Galway West — week of Mon, 28 Mar

Catherine Connolly — Independent 0 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 6 questions
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 786 of 15 February 2022, his plans to restore respite provision in Galway city and county to pre-Covid levels; the expected timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16726/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 784 of 15 February 2022, the status of plans for the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16727/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 15 February 2022, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the acquisition of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16728/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 789 of 15 February 2022, the status of the construction of the two orthopaedic theatres with ancillary accommodation for the provision of elective procedures in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if the handover of the facility has occurred to date; the estimated timeline for when both theatres will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16729/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 15 February 2022 and with regard to the new emergency department and women and children's unit at University Hospital Galway, if his Department has received the preliminary business case from the HSE to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 183 of 2 December 2021 and 790 of 15 February 2022, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway west; the status of the preparation of the planning permission application; if the application has been lodged to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the third national strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when the strategy will be published; the status of the examination of the public consultation on the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16005/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 17 February 2022, the status of the promised implementation plan in which the number of refuge spaces available in Ireland will meet Ireland’s commitments under the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16006/22]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Ireland can genuinely be a credible and effective actor and have international influence by continuing to raise human rights issues with Israel in the context of the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli Government through measures (details supplied); his further views on whether it is time to be genuinely proactive; the new initiatives that he will undertake; if he will reconsider adopting the legislation to make it an offence to import or sell goods or services originating in an occupied territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15930/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the opinion of a person (details supplied) that Israel has sunk to such political and moral depths that it is now an apartheid regime and that it is time for the international community to recognise this reality as well; his views on their opinion that the solution would be for Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and the establishment a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel; the steps he intends to take to build an alliance of countries within the European Union to expedite work towards such a solution; if he will take similar urgent action in this instance as has been taken in response to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine which is also a gross violation of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 February 2022, the status of the wool feasibility study; the expected timeline for the development of a robust policy roadmap for the Irish wool industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16766/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 February 2022, the status of the commitment to ensure inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and that pair trawling will be prohibited within the six-mile limit in line with the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16767/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 27 May 2021, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted to him in December 2018 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16664/22]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 6 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the list of completed works and work in progress in relation to the €51.2 million spent on the enabling works for the National Maternity Hospital to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15777/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the rapidly escalating cost of the enabling works for the National Maternity Hospital mirrors that of the hospital itself and notwithstanding concerns around ownership and control risks becoming like the National Children’s Hospital given that the original 2018 estimate for the cost of these works was €18 million which has now increased by more than 183%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15778/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3224 of 27 July 2021, if the State had any security, either legal or equitable, over the property at the Elm Park campus upon which public monies have been expended on enabling works to do with the new maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if at the time the enabling works were commissioned in relation to the national maternity hospital, the final business case for the national maternity hospital had been completed and approved in relation to works (details supplied); and if it covered this new and replacement pharmacy works. [15780/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there was a separate business case or analysis to justify the public expenditure on an enhanced pharmacy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15781/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the estimated or projected final cost of the national children's hospital given ongoing legal challenges and remarks in the media (details supplied) before Christmas 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11388/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total number of staff who are employed in the Central Bank; the number who are specifically employed in the Registry of Credit Unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the amounts paid into the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund by credit unions; the amount paid out of the fund to support credit unions in each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the body responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads (details supplied) as Galway County Council has advised that these three roads are not in its charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15793/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the development being constructed, the planning permission authorising the works, the purpose of the construction being undertaken by building contractors (details supplied) at the Údarás na Gaeltachta industrial estate at Tullagh, Baile na hAbhann, Indreabhán, Contae na Gaillimhe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16040/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the work that is being undertaken to assess the expenditure impact from taking in up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees; if certain Departments will require a supplementary estimate, and if he will provide any forecasting, modelling, risk analysis or otherwise, which has been done to date. [16754/22]

Noel Grealish — Independent 0 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health when the pre-legislative scrutiny report of the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill 2019 will be available for public release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16614/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the enactment of the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16615/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Tobacco Free Ireland strategy; the way it is planned to achieve the objectives of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16616/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education when applications for the July provision programme will open; if she will provide details of the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17176/22]

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

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