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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the close of last year, the SEAI warned that Ireland's energy emissions were not falling fast enough to stay within the Government's own carbon budget. Even the Government's own progress reports indicate they are not doing a good enough job. They show an implementation rate of just 67%. Is it any wonder that the latest climate observatory report from the Central Bank argued that not...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the hurt caused by his comments on trips, slips and falls. Survivors have been incredibly vocal regarding their wish to see nobody within or beyond their groups being excluded from this tribunal. The Tánaiste has indicated this would not be the case but he needs to clarify how there is an inclusive approach given the terms of reference, which do read as exclusionary.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...this case”: “; and commends South Africa for its action in this regard: determining that it is valid to ask the ICJ to investigate whether there is a risk of genocide; and notes that other states have indicated their intention to participate in the case;”; (c) To delete "that third-party State interventions in such cases only take place after the Court has made its...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...chas go mbeidh siad in ann a dtithe féin a bheith acu. The Government must act now to finally clip the wings of the vulture funds. The Taoiseach said his aim is to stop these funds swooping in and buying up housing estates. Yet the Government has indicated it will vote down Sinn Féin's motion which seeks to do just that. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has said the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...his commitment to reduce childcare fees by a further 25% in this year's budget. I would like a straight answer to that. I also asked the Taoiseach about the pay for childcare professionals. He indicated correctly that there has been some progress made on this, but I put it to him that if he wants to ensure sustainable capacity, radical change needs to happen in terms of the career paths...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of last year on these matters. I ask the Taoiseach to listen carefully because the report sets out the seriousness of what it calls "major generic faults", saying: These are not snagging lists but rather indicative of major generic faults and non-compliances. The longer that these issues take to get resolved, the more expensive and time consuming it will become. It goes on to say,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...to hear that the statutory inquiry will be judge led – that it is a welcome announcement – but there should be no delay. I want the Government to advance its position, set out a timeline, indicate the scope of the inquiry and, above all else, guarantee that it will be survivor led to ensure survivors' needs are at its heart.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ..., New Approach agreement, which includes the Dublin-Derry route. Following a meeting with the cross-party delegation of councillors from Donegal, Derry and Strabane last year, the then Taoiseach indicated he was open to Government funding of Derry airport. The Minister of State at the Department of Transport subsequently met the board of management of City of Derry Airport. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (8 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's response indicates the huge amount of work that is still to be done yet on the issue of equal pay for work of equal value. I wish to raise a related matter with the Taoiseach, if I can. It is the domestic violence leave reduced rate of pay provision that is contained within the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022. The legislation, as the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The case for a citizens' assembly on drugs has been made for a long time and there is an urgency around it. I support it. I wish it could be brought forward more quickly than the Taoiseach has indicated but I appeal to him to stick to the commitment and to the date as set out. Would the Taoiseach believe me if I told him that for the past year and a half there has been no functioning...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Figures given to our health spokesperson, Deputy Cullinane, indicate there were 260 chemotherapy appointments cancelled in quarter 3 of this year. One hundred and sixty of these appointments were for children. What is the Government's plan to ensure these children and thousands more in need of appointments get the care they need when they need it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... This isn't normal. [This] is not right. There is stress, anxiety, depression, medication and a housing Minister who said that we do not have a housing emergency. The Taoiseach said that his housing plan is working. He speaks of indicators of success, but each of these stories is an indicator of the Government's housing failure. I have put it to him time and again that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach describes Housing for All as the most ambitious plan. He talks about significant impact and indicators of success, yet all the evidence on the ground in the real world is of a social emergency. There is catastrophic failure in the housing market that has implications for people's quality of life, their life options and chances and their mental health. Younger people are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...commitment. The Irish people have welcomed some 60,000 refugees from Ukraine and the system is already overwhelmed. On Friday next, the latest homelessness figures are to be published and all indicators suggest that we will see another shameful increase in people in emergency accommodation. Meanwhile an entire generation is locked out of affordable housing and opportunity. They weigh...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today the Dáil will vote on Sinn Féin's motion to stop the ban on the sale of turf. The Taoiseach has indicated that it is his intention to vote against the motion. He will do this despite the frustration felt right across rural communities. He will do it despite the fact that he could not even convince his own backbenchers of the merits of the plan. He will do it despite the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...right across this State, that people are struggling to make these rents, that house prices continue to climb and climb or that homelessness is again at crisis proportions. All of these facts indicate that the policy the Government is pursuing is getting it wrong. The Government is getting it wrong. I asked the Taoiseach about two specific measures where the Government can get it right....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... Sitting this out until October is not a viable option because people are under pressure now. I reminded the Taoiseach that on Friday, we will see the end of the fuel allowance, which gives an indication of just how urgent these matters are. What is the Government's comprehensive set of measures? Is it a mini-budget? When will we see it? I put it to the Taoiseach that at a time when...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...pressure trying to pay soaring energy bills. The very last thing they need is the Government adding to that pressure with a tax hike. Yesterday, the Taoiseach refused to cancel that increase and indicated that the Government is determined to press ahead with it. In that decision, the Government is ignoring the fact that every single euro counts for workers and families and that many...