Results 4,701-4,720 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income thresholds for social housing eligibility will be reviewed. [21663/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when appointments for the public services card will be reinstated; and the mitigation measures put in place by her Department to enable persons without a card to apply for free travel and other social welfare entitlement which require a card. [21110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 670. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which the review of social insurance records of pensioners in receipt of a reduced rate State pension (contributory) entitlement based on post-Budget 2012 rate bands excludes those born prior to 1 September 1946. [21274/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of free travel applications awaiting processing; the average turnaround time for new applications to the scheme; and the action she will take to address the requirement for new applicants to have a public services card that are unable to apply for the card due to the suspension of appointment services. [22315/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 824. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the strategic review of domestic violence accommodation will be finalised. [22510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many students will not receive the maintenance grant until 9 October 2020 at the earliest; the way in which these students will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 957. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the processing of visa applications by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service which has resulted in the withholding of the passports of applicants by the service for prolonged periods of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1335. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed increase in the income limit for medical cards will commence. [22173/20]

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (2 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I congratulate Deputy McConalogue on his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I extend my good wishes to him as he embarks on what is a very important job. There is no doubt that his appointment comes at a time of very great challenge and uncertainty for Ireland's agricultural and fishing communities. Our farmers and our fishermen deserve focus, energy and resolve...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The past six months were very difficult for people and the next six months will equally be difficult as we face into maybe the most difficult winter season in living memory. Big asks are being made of businesses, as the Taoiseach says, of workers and of families. In that context, any hike in energy costs or any utility cost is quite simply out of the question. We have had a hard time, but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is excellent and is, I am sure, met with joy universally. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his opening statement. There are many things I might have raised with the Taoiseach today as we return to session. I did not think I would be raising the issue of energy costs, but here we are. This morning, people woke to the news that some 1 million of them are to face higher electricity...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Offices (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am glad to hear that news about the British-Irish Council. I am, however, disappointed that the Taoiseach is maintaining what I regard as a fairly passive stance towards the absolute necessity for an all-Ireland approach to human health. We have such an approach to animal health. Why on earth would we not have one for human health? The Taoiseach will recall from leaders' meetings before...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Offices (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The North-South Ministerial Council is the Taoiseach's opportunity to bring his critique of the Northern position on international travel to the table, to debate it with our colleagues and to press for a solution. We will support him in that because that is our view as to what must happen. We need a single island system of protection. That is the only way we will get ahead and stay ahead...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Offices (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was describing the Taoiseach's passive-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Offices (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. This is about an all-island approach.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Offices (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I did not attack the Government.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Offices (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The sooner we have some sense of the shape and direction of this new unit, the better. The objective of working towards a shared Ireland and an Ireland in which we have agreement and consensus where that is possible - and we are not going to have consensus on all matters - is worthy. However, there is a need that must also be met in preparing for the reality and prospect of constitutional...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [17251/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the absence of the arts from the July stimulus strategy with the Taoiseach. The Government's treatment of people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in recent times has been well voiced by all of us in opposition. The Government's decision yesterday evening to oppose the Sinn Féin amendment to the Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020, which...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (29 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for public services reform to be driven from his Department. [17249/20]