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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Data (16 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students studying MEd (details supplied) who are in receipt of the back to education allowance. [42481/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would have liked an answer to my question as to whether bilateral engagements are taking place between Dublin and London in respect of the Good Friday Agreement.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate the Taoiseach's response in respect of bilateral engagements with London on the Good Friday Agreement. I remind him that the agreement is an internationally binding treaty and caution him not to be drawn into negotiating or undermining any aspect of it. If my information is correct, he is discussing and negotiating these matters directly. His fingerprints will, therefore, be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [37284/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Given that the Brexit deadline is only a couple of weeks away, I have no doubt that the economic division – in fact every division - of the Taoiseach’s Department is seized of the potential fallout of a disorderly Brexit. It seems there is now a possibility of an agreement. However, the reality of Brexit in any event is that there will be a fallout because it is bad news for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a mistake on the Taoiseach’s part. While not expecting to have the fine detail, we could at least have a sense of the flow of traffic on these matters. For my part, as the leader of an all-Ireland party, I would expect from the Taoiseach some briefing on issues like the matter of consent and how the Irish State envisages that to find application or expression through the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The changes to which Deputy Boyd Barrett referred will actually occur next Monday. I refer to the matter of former mother and baby homes. As the Taoiseach knows, four years have passed since the commission of investigation into this issue was established. In that period, five interim reports have been published and the inquiry has been granted a one-year extension. That extension was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----prides itself on its values of democracy and the rule of law. I put it to the Taoiseach that he needs to raise these unjust-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----jailings at this week's meeting of the European Council. I am sure the Ceann Comhairle is also concerned, given that the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----was imprisoned for simply facilitating a debate. The Ceann Comhairle is more than familiar with the case and the cause.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Equally. Excellent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The imprisonment by the Spanish Government of nine Catalan leaders, including the former Vice President of Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras, is an affront to democracy. Essentially, nine innocent people have been condemned to jail for peacefully exercising their right to democracy and self-determination. Their crime, it seems, is organising a referendum to allow their people to democratically...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Good Friday Agreement is not only eloquent but it is also crystal clear on the right of any citizen to be recognised as Irish, as British or as both. As the Taoiseach has acknowledged, Emma is an Irish citizen. She carries an Irish passport, and despite the clarity around her identity and citizenship, Emma has been blackguarded and pursued through the courts by a very hostile and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: And get no result.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the High Court in Belfast ruled that people born in the North of Ireland are British citizens even where they identify as and are Irish. The ruling was made in the case of Emma DeSouza. Emma has fought a long and admirable campaign with the British Home Office to be legally recognised as an Irish citizen only. Emma's case is well known and has become a symbol of the need to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met; and when the Cabinet committee on security is scheduled to meet. [38482/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach the status of Bills under preparation in his Department [38484/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements regarding the candidature of Ireland for the UN Security Council. [39603/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent United Nations climate action summit. [39604/19]