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Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Any and all forms of bigotry, racism, xenophobia, intimidation, abuse, physical or psychological attack are to be, and have been, roundly condemned. I take to my feet to condemn all of those actions without equivocation and to condemn the small minority of people who believe that it is not only acceptable but is in some way politically profitable for them to engage in this type of behaviour....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to tell the Taoiseach about a little boy who lives here in Dublin. He will have his fourth birthday in a few weeks from now. His mother wants what any other parent would want for her child, namely, for him to be happy and to have all of the opportunities that life brings. However, this little boy has complex needs. He had a preliminary team assessment for disability services...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has been in government for 12 years. What he has read into the record of the Dáil just reflects a litany of failure and inefficiency, and a lack of priority given to this area and to these children. One of my colleagues, Deputy Browne, another Tipperary Deputy, heard today that a one-year-old child with autism from Tipperary got word from the HSE that the first services...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: You are running down the clock.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, to do it properly.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the Barnardos report that was raised earlier. It found that one in five parents struggle to put food on the table for their families. It found that one in three is either not eating or eating less to ensure their children have food. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that this is an appalling situation and evidence of the poverty that is in our society and the pressure...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [20327/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The review on dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces has found instances of bullying, harassment, discrimination and sexual harassment persist. They are not features of the past. The authors emphasise the prevailing culture will not stop without immediate and significant steps being taken and that neither men nor women in the Defence Forces are working in a safe workplace...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [20328/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are 4,500 young people waiting for first-time child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, appointments. That is an increase of 112% since the Government took office. This is despite the number of children with medical referrals being refused by CAMHS having jumped by 12% in the same period. There are 11,000 children awaiting appointments for primary care psychology, more than...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [20329/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: My colleague, Deputy Carthy, and I have repeatedly raised the long delays by this Government and the previous one to progress an inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell. It is nearly 12 years since Shane was killed by a man who should have been in prison and five years since the Dáil and Seanad adopted resolutions calling for an independent public inquiry into the actions of An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 124. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 1 2023 on the website of his Department. [22645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration he has given to the establishment of a domestic independent body or bodies for the purpose of the monitoring implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence for victims set out in Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting lists, specifically primary care child psychology/counselling, CAMHS and autism for the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (18 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide the practical implications for the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas arising from the introduction of maternity leave for Members; and the actions he has taken to date to address these concerns. [23744/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: A few weeks ago, a young family in Dublin saw their lives unravel. They were renters living with their two small children and like anyone else, they just want a secure home for their kids to grow up in and to build their lives as a family. Their nightmare began when they were evicted. Their lives were turned upside down. They now sleep in emergency accommodation. It is hard to imagine...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the Taoiseach acknowledges the scale of this crisis, and that is perhaps welcome, I hear no urgency or real sense of purpose from him in dealing with this issue. He lists off the things that he envisages as solutions to this crisis but the reality is that the number of homeless people and homeless children continues to rise. Let me ask him again. Faced with this crisis, what does he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: He sat around the Cabinet table and designed the policies that have led to this calamity. Let me ask again. What will he do now to change direction, to enhance things and to give a real emergency response to these families who find themselves in crisis?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The HSE has warned that the rising and unpredictable cost of the new national children's hospital will have a significant impact on its ability to deliver other capital projects across the health service. At least a third of the capital budget for this year alone will be spent on the new children's hospital, yet we still do not know what the full cost of that will be. This puts desperately...