Dáil sittings in the time of Covid 19
I think that it is vital that the Dáil sits this Thursday and continues to sit during this time of crisis. Indeed it was agreed unanimously at the Business Committee of the Dáil last Thursday that the Dáil would sit this week and that TDs would be given an opportunity to raise issues in relation… Continue Reading
Patient care at Galway University Hospital
On Tuesday, 22nd October I raised the disturbing experience of a 74-year-old patient while in the care of Galway University Hospital last month with the Taoiseach in the Dáil. The facts of the situation as set out in a complaint made to the hospital by a member of the family are shocking and deeply upsetting.… Continue Reading
Ireland declares a climate and biodiversity emergency
I welcome the declaration last week of a climate and biodiversity emergency which follows the culmination of sustained pressure from opposition parties in the Dáil since February 2016. The declaration is as a result of a range of amendments tabled by all opposition parties, which left the government with little choice but to declare an… Continue Reading
Raise the Roof
Speaking following the recent ‘Raise the Roof’ protest in Eyre Square, Deputy Connolly said that the housing emergency is a matter that she has raised on a continuous basis since her election to the Dáil in February 2016 and has repeatedly asked for a public housing construction programme to balance the market. Rather than embrace… Continue Reading
Ospidéal Choláiste na hOllscoile, Páirc Mheirlinne
Dúirt an Teachta Dála Connolly gur cosúil go bhfuil 2,000 duine ag fanacht anois ar obráid ortaipéideach ag Ospidéal Pháirc Mheirlinne in ainneoin na ngealltanas uilig atá tugtha ag lucht bainistíochta an ospidéil. Deimhníodh go raibh an méad seo daoine ar an liosta feithimh sa litir is déanaí ó mháinlia sainchomhairleach ar son grúpa deichniúr… Continue Reading
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