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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Now, not alone are they proposing to walk away from binding international commitments but yet again they are turning their faces away from the democratic decision of people on our island. These stakes are very high for all of us and we cannot afford to have hesitancy or any lack of forcefulness and rigour in dealing with Boris Johnson and his administration.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That does not make any sense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, no-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I recall the Taoiseach steered the ship-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is what has happened.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the British Government's clear intention to renege on the Irish protocol. As the Taoiseach will know, the protocol was secured after a very long negotiation. It represents the bare minimum required to protect Irish interests. It is essential to protect our economy, to ensure no hardening of the Border on our island and to ensure our peace agreements...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative dental appointment can be provided by the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been refused care in a number of DTSS services and is unable to source an alternative service. [22864/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think the Taoiseach means against climate change and for climate justice. One cannot be for climate change. That is what he said.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Climate justice is a better concept.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not populist; it is good science.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is good science.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have proposed legislation in respect of enhancedforce majeure leave to facilitate the situations that Deputy Kelly has envisaged whereby people are prevented from attendance at work for health reasons. It would surely be a travesty if people felt pressured into going to work simply for financial reasons. This is a matter of some priority. Does the Taoiseach agree with the proposition...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Continuing on that theme, it is not only the representatives of the Sisters of Charity that the Taoiseach must speak to regarding these workers from St. Mary's, St. Monica's and the Caritas convalescent centre, but also the HSE. Many of these workers have given decades of service and worked right through the Covid-19 pandemic. They were front-line workers who were applauded, if the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach noted, the threat of the further annexation of Palestinian land has been suspended but it has not been definitively taken off the table. As the Taoiseach is also aware, the state of Israel is additionally and in any event consistently in breach of international law. It is the essence of what we might call a rogue state. We want to get to a solution. I want Ireland to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the work of the international division of his Department. [18477/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I wish to raise the issue of the intensification of attacks on Gaza by the Israeli army throughout last month. These attacks included the use of war planes with Israeli army offensives carried out almost daily from early August. In addition to the military attacks, Israel imposed further restrictions on the people of Gaza, which involved banning...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Debenhams was not the first offender in using such tactical insolvencies and the loopholes the Taoiseach has described. Everyone will recall Clerys and its workers and will remember that at that time, the political class said it must never happen again. Guess what? It has happened again and will happen again, time after time, both the retail sector and elsewhere, unless those loopholes are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not right that these workers have had to stand on picket lines for months on end. The Taoiseach needs to act now. Will he lift the phone to KPMG?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, the striking Debenhams workers occupied stores in Dublin and Cork. They did so after more than 150 days of campaigning for fair treatment from the company that has treated them in an appalling manner. The company, as the Taoiseach knows, simply shut up shop and left workers high and dry. Initially, they were left with only basic State supports and the prospect of statutory...