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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for that response. When the Taoiseach gets to his feet to respond to me, will he clarify what Electric Ireland said to him when he contacted it? He confirmed that he had been in contact with the company and I ask him to set out its response in respect of energy costs. I asked the Taoiseach in advance of the summer recess about the north inner city initiative, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the working groups or initiatives he has established or plans to establish within his Department. [23701/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Two weeks ago, I raised the issue of proposed increases in utility prices and I set out for the Taoiseach the considerable pressure that workers and their families are under. I asked the Taoiseach at that time to intervene with Electric Ireland regarding its forthcoming price hike and he stated that he would do so. I also asked the Taoiseach to put a stop to the 100% hike in the public...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Electric Ireland tell the Taoiseach that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is also the matter of the 24-hour turnaround in testing. As for Dublin, the Taoiseach's words today add to the confusion and anxiety across the county.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: NPHET gave information and advice to the Government and it was put into the public domain. All the Taoiseach has achieved is confusion and he has not been on his own, as other Ministers have also caused confusion. The Taoiseach should clarify matters now by precisely and succinctly setting out the travel advice for people in Dublin.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Martin is the Taoiseach and should set it out. His Ministers do not know it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The community does not know it. The Taoiseach is the head of the Government so instead of snapping at me he should do his job and set out the information.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is also not 100,000.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will he state it again?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I did not have to. The Government has done it by itself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. Testing and tracing is the core of this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach may have heard Dublin-based GPs this morning on the media setting out their concerns around the delays in accessing tests and the further delays in results being returned. He may choose to adopt a defensive posture and to attack me but I am working on the supposition that he will take the word of medical professionals who are not inventing these scenarios. These are doctors...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the jockey Pat Smullen. His death has brought deep sadness to the horse-racing community and, indeed, far beyond that. As we all know, Pat fought his own battle with pancreatic cancer but he also raised more than €2.5 million for treatment and research into that disease. It is fair to say that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [22610/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with matters relating to transport. [23926/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Similarly, I want to raise with the Taoiseach the lack of pace with which his Government has responded to the economic crisis. Deputy Boyd Barrett quite correctly raises the case of the taxi drivers, but I can cite a more general example in the credit guarantee scheme, which represents a vital lifeline for business as the economic crisis has deepened. We made the case for the removal of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the ICU beds in our system. The Minister for Health confirmed in recent days that we have 255 ICU beds in the system, which is half the European average per head of population and 15% of the ICU bed capacity in Germany, for example, We are an absolute outlier in this critical resource. In 2009, an independent report found that the public health service...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Taoiseach a question.