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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I speak on behalf of the nurses and midwives I spoke to this morning who asked me to tell the Taoiseach to engage. Deputy Varadkar is their Taoiseach and Head of Government. They are asking him to engage. If he is interested in sorting this dispute, that is what he will do, and he will do it speedily.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We know what they are. I thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The nurses are on strike.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: But there is a strike.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask about cost rental and affordable housing. No affordable housing scheme has been in place since Fine Gael and, let it be remembered, the Labour Party in government scrapped it in 2011. Now we are in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis, of which Deputy Boyd Barrett has given examples. Dublin City Council, for its part, has led from the front. It has ambitious plans to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is an important issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [2490/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that when there is a live negotiation any commitments made to mitigation or legislative measures have to be weighed against the dynamic and the positioning of the Irish State in that negotiation. Having said that, time is running short now. I would certainly welcome it if we could see the legislation before 22 February. It is imperative that we have ongoing briefings not just...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We established that we are of one mind on the backstop. We expect that Dublin will remain firm in its resolve and that whatever happens in London, the Taoiseach will not be not convinced, cajoled or pressured to give way on the very basic protections that are required for Irish interests. On the issue of contingency planning, where we part company and where there is a very significant...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----even though the Irish people are now telling him that given a scenario of a crash and a hard border, people want the opportunity to resolve the issue of the Border themselves democratically and to opt for a united Ireland. I want to impress on the Taoiseach again, and I hope he got feedback, that the genie is out of the bottle on this one. Indeed, I hope Deputy Micheál Martin got...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----for that eventuality and the ultimate backstop, which is the Good Friday Agreement, and a referendum on unity.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for 2019; and his plans for emergency Brexit legislation. [2489/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Many are elderly and frail and some are in hospice care.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: As they have stated, time is of the essence. Will the Government progress the survivors' reasonable request and ensure that DNA samples are collected without delay?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: So, there is no answer. Okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope he will understand this one. Let us have a go.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to enabling citizens to overcome barriers they face. The Government made numerous commitments to introduce measures to protect women and children from abuse and violence. People will have faith in such commitments in the future only if the State makes good on wrongs of the past. The Tuam Home Survivors Network called today for the collection of DNA...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is unacceptable for him to sit on his hands on the sidelines and do nothing. I put the question to him again: what does he propose to do as Taoiseach to intervene now, albeit at the 11th hour, to sort this matter out, and not just to try to avert the strike action tomorrow but the strike actions that will surely follow in the weeks and months ahead?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Listening to the Taoiseach, one would never think this is the Government presiding over the construction of the most expensive hospital in the world, one would never think this is the Government presiding over €1.2 million of expenditure every week on agency nursing, a figure that is rising and will continue to rise, and one would never think the Taoiseach is the Head of the Government...