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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and the Government is duty bound to intervene.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Housing and securing a roof over one's head is, without question, the biggest dilemma facing many ordinary people. It is the biggest challenge facing workers and families in their daily lives. I was in Cork yesterday and I was greeted by the results of the Government's disastrous housing policies. In Fairhill, I met a young woman who is at her wits' end. She earns too much to be eligible...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I might suggest that the Taoiseach go back to Cork, not for the purpose of a photo opportunity with a hard hat on, but to actually talk with the people who have told me, and who I am sure would tell him, of their huge anger and frustration. The houses are not available and there is no point in the Minister trying to bamboozle people with statistics. The lived reality is that people cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the capital funding required to complete the upgrades needed to maintain services at a resort (details supplied). [48016/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the Climate Action Plan 2019. [46522/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communication with the President of the European Council. [45284/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy will next meet. [45285/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number and types of Cabinet committee meetings held since June 2019. [46523/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report in respect of the Programme for a Partnership Government will be published. [44408/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on security will next meet. [44407/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Services last met. [46344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (7 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the amended terms of reference of the scoping exercise into the circumstances leading to the death of a person (details supplied) and related matters submitted by a person to his Department earlier in 2019. [45817/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course they do.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course the Constitution and Standing Orders count for something. Nobody is contesting the contrary. What we are hearing, however, is an interpretation without the benefit of any information before us. With all due respect, all of this has been very last minute on the part of the system. That is not the fault of the Members.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not disputing that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We were informed at 9 p.m. last night.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That meeting should happen and the advice should be shared, but that does not resolve the issue. Members have brought forward a motion. I did not realise, by the way, that the advice, apparently, was verbal. Have you received written advice?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It leaves us in a situation where, at the eleventh hour, this motion has been ruled out of order. That is strongly contested by Members of the House. This is a very difficult situation. I would like to see the motion taken. The rights and prerogatives of Members have to count for something.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have to be frank and say I am not in a position to make a judgment on the quality or otherwise of the Ceann Comhairle's ruling. I accept it is made in good faith but I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett that this is a very troubling set of circumstances. We all accept that the Ceann Comhairle has a function to discharge but the ruling raises a very serious question mark over the rights and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The disregard shown by that in and of itself strikes me as astonishing. Eleven days ago, Deputies presented for consideration by the Members of this House a motion in respect of the proper functioning of this place to address a matter that has been a cause of grave frustration for all of us. The Ceann Comhairle says there is a problem with the motion and the Deputies were told of this...