19 Meán Fómhair 2024, an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le tionscnaimh thithíochta atá faoi chaibidil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta i gcúig shuíomh i Rinn Ó gCuanach, Contae Phort Láirge, ar an gCeathrún Rua, Contae na Gaillimhe agus i gCarraig an tSeascainn, Gaoth Dobhair, Contae Dhún na nGall; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [22792/25]
94. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén pleananna atá aige chun scéim na ndeontas tithíochta Gaeltachta a reáchtáil arís de bhun Acht na dTithe (Gaeltacht) (Leasú), 2001, chun tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do chainteoirí Gaeilge a bheadh ag iarraidh teach a thógáil nó a athchóiriú sa Ghaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [22816/25]
77. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the roll-out of light rail for Galway following the publication of the feasibility study on 30 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22719/25]
72. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to stop flights carrying weapons through Irish airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22720/25]
538. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of employees that have not been released from their contracts within the time limit set out for post-recruitment release arrangements under the HSE HR Circular 001/2015; and having been offered a new position, the particulars of the positions; the steps being taken to ensure compliance with the circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22596/25]
415. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health in relation to home care assistants providing home support services, the official policy of the HSE in relation to home care assistants providing assistance with eating and drinking to clients with physical limitations on feeding; when, in what circumstances and on what terms, such assistance may be provided within each individual CHO, in tabular form; the reason for discrepancies between CHOs; the reason for the changes in such provision within the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22050/25]
396. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a breakdown of registration of the 'no contact' preferences that relate to the 78 information sessions which have been carried out to date by the Adoption Authority, under section 17 of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022, by year. [22382/25]
395. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the 78 information sessions carried out by the Adoption Authority under section 17 of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 that relate to 'no contact' preferences that were registered on the national contact preference register established under the Act. [22381/25]
394. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the 78 information sessions carried out by the Adoption Authority under section 17 of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 that relate to 'no contact' preferences, which were transferred from the national contact preference register. [22380/25]
96. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No 290 of 8 April 2025, the current waiting time for driving tests in Ireland; the length of time people can expect to wait to be offered a test; the steps being taken to address the backlog; the systems in place to ensure that the 10-week waiting time target is achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22757/25]
95. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport when the identified park and ride sites for Galway City will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22756/25]
94. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No 29 of 26 March 2025, the reason no inspections took place in that period under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Orders 1973 and 1989 in that period; if any such inspections have been undertaken since 26 March 2025 to-date in 2025; his plans to begin random inspection of civil aircraft to establish if they are carrying munitions of war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/25]
319. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that it is over a year since the closure of the public consultation on trawling within Ireland's six nautical mile limit, and given that trawling continues to take place within areas such as Kenmare Bay, which is part of the Kenmare River Special Area of Conservation, when the results of the public consultation will be published; when he will make a decision on this matter; if he is committed to implementing the commitment made in the Programme for Government to promote the sustainability of Ireland’s fish stocks and to support the inshore fishing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21986/25]
209. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to diversifying our economy, with particular regard to the development of indigenous industries and the identification of markets for our goods and services outside of the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16471/25]
162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of island schools receiving the school meals programme; if he is satisfied with the way in which the programme is operating on island schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17120/25]
129. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 160 of 9 April 2025, when the report on benchmarking and indexing working age social protection rates will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20505/25]
116. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection what engagement his Department had with the Department of Education in relation to additional expenses being incurred by island schools in the delivery of the school meals programme, whereby island schools are required to fund the transport of meals to the island and from the quay to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14534/25]
100. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for disability allowance will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20504/25]
91. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for carer’s allowance will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/25]
28. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 20 February 2025, if the action plan on business and human rights has now been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20528/25]
17. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the implementation plan 2025-2026 of the White Paper on Enterprise has been published; the progress made to support indigenous enterprises since the publication of the white paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20529/25]
2287. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the staffing shortfalls in audiology services by community health organisation and local health office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20084/25]
2286. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology services by community health organisation, local health office and length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20083/25]
2285. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the information on staffing shortfalls at the HSE Galway community audiology service can now be provided; if the posts have now been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20082/25]
2284. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licencing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; when the inquiry began; if any interim reports have been published to-date; when it is expected to conclude; when the findings will be published; the terms of reference of the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20080/25]
1865. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the outcome of applications where the applicant has refused to attend an information session under section 17 of the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19793/25]
1864. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applicants who have refused to attend an information session under section 17 of the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19792/25]
1863. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of information sessions that have been carried out by the Adoption Authority under section 17 of the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19791/25]
1862. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current waiting times for tracing services under the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19790/25]