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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [50202/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [49039/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is significant that the Government has shirked its responsibilities and failed not just these families but countless others as well. The Government has stepped behind the shadow of private developers and landlords. The Taoiseach comes into this Chamber and endlessly recites figures and statistics and pats himself, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: If he cared, he would not hide behind figures but would change policies. He could start tomorrow evening by backing a rent freeze and a tax credit for renters.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that actually the Taoiseach's answer?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has no compassion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: He is in his little Tory boy bubble with his colleagues.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, after the Taoiseach and his partners in Fianna Fáil reasserted their confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, I invited people to share their housing stories with me and they did, in their hundreds. Nothing could have prepared me for the trauma and heartache that those stories encapsulated. We have compiled some of those stories in a document...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to Israel and Palestine. [49995/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality will meet. [51634/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (10 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to statements in Dáil Éireann on a case (details supplied), if he has made progress on the matter. [49994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if works at a school (details supplied) are to recommence in the summer of 2020; if so, the accommodation which will be made for a créche located in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51767/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (4 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his hosting of the recent British-Irish Council summit. [47640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (4 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the initial report by a person (details supplied) regarding the scoping exercise into the death of a person. [50562/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: True.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: With all of the maturity that a Shinner can muster-----

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----I welcome this motion. It is not populist. It is not designed to bring down the Government and force a Christmas election. It is to focus collective minds and efforts on the issue of housing. One would never think to listen to our esteemed colleague from Fianna Fáil that he will sit on his hands later and allow the chancers and hoodwinkers from Fine Gael, his partners in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last month, I attended the Palestinian children conference organised by the Irish trade union movement. Throughout that conference, speakers outlined in stark detail Israel's human rights abuses of Palestinian children. The conference was opened by a young Palestinian boy who, at just 17 years of age, was already a former child prisoner. I commend Ireland's trade unions on organising the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Biotechnology Industry (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is the Taoiseach satisfied that the implementation group has the capacity to oversee all of this work in the future and meet the objectives that have been set in the bioeconomy framework? One of the guiding principles of the framework is the precautionary principle to prevent policies or actions causing harm and damage to the public or the environment. Last week,The Irish Timesreported that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the EU and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [47642/19]