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

Mary Lou McDonald: Déanaim comhbhrón le muintir an cheathrair óig a fuair bás i dTír Chonaill ag an deireadh seachtaine. I want to join the Taoiseach, on behalf of Sinn Féin, to extend sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of the four young men who lost their lives in west Donegal at the weekend and to all who have lost their lives on our roads. Our thoughts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Santry Garda station in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [3782/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the report by An Garda Síochána relating to youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4053/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by An Garda Síochána regarding the youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017 has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by An Garda Síochána regarding the youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017 will include a breakdown of non-prosecutions by Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with no fixed address discharged from all public hospitals at the end of December 2018 or on the latest date available; and the number of children discharged with no fixed address in tabular form. [3931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that have been put in place to ensure that residents here who are recipients of British pensions will be able to receive their pensions in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3790/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3461/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3462/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Táim fíor-bhuíoch as an deis labhairt ar an mBille tábhachtach seo um thráthnóna. It is my privilege to support the Bill on behalf of Sinn Féin and I commend Senator Black on advancing it. I listened with a sinking heart to the Tánaiste's speech. He spoke about the centre of gravity as it pertained to Palestine. Let us assess the centre of...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste dishonours this country and our international standing by taking to his feet in this Chamber and attempting to overlook, disregard or justify all of this. The Irish people are prepared to take on the argument at EU level. Public opinion understands this is necessary. People are prepared to take on the commercial complications set out by the Tánaiste. What they are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Next Wednesday, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, will commence industrial action, and the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, is to follow in February. The Government sits on its hands. Last April, Sinn Féin introduced a motion to the Dáil that was agreed unanimously but the Government has refused to implement its recommendations. It called on the Government to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is a strike on Wednesday. Well done.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach need not convince anybody on the necessity of having a world-class children's hospital. God knows, people have waited long enough for it, but that is not the source of my questions. I am questioning the efficacy and effectiveness of the procurement procedures of the State. The Taoiseach should bear in mind that in the term of office of the previous Government his party made a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The projected cost overrun in respect of the national children's hospital is, at best, a fiasco and, at worst, an example of gross incompetence on the part of the Government and those overseeing the project. What is most worrying is that, despite the fact that this overrun is set to blow a hole in the capital budget for years to come, no one seems willing to take responsibility for it. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That was for the Mater site.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach confirm when the referendum on the extension of voting rights in the Presidential election will be put to the people? This topic was already raised by Deputy Howlin but I would like a direct answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with Chancellor Merkel. [2491/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the same issue, it is important to clarify that we cannot wish a border away. I have said to the Taoiseach that, as a matter of simple logic, we seek the backstop to avoid a hardening of the Border. Therefore, as a matter of simple logic, if there is no backstop the Border hardens. It is not just a case of saying we are not doing it because it is not just about infrastructure; it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too wish to raise the issue which emerged last week of the almost 8,000 criminal offences - 7,894 to be precise - committed by 3,489 child suspects between the years of 2010 and 2017 which were not progressed because of Garda inaction. There was a failure to progress 37 cases involving a particular child as well as 2,500 cases in which there were multiple offences. Some 55 of the offences...