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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The summer has seen the housing and homelessness emergency go from disaster to calamity. According to the most recent homelessness figures, the number of homeless individuals now stands at nearly 10,000. The number of families accessing emergency accommodation stands at 1,778, which is 349 more than in the same month last year. Scandalously, the number of homeless children has increased...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Interdepartmental Committees (18 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the interdepartmental committee he has convened to examine the way in which existing mainstream State services can best meet the needs of survivors into the future has met; the committee's reporting mechanisms; and if the outcomes of the committee's work will be made public. [37759/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided to each reception and integration centre, by centre and region, in each of the years from 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36653/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in Northern Ireland who have been successful in obtaining Irish naturalisation in each of the past five years in tabular form. [36012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional supplementary evidence or material required from those living in Northern Ireland that wish to apply for naturalisation. [36013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been granted naturalisation in each of the past five years. [36014/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 841. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will secure an appointment for knee surgery at Cappagh Hospital. [36315/18]

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is a full inquiry into it.

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: This year we celebrate 20 years of the Good Friday Agreement, 20 years of peace and progress and 20 years that have changed the relationships across our island and between Ireland and Britain. However, recent events demonstrate that we cannot be complacent or take the progress or the peace for granted. The Good Friday Agreement was an agreement in the first instance to protect citizens and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the European Union member state Heads of State or Government he spoke with prior to the June 2018 European Council meeting. [29285/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach set out the structure of negotiations from here in respect of Brexit. If we are not on the last lap, it is certainly a crucial phase. Could I have some clarity as to whether this remains a bilateral negotiation, which is the correct approach, or whether the Taoiseach will take the advice of his partner in government, Deputy Micheál Martin, and adopt a trilateral...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are talking about what happens now. It would of course be welcome for the British to see the light of reality and soften their position, as the Taoiseach termed it. I put it to the Taoiseach that there is no room for him to soften our position or the approach that this would be a common and shared European position. Will the Taoiseach speak about the intergovernmental conference that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are such cramped conditions, and the Ceann Comhairle will be shocked that people do not even have the space for a kitchen table. I find this shocking in 2018. If we want to get at this problem and want to change the north inner city then we should acknowledge intergenerational poverty, go after it and solve it. Phase one should be accommodation and housing. There is substandard...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a trade deal.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department on the Dublin inner city forum. [28956/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to start with that issue. It was quite bizarre, and it was lucky happenstance that the person who came across the loaded Garda submachine gun was a responsible citizen who brought it to Store Street Garda station. Does the Taoiseach have any information that would be of some assistance on that, even an initial assessment? Mr. Michael Stone has done good work, and he should be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The east-west border issue is de-dramatised automatically when we recall that the island is, for the purposes of quarantine and animal health and protection, regarded as "fortress Ireland" in any event. I assume that Michel Barnier was referring to that type of thing. None of us wants an east-west border, and certainly not a north-south border, but this is the hand we have been dealt; it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker. [28955/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The "This is Me" campaign held a rally on Saturday last. This campaign is part of a grassroots campaign to improve transgender healthcare in Ireland. While progress has been made globally in this area, in this State the treatment of trans and non-binary communities leaves a lot to be desired and the current healthcare system is not fit for purpose and is letting citizens down. It is my...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has become clear that the Government has no sense of urgency or seriousness in addressing the CervicalCheck scandal. Instead of pursuing a genuinely victim-centred approach, it has opted to manage and contain the matter. An authentic approach would have put the affected women and their families first in a dedicated and comprehensive manner, rather than in a piecemeal way involving mere...