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Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday a Dublin mother, Jackie Fox, made a presentation to Oireachtas Members in the AV room. She told Members of the campaign of physical and online bullying that led her daughter, Nicole, to take her own life. I was not in attendance for the briefing because I was in the Chamber, but it was very well attended. Those in attendance heard Jackie make one request. She asked that the law...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has been out on the campaign trail, no more than the rest of us, and I know he has spoken to countless parents - fathers and mothers - as I have, who told him that their greatest dread is the thought of their girl taking an abortion pill in their bedroom in silence and loneliness.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Prior to this referendum campaign, many people did not know of the existence of abortion pills, much less the frequency with which Irishwomen were ordering them online and consuming them with absolutely no medical supervision. The Department of Health estimates that every day three women and girls consume these abortion pills. It is a story that has featured but has not been openly...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Kate will turn 27 in October. Her mammy says she is a good girl. She is still a girl at 27. She is on her honeymoon but she will be home to vote. She is going to vote "Yes". There is a fundamental question for all of us as citizens, but particularly for all of us as legislators, on this matter. It boils down to this: are we prepared to look the other way as Kate and hundreds and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Estimates Process (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The budget for the Department of the Taoiseach is revised downwards from €35.891 million to €33.391 million, a 9% reduction. Only when we consider the bigger figures do we fully realise the significance of the €5 million SCU figure. That would have represented something like 15% of the Estimate for the Department, so the Taoiseach obviously attached very considerable...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too invite the Taoiseach to make a response to the joint statement from Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Alliance Party and the Green Party. It sets out clearly the majority view of people in the North that the island would remain in its totality within the customs union and the Single Market, and goes further in that Britain might also remain within those arrangements. It also makes clear...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Estimates Process (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Revised Estimate for his Department. [20958/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach did not answer my questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raised the matter of the HSE executive - the promotion.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also raised the Sunday newspaper story about Emma Mhic Mhathúna.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is the Dáil and this is where the Taoiseach is supposed to-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Along with others, I acknowledge the bravery of Vicky Phelan, her family and all those who have come forward to tell their stories. It is extraordinary that the chief medical officer was privy to information relating to the audit, the availability of information and the deliberate withholding of information from women and their families but did not share this information with the Taoiseach,...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Joint Committee on Health was told two weeks ago, and again last week, that information relating to the detection rates in respect of the US laboratories contracted to conduct cervical screening tests would be made available to the committee. In response to a similar question from my colleague, Teachta Pearse Doherty, the Tánaiste stated on Leaders' Questions on Thursday last that...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that a "Yes" or a "No"? I do not understand the answer.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are some people who believe that a woman should be forced to continue pregnancy in any set of circumstances, even when doing so will have a devastating impact on her health, or might even claim her life, or if there is no chance of the child surviving and all the heartbreaking trauma that comes with that unbearable situation. On the face of it, their message might sound somewhat...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. I share his view that not alone hard law but bad law has given rise to so many hard cases. He wonders, not unreasonably, how it is that those who contend there is another route to deal with these cases have not come forward with that proposition. There is no proposition because it is not legally possible unless we repeal the eighth amendment.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also extend our solidarity and condolences to the communities, friends and above all the families of Ana Kriegel and Jastine Valdez, a girl and a young woman who have lost their lives so horribly and cruelly. We can only imagine the feelings and heartbreak of their loved ones at this most difficult time. Three days from now, the people will go to the polls to vote on whether to repeal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, has met since June 2017. [20956/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [19916/18]