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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too raise the ESRI data published yesterday and urge the Taoiseach to form and launch an ambitious, thoughtful and far-reaching recovery package for young people and young workers because all the data reflect that they have been hardest hit and the damage will remain for some time. Social Justice Ireland, the OECD and many others have recognised this fact. The Government's efforts thus...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed. The annual impact report from Women's Aid was published today and the findings are absolutely shocking and devastating. Contact with the service has increased by more than 40% since last year. A number of reviews, audits and so on due for completion in the near future will inform the new national strategy for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. I accept this cannot be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Back in May 2017, Sinn Féin brought forward a motion in respect of the national maternity hospital. At that time, and since, very serious questions have been raised about the ownership and governance of this new national facility. I am absolutely astounded that four years later we do not have a straight answer from Government in respect of ownership of this new national maternity...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Attacking Sinn Féin for a housing crisis Fianna Fáil created demonstrates just how threadbare the Taoiseach's approach is. The story I told of the woman and the family in Ringsend is not a sound bite. It is the truth. It is the reality they are living. One finds that reality throughout Dublin Bay South. The Taoiseach is on the doors and will hear it too in Sandymount, Pearse...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: ----added its voice to this call. If the Taoiseach is serious about it, and I urge him to get serious quickly on this, can he confirm that he is up to that task?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Only the Taoiseach. I attack no one else-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but his Government for its incompetence and its failure of an entire generation. Shame on him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last weekend brought more very bad news for workers and families struggling to buy a home. Media reports quoted a series of housing experts predicting continued housing price hikes. This echoes similar commentary from the Governor of the Central Bank last week. One economist said of our housing market that it is on fire. Another warned that house prices could reach Celtic tiger levels. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the National Council for Special Education to complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools first commissioned in September 2018. [33443/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (17 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 363. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the outcomes of the consultations by his Department which concluded on 9 April 2021 on the operation of a paid leave scheme for victims of domestic violence. [32708/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting. [31801/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for that report. Beyond generalised assertions around restarting the political process, the two-state solution and so on, what is the European game plan as regards Palestine? In the face of the fact that Israel has been flagrantly in breach of international law time out of number, in the face of the bombardment of Gaza, the constant violations of human rights and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise the issue of the escalating crisis in public dental health services. As the Taoiseach is aware, before the pandemic struck, waiting lists had been unacceptably high for many years and the shortfall in the context of the HSE hiring adequate numbers of staff for Covid testing made a bad situation worse throughout last year. In my constituency, Dublin Central, dentists in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [31800/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I return to the maternity hospital restrictions on partners, which are still in place in many hospitals despite the fact that the Taoiseach, Chief Medical Officer and Minister for Health have all stated they should be lifted and the HSE has issued a circular on the matter. The Taoiseach will have heard Deputies today speak about experiences in Mullingar and Limerick. Let me add another. A...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, a very dangerous and provocative march by thousands of flag-bearing Israeli ultra-nationalists and pro-settlers in East Jerusalem once again caused tensions to flare. This march was undoubtedly a show of force, with chanting of anti-Palestinian slogans, some of them deeply disturbing, such as "Death to Arabs" and "May your village burn". Unsurprisingly, this led to violence once...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach says he does not claim my assertions but I am not making personal assertions. The figures do not lie so let me repeat them for the Taoiseach. Almost 4,000 rent arrears warning letters have been sent; over 1,000 notices to quit have been served; and just 475 renters have been protected from a total population of 300,000 registered tenancies. The Government's scheme has failed....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I again raise the issue of renters, a group of some 300,000 renters across this State which the Taoiseach's Government is failing badly. Ten months ago, his Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage stripped renters of vital Covid-19 protections. Deputy O'Brien's first act as Minister was to pass the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020. This ended the blanket ban on rent...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security Committee (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 19. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the National Security Committee chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [29521/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (16 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the finalised audit report of the existing structures into the segmentation of domestic sexual and gender-based violence across different Government agencies; and if the final audit report and recommendations have been made available to the relevant stakeholders. [32237/21]