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Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We need better than leaving children with scoliosis on waiting lists for years and breaking promises to them again and again. That is what this Government has done. We need an end to policies that leave workers and families worse off since you came to office due to rip-off prices. The out-of-control costs must end. We can and we will do so much better so. Bring on the election. Bring...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [26069/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [26068/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are just hearing the very sad news that Tommie Gorman of RTÉ has died. It is very shocking. We extend our initial sympathies to Ceara and his family. I certainly I did not see that coming. He was a tremendous man, and I am sure we will have an opportunity again to reflect on him. This week, Dublin City Council has announced the price of so-called affordable homes on Oscar...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am pleased to hear that the Taoiseach is willing to work with all of us because Natasha said to me that the experience of the courtroom was more traumatic for her than even the attack itself. I find that a shocking scenario for a young woman in any era but in a time of enlightenment when we all agree that we have an epidemic of violence against women and that we have to adopt a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is so profound it requires immediate action by all of us. By the way, there are still nine counties with no domestic violence shelters. The Taoiseach knows this. Some progress has been made but let us not delude ourselves. We are not in a good place in this scenario. The question to the Taoiseach in respect of what he described in the Defence Forces - we know there is at least one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We know how profound these issues are. We need to see real leadership. We need to see collective leadership, but there is a particular onus on the Taoiseach as leader of the Government in that regard.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Ceann Comhairle has said, I extend our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and loved ones of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, a man who it is fair to say can only be described as a legend of Irish life. He was the voice of the GAA and what a tonal voice he had. His voice will forever be associated with long, hot summer afternoons and the hopes and expectations of so many....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Next Wednesday, Aer Lingus pilots will embark on industrial action commencing with an indefinite work to rule. The announcement represents a deepening of the pilots' pay dispute with the company and this dispute did not come out of the blue. The frustration of pilots has been building for a long time as Aer Lingus failed to deliver improvements in pay and conditions in line with colleagues...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister. I agree with her that this is a source of huge anxiety for many people who have looked forward to their summer holiday and have scrimped and saved for family holidays, holidays with friends, weddings or other family occasions abroad and, as she said, people who are planning to come home. I am also conscious of our hospitality industry, in particular, which has endured...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [25303/24]

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is wrong to adopt the EU migration pact. That it did not even consider, it seems, exercising Ireland's opt-out from any element of the pact is shocking. Migration is a challenging issue. We must, of course, respect international law and co-operate with other states but, ultimately, migration policy must be set by an Irish Government elected by the Irish people. We must...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The increasing number of people seeking asylum places an onus on every government, including theirs, to plan and resource an immigration system that is fit for purpose and that safeguards social cohesion as well, and that has not happened. Now, by opting in to the EU pact, the Government compounds its failure and shirks its leadership and responsibility. It proposes to hand responsibility...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am an Irish republican. I lead an Irish republican party. I believe passionately in the principles of equality and inclusion. I despise every form of bigotry, sectarianism, racism, exclusion and discrimination. For our part, our commitment to equality includes tackling wealth inequality, standing up for working-class communities, for ordinary people and families and for carers, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [25302/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [25960/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tomorrow, 13-year-old Cara Darmody from Tipperary will again protest outside the Dáil. It is not her first time. She has been campaigning for several years now. Her key demand is that the Government gives a clear date as to when the State will comply with the Disability Act 2005 which, as the Taoiseach knows, sets out that children with disabilities are legally entitled to an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think we can all agree that the zero-tolerance culture and reality is one that we strive for across Irish society. However, it is important to acknowledge that we have very significant ground to make up and that for far, far too long, this issue did not have the kind of political priority or social priority that it so rightly deserves. The funding for services is inadequate. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have an epidemic of domestic violence. This morning, Women's Aid reports that last year it received its highest level of domestic abuse disclosures in its 50-year history. The figures cited in the organisation’s impact report are frightening, with more than 40,000 disclosures of abuse against women and children made in 2023. That is a jump of 18% on the previous year. Reports of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the proposed national centre for research and remembrance to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26243/24]