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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: We need time to be provided for the Taoiseach to give a full explanation to the Dáil as to why big bonuses can now be paid again to bankers at AIB, a bank that was bailed out by the taxpayer to the tune of €32 billion. Fianna Fáil had been out of Government for ten years but it has only taken it ten months in office to resume the payment of outrageous bonuses to elite staff...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: In fact, it is a kick in the teeth to every family and worker who struggles in these extraordinary times. The leader of Fianna Fáil and the current Taoiseach needs to explain in full his Government's decision-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: ----- to resume big bonus payments to the fat cats at the top of an institution that the taxpayers of this State bailed out and paid for very, very dearly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not what I asked for. I asked for a full statement of explanation from the Taoiseach to the Dáil as to why there has been a change in policy and why these bonuses will resume in an institution that the taxpayers of this country bailed out to the tune of €32 billion. What I hear from the Taoiseach now is an assertion that in fact bonuses will not be paid. He needs to be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: These matters are deeply traumatising and upsetting but they are not surprising. That is the point. There has been knowledge of these deliberate and criminal practices for a considerable length of time. We now need to put things to rights. There is the scandal of illegal adoption itself. There is also the scandal of the trafficking of children to America and elsewhere. There is also the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: "I am not who I am supposed to be"; "I was robbed of the chance to meet the woman who gave birth to me"; "I don't know who I am." These are the voices of people affected directly by the scandal of illegal adoption in this State. Some will feature in an "RTÉ Investigates" documentary to be broadcast tonight. The news that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will publish a general scheme of a domestic violence Bill to provide for paid leave relating to domestic violence as referenced in the Programme for Government. [11477/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Functions (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the audit on segmentation of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence responsibilities across Departments and agencies will be initiated; the lead Minister for the audit; and the scheduled date by which this work will be completed. [11478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent study into familicide and domestic homicide reviews commissioned in May 2019 will be completed. [11480/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual budget and resources allocated to the Hickson commission of investigation since its establishment in 2018, in tabular form. [11484/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work undertaken by the Hickson commission of investigation to date since the formal commencement of the work on 1 November 2018. [11485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Hickson commission of investigation to conclude its work. [11489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dates on which her Department received correspondence from the Hickson commission of investigation in tabular form. [11486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to her Department’s loss of a USB stick containing personal data relating to the Hickson commission of investigation, she has met the persons whose personal data were on the USB stick; and if she has provided them with the details of their information contained on the lost item. [11488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 985. To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the way in which visitation guidelines can be updated and reviewed to benefit residents' health and well-being following the successful roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine in nursing homes and long-term care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 986. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the HPSC guidelines regarding visits to nursing homes and long-term care facilities has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 854. To ask the Minister for Health when members of An Garda Síochána are scheduled to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11536/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 917. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress of the commitment to establish a national laboratory for cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 918. To ask the Minister for Health the number of samples that have been received at CervicalCheck laboratories for January 2021 and for January 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 919. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were invited to attend a cervical screening appointment via CervicalCheck in 2019; the number of these persons who attended the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11787/21]