Results 20,061-20,080 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of safety orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interim barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process that has been established to roll-out a National Domestic Violence Accommodation (Refuge) Strategic Development Plan, in the context of a National Services Development Plan, as set out in the Third National Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Strategy. [26120/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has recently engaged with the Dublin city childcare committee to identify vacant places for early learning and childcare in their catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the current number of early childhood education and care places currently available in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline any plans his Department is currently engaged in to address any issue of under supply of early childhood education and care places in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available for early childhood education and care services who are experiencing sustainability issues; and the steps a service can take to access these supports. [26581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood education and care services that have raised viability concerns with the Dublin city childcare committee in the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set out the early childhood education and care vacant places, the enrolled places, and the overall capacity for places in Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of new early childhood care and education scheme classes that have opened in Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering any plans to provide new childcare places in light of the pressure on childcare places and the closure of some services in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Code (1 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the domestic violence leave regulations provided for in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 to prescribe the daily rate of domestic violence leave pay; and if he will clarify that the prescribed rate of pay will not involve a reduction in the rate of pay for victims...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Communications (1 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 320. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of submissions that have been received to his Department's consultation on the Referendums on Family, Care and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: As I speak, retained firefighters are on strike. Rolling work stoppages will see half the fire stations in the service shut. Tis will be followed by all-out strike action next week outside of emergency calls. The strike is unprecedented and certainly has not been undertaken lightly. Retained firefighters have been pushed to the very brink by the Government and feel they have been left...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. As he well knows, the discussions broke down on 11 May. He has acknowledged that the retained firefighters are under pressure. As I said earlier, they are on call 24-7. They cannot move further than a radius of 2.5 km without sanction. They make very considerable personal sacrifices. Their retainer, their fixed salary, starts at the huge sum of €8,500 per...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the Taoiseach told the national economic dialogue that he believes energy costs will remain very high throughout the coming winter. That is devastating news for many households that are already on the brink. As he knows, wholesale electricity prices have come down considerably. In April, wholesale electricity costs were just a third of what they were last August. Yet, prices...