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European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The much-awaited European Union summit and European Council meetings last week ended in political and diplomatic failure for Ireland. This was to be a defining moment when we would see delivery on the commitments made to Ireland in December of last year, commitments that the Taoiseach told us at the time were cast iron. Despite this, he returns to Ireland after the summit with no progress,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [28954/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach mentioned the report, Urban Development Land, Housing and Infrastructure: Fixing Ireland's Broken System. It is a welcome piece of work which includes a number of very welcome recommendations such as building affordability into policies designed to increase the supply of housing, starting with land and rental costs; using publicly owned land to increase the supply of housing;...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27646/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am struck by the passive stance the Taoiseach and his Government seem to adopt around the gender pay gap. By way of response to me, he blithely stated that, as a matter of fact, we already have equal pay for work of equal value. I specifically referred to that provision, which has been on the Statute Book since the 1970s, for the simple reason that we do not have equal pay for work of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I share Deputy Burton's concerns in regard to skills development and valuable pathways for people, younger people in particular, to acquire the skills they need and which are also needed by the economy at this time. I welcome the fact that the living wage technical group has recommended a 20 cent increase in the living wage. I note that recommendation is largely due to price inflation in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A (economy) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27580/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know if the Taoiseach is deliberately missing the point that is being raised. It is not a case of the media being above criticism. Of course they are not, nor should they be. For the purposes of clarity, is the Taoiseach telling us that the commentary attributed to him was wrong? Is the Taoiseach suggesting that the people who reported his comments were being deliberately...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: What part of the Trump analysis did the Taoiseach agree with in his commentary at the event in New York? The Taoiseach is hardly suggesting that people have made these things up, or is he?

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: That account of events directly contradicts what those who were at the event are reported to have said. The report reflects commentary by the Taoiseach in which he accuses the media of trivialising matters, and chasing tittle-tattle rather than being concerned with substantive issues. A direct attack on investigative journalism, on RTÉ investigative journalism in particular, is very...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It differs from the accounts of others.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fáilte ar ais. I want to raise with the Taoiseach the comments that he made in New York at what has been described as a private lunch but what I understand was an event paid for by the Irish taxpayer. His remarks, as published, referred to the Irish media. He has confirmed these remarks in part, that he is in sympathy with President Donald Trump and that he believes that Irish...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with a person (details supplied). [27645/18]

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Pardon me?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Kind of. They say the only thing worse than people talking about you is people not talking about you and I take that view on it. I welcome the Tánaiste back and can see that he is jet-lagged. I am not sure about the sunstroke Deputy Howlin or Deputy Barry was suggesting. The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference is to be convened on 25 July. I welcome that fact. As the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste and his friends in Fianna Fáil have provided the type of stability that means children grow up in bed and breakfasts and hotels and an entire generation of people have given up on any aspiration to owning their own home or even having a stable and assured roof over their heads. That is some kind of stability.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The progress he brags about has left 88 children still in need of surgery. Some of them are waiting much longer than four months but all of them have seen the promise of a maximum wait of four months blown to smithereens and not realised. What has the Tánaiste to say to the parents of those 88 children and when will those 88 children be seen to? A straight answer to those questions...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise with the Tánaiste the ongoing scandal of children with scoliosis being left on surgery waiting lists. The four-month target has been missed for 88 children who are in dire need of an operation, some of whom have been waiting more than three years. Those children live in agony and are unable to live a full life. Their parents are frustrated and exhausted from battling...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ------and Fine Gael policies and budgets by picking sham fights. It keeps the Government in power while faking outrage over the results of the disastrous policies it helped to implement.