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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (15 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Attorney General is satisfied with the defined benefit pensions provisions in the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; and if the Bill can now proceed to Committee Stage. [54070/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (15 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to introducing a stand-alone amending Bill to provide for the necessary technical amendments of Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [54071/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the December 2018 European Council meeting. [53029/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F (National Security) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [51727/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Orange Order. [50555/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Communications (18 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s social media policy. [51726/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (18 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions being taken to prevent workers' rights from being abused across the film industry. [52855/18]

Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: So 100 years on, let me put it very clearly: there is nothing stopping Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael from contesting elections in the North. They can go ahead, and as happened 100 years ago, let the people be the judges and have their say on that. Until then and beyond, Sinn Féin will represent our people on the basis of the mandate and their instruction. The 1918 general election...

Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Táim lán-sásta labhairt ar an ócáid stairiúil seo. The 1918 general election remains a seminal moment in our country’s history. A defining point when poets, visionaries and soldiers came together with the mass of our nation to build a republic. They voted for equality and independence. They voted to break the link with Britain. They voted to make good...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is astonishing even by Deputy Micheál Martin's dithering standards that it took nine weeks to establish that his Government has failed in areas such as housing. I offer our services from the real Opposition benches to speed up any future reviews.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I could have told them that in two minutes and we could have spared ourselves the melodrama and the pretence of a-----

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----critical tension between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed, Leas-Cheann Comhairle, or perhaps I might.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It seems that the Tories' difficulty is Fianna Fáil's opportunity to run away again from the Irish electorate-----

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and to deliver more of the same, more failure and more homelessness, and yet to cry crocodile tears. Bravo, Deputy Micheál Martin. Well done. That is some kind of stability, as described by the soldiers of destiny. However, I will go on to more prosaic matters, which might be less provocative and upsetting to the delicate souls on the Fianna Fáil benches. The European...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is why, since the Brexit referendum result became clear, we have been unequivocal in stating that Brexit presents the most serious social, economic and political threat to our island in a generation. We have been clear in stating that the Government’s approach to negotiations had to be guided by the fact that citizens in the North voted to remain and that democratic verdict had...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was very struck earlier by the Taoiseach's response to the Anti-Evictions Bill 2018 and, frankly, by its coldness. I understand the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has sought Cabinet approval for measures to strengthen the powers of the Residential Tenancy Board. We welcome the proposed extension of notice to quit periods but the Taoiseach needs...

Death of former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus cairde iarTheachta Paddy Harte, a fuair bás i mí Eanáir. On my own behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin I extend sincere sympathies to the family and friends of former Teachta Paddy Harte, who passed away last January. As has been said, Paddy had a lengthy career in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not extreme.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It states that one cannot move people out and leave them homeless.