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Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was very sorry to learn of the death of Austin Currie, a man who, through his long and distinguished political career, was extremely influential on both sides of our divided island for many years. As a leading member of the early civil rights campaign, a co-founder of the SDLP, a Minister in the short-lived 1974 power-sharing executive in the North and a Fine Gael Minister of State, Austin...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The latest daft.ierental report makes for very bleak reading. It will bring no comfort to tenants who hand over an extortionate amount of their earnings to landlords every month and it again highlights the abject failure of the Government to get to grips with this crisis. Rents, already at record levels, increased by a further 7% in the past year. The average rent has more than doubled in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which are in place to deal with delays in registering births in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed birth registrations currently with his Department or the HSE to be prioritised in an area (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for the processing of these registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to register a birth in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department or the HSE has been drawn to significant difficulties encountered by parents seeking to access civil registration offices by phone; his plans to put additional resources in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54995/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I certainly do not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might answer that-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Irish language will have full working rights in the EU from 1 January next year. Mar thoradh air sin, beidh gach reachtaíocht nua curtha ar fáil i nGaeilge, lena n-áirítear rialacháin, treoracha agus cinntí. At EU level, therefore, statutes will only be made available in Irish, including regulations, directives and decisions. It is astonishing that while...

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last month, the Israeli Government designated six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations. In an attempt to justify the unjustifiable, Israel circulated a secret dossier, which does not contain a shred of evidence to back up its outrageous claims. Did the Israeli Government or the ambassador to Ireland provide the Taoiseach or the Minister for Foreign Affairs,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the preparation of the language scheme of his Department. [47860/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [53056/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [53054/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to convening a citizens assembly to consider matters relating to drug use. The report published yesterday by the Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force demonstrates the urgency of this commitment and starkly highlights the devastation addiction causes for family and communities. Demand for task force services in Tallaght has doubled over the past decade...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: You are not one to be citing manners.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Dublin's MetroLink is now postponed for another decade. This is a huge blow to the people of this city which, as the Taoiseach knows, is gridlocked with traffic. The postponement makes a mockery of the carbon reduction commitments given by the Taoiseach at COP26. This was big talk for the international audience while back at home key public transport schemes get kicked down the road. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: How were they appointed?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nobody is against investment and Ireland is open for business. We all know that-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but the Taoiseach's treatment of cuckoo funds and putting their needs over those of ordinary citizens has made an international laughing stock of Ireland. Now the Government is trying to take an entire generation, which is locked out of affordable housing, for fools. There are no fools out there. That is the truth. The Taoiseach had a lot to say, but he did not answer my question so,...