Catherine Connolly

I will stay with decarbonisation, particularly the decarbonisation zones in Oileáin Árann and Galway city. I seek an update on what has been achieved in respect of the annual 7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the status of the implementation plan and the resources involved. Neither of the local authorities can do much without resources. I will come back to the matter of the delay. For the …

I look forward to that report and the Minister might give me some indication as to the quarter in which it will be published. As usual, the reason I am sceptical is the delay. I want to praise the city council in Galway. It came up trumps. It was actually within the time limit and it identified the decarbonisation zone. I am from that area originally but am not in it now, although it is quite a bi…

I very much welcome the Minister's hands-on and positive approach. He has mentioned various things. Galway County Council has consistently and continuously told us that it is underfunded. It sets out the parameters under which it gets its funding, and it is underfunded. It is one of the most underfunded local authorities. This is on record with the Minister's Department. There have been many meeti…

I would like to pick up on the comment about seismic change that the previous speaker referred to. We were warned about this for a very long time. When climate change was declared as being real, we were told that the model of business as usual could not continue. We failed to take on that warning. Then we had Covid and we continued on with the same business model. Then, more than ten years ago, th…

Roimh aon rud a rá - b’fhéidir nach bhfuil aon rud le rá agam de bharr go raibh neart ráite agam an uair dheireanach - cá bhfuil muid ó thaobh na leasuithe? Cén leasú atá i gceist?

Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Labhair mé an uair dheireanach faoin alt seo. Go sciobtha arís, is dócha go bhfuil díomá orm nach bhfuil an tAire ag glacadh leis na moltaí a tháinig ón tuarascáil ón gcoiste. Ba é an rud ba thábhachtaí ná go mbeadh ionadaíocht i gceist ó gach Gaeltacht, rud atá thar a bheith réasúnta. Mar a dúirt mé cheana, tá 174 Teachta Dála anseo agus tá muid …

Ba mhaith liom aontú leis na cainteoirí ó Shinn Féin maidir leis an rud seo. Is íorónta an rud é go bhfuilimid chun daoine le Gaeilge líofa, nach bhfuil in ann tithe a fháil sa Ghaeltacht agus atá ina gcónaí taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht, a choinneáil amach óna bheith in ann dul ar Údarás na Gaeltachta. Is íorónta an scéal é amach is amach mar beidh muid ag caint faoi ghéarchéim tithíochta níos déan…

Arís, go sciobtha, fáiltím go bhfuil an tAire oscailte chun an rud seo a phlé. Tá mé ag díriú isteach arís ar na daoine a tháinig os ár gcomhair agus na daoine ar phainéil éagsúla ar chláracha teilifíse agus raidió. Tá formhór dóibh ina gcónaí taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht agus ag cur in iúl nach bhfuil siad in ann teach a fháil sa Ghaeltacht. Is iadsan na daoine atá ag déanamh obair na gcapall chun…

Seo croílár na faidhbe i ndáiríre - na leasuithe seo. Níl leasú an Rialtais sásúil. De réir alt 6 den Bhille, leasófar alt 8 den Phríomh-Acht agus "Féadfaidh an tÚdarás talamh a dhíol le comhlacht tithíochta ceadaithe ... nó le húdarás tithíochta ... nó a dhiúscairt". Cuirimis na leasuithe seo le chéile. Tá ceann as ord agus tá sé ráite ag an Teachta cheana nach dtuigeann sé cén fáth a bhfuil sé a…

Fearaim fáilte roimh an Aire go bhfuil sé sásta nó oscailte faoin gceist seo ach tá sé deacair a oibriú amach cén chaoi a oibreoidh sé seo. Táimid ag dul ar aghaidh leis seo le cúpla bliain agus táim ag breathnú siar ar na hóráidí a thug an t-iarOllamh Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh agus tiocfaidh mé ar ais go dtí sin. Luafaidh mé freisin an tOllamh Ó Giollagáin. Tugann siad comhthéacs don rud seo uilig agus…

Tá rud amháin le lua agam chun a bheith féaráilte d’Údarás na Gaeilge. Is dócha go raibh tuairim scríofa ón Ard-Aighne ag cur in iúl nach raibh cumhacht ag an údarás ó thaobh chúrsaí tithíochta. Bheadh sé tábhachtach é sin a shoiléiriú. Léigh mé é sin agus dúradh liom go raibh tuairim dhlíthiúil ón iarArd-Aighne agus gurb é sin chuid den fhadhb.

