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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that have taken place between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020 to discuss an issue at a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35705/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a request from the board of management of a school (details supplied) to facilitate a meeting between the stakeholders involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35706/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision made regarding the operation of acupuncture services under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its concerns about these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/20]

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Beidh mé ag caint i gcoinne an rúin seo. Níl muinín againn as Leo Varadkar. Bhris sé na rialacha agus is gá dó a bheith freagrach as sin. This Government has been in office for just four months and in that short period we have witnessed displays of incompetence and chaos of record proportions. This Government was born of necessity. The old guard came...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the decision to delay the census. [31753/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Safe Ireland has published new data on first-time contacts with domestic violence services for the first six months of this pandemic and the study's findings are very alarming. Three and a half thousand women and just under 600 children sought support and safety from abuse and coercive control for the first time. Helpline calls to services also increased by 25% between March and August,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Notwithstanding all of the difficulties that have presented in the course of this process, there is no doubt that a deal is still possible. If good sense is to prevail then there will be a deal but of course we cannot be certain of any of that. That is why I have raised this issue with the Taoiseach today. There are many issues on which the Oireachtas will divide, that is in the nature of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Taoiseach will join with me in sending our sympathies to the Palestinian people on the loss of Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, who died this morning. He was a great advocate for peace, stability and a homeland for the Palestinian people. The world is a poorer place for the loss of him. Joe Biden was elected as the next President of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office field staff will be temporarily redeployed on a part-time basis to conduct contact tracing as they cannot undertake their contracted duties in full during the current public health restrictions. [34529/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has initiated the review by his Department into the provision of a statutory entitlement to domestic violence paid leave, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 169. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason for the decision made regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with a representative body (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34883/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 170. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the detail of the advice provided by NPHET regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has initiated the provision of additional social protections for victims of domestic violence as committed to in the programme for Government. [34685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the statistics relating to the use of Tusla-funded emergency domestic violence accommodation for 2019 will be available. [34678/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of requests for domestic refuge in Tusla-funded services that went unmet in 2019 and to date in 2020 due to the fact that refuges were full. [34680/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which Tusla commenced work on the review of domestic violence accommodation; and the date on which this review will be complete. [34679/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional funding in budget 2021 to provide for the additional domestic violence refuge places to be delivered on completion of a Tusla review of domestic violence accommodation. [34681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the audit of the way in which responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is segmented across different agencies will be completed by March 2021 as committed to in the programme for Government; if she is overseeing the audit; and the resources allocated to the audit and the NGOs and service providers that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation in 2021 to roll out the comprehensive coercive control training programme by her Department for An Garda Síochána, Courts Service personnel and legal professionals, as committed to in the programme for Government; if the provision for the training programme has gone to tender; the mechanism by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her officials have initiated the drafting of domestic homicide legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34687/20]