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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister made reference to delivery in respect of the Taoiseach's contribution to COP27. We have to accept that we face a huge challenge to achieve a just transition and our 2030 carbon emissions targets are in real jeopardy. The story of Ireland so far has been one of targets set and targets missed. We now need urgency, common sense and action. We need action in respect of investment...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I noticed the glee on the Government benches as Members congratulated themselves on housing delivery. The Taoiseach was in attendance at one of those great launches, at which one of the families who got the keys to their home had been on a social housing waiting list for 14 years. That is a generation. That is the time it takes to raise a family. As we meet and speak here, there are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Speaking on "Morning Ireland" last Thursday, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, conceded that the Government will not meet its housing targets for this year. He stated: In relation to direct social housing building, the target for 2022 is 9,000. ... We do not believe at this juncture that 9,000 will be met. I take it that he stands over that comment....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to initiate a review into the planning process regarding the Moore Street site. [54165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 19 October 2022, if he will provide the analysis of estimated costs to establish and run an additional Passport Office in Northern Ireland. [54595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the social inclusion unit of her Department will provide a school (details supplied) with its ranking within the Pobal deprivation index used for the DEIS identification model. [55473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific budgetary measures which she has put in place to provide for the increased energy costs for recognised schools in the free education scheme for the autumn and winter 2022/2023 school term; if she accepts that the additional capitation funding in 2022 is not sufficient to cover increased energy costs and all other running costs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review group report which was submitted to her on 22 April 2022. [55441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 18 October 2022, the total number of staff currently working in the INTREO Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 to include the staff who relocated from the Navan Road INTREO centre. [55528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 510 of 18 October 2022, the total number of current customer claim load and catchment areas to include people living in the Dublin 7 area following the closure of the Navan Road INTREO centre. [55529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to develop a national child poverty plan as required under the EU child guarantee to tackle child poverty. [55443/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [49705/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (26 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island dialogue All-Island Women's Forum civic initiative. [49704/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the north-east inner city oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [49703/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: There were 669 people on hospital trolleys yesterday, 28 of whom were children. This is the highest ever level of hospital overcrowding for the month of October. Some 15 hospitals across the State did not have a single bed available. My colleague, Deputy Cullinane, has information showing that the average wait in an emergency department this year is nearly 13 hours. It is nearly 15 hours...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have absolutely no doubt Europe is ready and, indeed, has been ready and has shown remarkable flexibility in dealing with the issues of concern around the protocol. Just to reiterate, the protocol is widely supported and it is working, as the Taoiseach has attested to and has witnessed from his conversations with various sectors north of the Border. I, too, hope we get to a position where...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Rishi Sunak enters No. 10 Downing Street at a time of real strain between our two islands. That strain is caused by the Tory Government's orchestrated undermining of the Good Friday Agreement and its persistent attacks on the protocol. This self-serving agenda has seeped into the stability of Government and power-sharing in the North. The Tories facilitated the DUP in using the protocol as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [49699/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [49698/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the UN General Assembly. [48037/22]