Tá trí leasú i gceist anseo. Tá m'ainm ar cheann amháin, Uimh. 15, ach aontaím leo go léir. Táim ag tnúth le freagra an Aire. Gan dabht, beidh tuilleadh acmhainní ag teastáil ó Údarás na Gaeltachta agus ón gcóras áitiúil má ghlactar leis na leasuithe seo. Is é sin an rud is bunúsaí atá ag teastáil mar tá easpa foirne i gceist. Is é an rud atá i gceist anseo, atá leagtha amach sna leasuithe, ná go …

Tá an tAire sásta bualadh le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta. De réir mar a thuigim, tá BÁNÚ ar an talamh ag lorg cruinnithe leis an Aire. Is dócha go bhfuil an tAire sásta bualadh leis an ngrúpa. Tá neart oibre déanta aige agus ag eagraíochtaí eile. Ansin, ó thaobh na Roinne féin de, de réir mar a thuigim, tá cumhacht ag an Roinn faoi alt 9(a) d'Acht na dTithe (Gaeltacht) (Leasú), 2001, ach, cé nár cuiread…

Aontaím leis an leasú seo. Faraor, níl m’ainm air. Rinne mé dearmad mé féin air. Is leasú thar a bheith tábhachtach é agus aontaím leis. Mar a dúirt an Teachta McGuinness, is "gnáthchleachtas" atá i gceist i ndáiríre. Ó mo thaithí féin i nGaillimh sa chomhairle cathrach, bhí feachtas ollmhór ar an talamh chun a chinntiú go mbeadh rochtain ag pobal na Gaillimhe ar na cruinnithe. Thug se an t-uafás …

Tá mé ag díriú isteach arís ar An gCeathrú Rua i gcroílár na Gaeltachta agus an easpa infreastruchtúr bunúsach atá ann go háirid maidir le hionad séarachais. Níl aon ionad séarachais ann. Tá an scéal seo ag dul ar aghaidh le breis is 25 bliain anois agus tá sé ag cur isteach go tromchúiseach agus go hollmhór ar chúrsaí tithíochta. Bhí cathaoirleach na scoile speisialta i dteagmháil leis na Teachta…

Easpa córas séarachais - sewage treatment plant.

I am very disappointed with the Minister's response. It was termed glib and another word was used. It certainly was. I listened to it carefully in my office. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this Bill. It is being proposed that we repeal Part 2 of the 2017 Act. I read the Second Stage speech made by then Minister, Eoghan Murphy. It was to undo the charges brought in under a previous Act in …

My two colleagues are standing together with me on this issue because it is so important. It is the provision of an ambulance service base in Recess, Connemara. Tonight, we have had confirmation on paper that tender documents are ready to issue in April. Are they ready? Have they issued? The construction date is July, to be finished within six months. In a nutshell, is that what the Minister of St…

I thank the Minister of State for taking a hands-on approach. There are 11 sentences, two of which refer to the issue we raised. It goes back three and possibly four elections but I do not wish to exaggerate. We have confirmation from the former assistant national director that tender documents were to issue in April and building was to start in July and finish by the end of the year. We have a ti…

4. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 4 July 2024, the timeline for the NTMA to fully divest from all Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, global portfolio investments in companies on the UN Human Rights Council database of business enterprises; the details of the ISIF’s direct investments in companies on the UN database totalli…

As the Minister knows, for more than eight years, the UN has maintained a database of businesses involved in specific activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. I followed my original question up with a number of questions. What is the timeline for the NTMA to fully divest from all of Ireland's strategic investment and global portfolio investments on that UN list and the details of ISIF's…

I thank the Minister. I will look at those figures and I appreciate his answer. I respect the NTMA and the subgroup. I was on the public accounts committee and remember the NTMA's proactive approach to divestment from fossil fuels and to former Deputy Thomas Pringle's Bill. I welcome that, and the NTMA grasped the nettle when the time came. The Minister listed several Israeli banks and a retail c…

In a previous answer, I was told by the former Minister for Finance: "My officials are in contact with the NTMA on an ongoing basis across a range of issues, including those arising from the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023." I fully understand ISIF is independent but there is a policy issue in respect of illegal occupation. The Minister admits and accepts there is a country commit…

15. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 13 February 2025, the analysis to establish the impact that US tariffs will have on the economy; the preparations being made to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15673/25]

I do not think I can agree with Deputy Geoghegan on Europe being a shining light of the application of the rule of law but that is not for now. I understand there is uncertainty. I have read the ESRI report on how it will affect our exports and jobs. It is all being debated here this morning. I have listened to the debate and I have heard what the Minister has said. Long term we absolutely need to…