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Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh Uachtarán Juncker. On my own behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin I extend a very warm welcome to President Jean-Claude Juncker on his heroic return to the city of Dublin. Mr. Juncker has asked us to hang and weigh each of his words carefully and I have followed his advice. I am happy to respond, as we meet at this crucial time for...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is clear that the Brexiteers still cannot agree what Brexit means, much less what it looks like. That is their problem and cannot be ours. The upcoming Council meeting cannot simply be another exercise in kicking the can down the road. This is crunch time. In the absence of the British demonstrating how they would avoid a hard border, uphold the Good Friday Agreement and protect...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to a museum (details supplied). [26616/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to west Belfast and his address at the launch of Féile an Phobail. [26617/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Economic and Social Council (20 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Urban Development Land, Housing and Infrastructure: Fixing Ireland’s Broken System report recently published by the National Economic and Social Council, NESC. [22696/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the eventual launch of the Global Ireland 2025 plan. It had been mooted in public on no less than two occasions by the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. Fair play to them for getting a couple of bites at the cherry. I agree with the Taoiseach, especially in light of Brexit, on the need to extend our reach for the purposes of investment, tourism, trade, links with our diaspora...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his commitment to double Ireland's global footprint by 2025. [26447/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Gabhaim buíochas don Taoiseach as ucht a chuid freagraí. The press release which followed the Taoiseach's conversation with Prime Minister Trudeau said that they discussed the recent referendum to repeal the eighth amendment. He has referred to it in his answer. I know this had been an item of discussion between them when they met last year so he might give us some more detail as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to update his Department's website. [24672/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I echo Deputy Martin's question. Is it intended to go ahead with the research or has it been abandoned? In a similar response last year, the Taoiseach stated that as part of the eGovernment strategy, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer had been working on the development of a digital service gateway. This, the Taoiseach stated, would allow for "a single digital point...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the Prime Minister of South Korea, Mr. Lee Nak-yeon on 29 May 2018. [25769/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau, on 26 May 2018. [26446/18]

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: If I might try to be helpful, could a note-----

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am about to try to help the Deputies.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Jesus, Mary and Joseph - the Ceann Comhairle rang his bell very loudly.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It might be helpful if the Taoiseach or the Government circulated a note summarising the advice on the legislation. I want to raise a different matter - the motion to be debated this evening both here and in the Seanad on the 25th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. I welcome the motion and the notion of an apology to those who were convicted under what was, frankly,...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Everybody has been deeply shocked by the images of small, distressed children being separated from their parents and being held in what can only be described as cages. It is unconscionable and mind boggling that this would be a policy and practice pursued by any civilised administration. I note that the Tánaiste has commented appropriately on the issue on Twitter but I agree with...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The McCabe incident which, of course, we are not going to discuss here triggered the report and investigation, but the difficulties in Tusla were well known and had been well recorded in advance of them. What is of deep concern is what seems to be the scale of the systems failure within the agency on matters people would regard as the basics. It is not that sophisticated systems seem to have...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report on the operation of the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, which was brought by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, to Cabinet has just been published. As we know, the report was initiated on foot of Tusla's catastrophic mishandling of allegations made against Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe. I understand...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the status of Bills under preparation in his Department. [24671/18]