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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's party has been in government for 12 years. He is in his second stint as Taoiseach. Obviously, one can only assume that he has used that time, as he has claimed, to build relationships. He might inform us about who our allies are on this question, what level of persuasion the Taoiseach has exercised and what work he has done outside the European Council to talk to European...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: -----may be small but we can have a very, very big influence on this question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I acknowledge the Irish women's darts team and officials who are in the Public Gallery. They are the current world champions. Comhgairdeas agus fáilte. Sixteen years ago, Fine Gael said it would end the scandal of people waiting on hospital trolleys. Yesterday in University Hospital Limerick, there were 130 patients on trolleys. That is the highest number ever recorded at any...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why did the Taoiseach's Government take the decision to drastically underfund the health service in budget 2024? It is a health service that is already under enormous pressure, with record treatment waiting lists, a year-round trolley emergency and an ever-worsening recruitment and retention crisis. Against that backdrop, the Government chose, with its eyes wide open, to blow a massive...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not alone is there a recruitment embargo but industrial action is under way on foot of that. Those who actually run the health service have confirmed for everybody that there is a recruitment embargo and that is going to have real effects in terms of junior doctors, home help workers and so on. There are also 200,000 people on diagnostics waiting lists, 200,000 people on community waiting...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking about health.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: So the Minister asked for sufficient funding and got nothing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am talking about genuine doctors. We are not talking about managers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are talking about front-line workers.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The housing crisis continues, leaving workers, families and young people unable to put an affordable roof over their heads. Budget 2024 does nothing to change that reality. Housing affordability has been shredded on the Government's watch. The Simon Community Locked Out report published today shows that even with assistance payments, renting is completely unaffordable, while the latest CSO...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [46425/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Carthy. This European Council meeting is of grave importance. It is a moment of reckoning for European leaders as the people of Gaza struggle to survive Israel's relentless bombardment. Thousands of Palestinians have been slaughtered and injured, more than a million have been displaced, with their homes, hospitals, schools and vital infrastructure have been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is "unprecedented", "dire", "an exodus". These are some of the words used to describe the chronic teacher shortage, with new research showing 800 vacant primary teaching posts across the State. The situation is set to worsen, with vacancies expected to hit 1,200 in the near future. A staggering 66% of these vacancies are in the greater Dublin area and the impact is being felt...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: We do not want to do that at all. What I would like the Taoiseach to do is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to answer the question I put to him. There are currently 800 vacant posts in primary schools. That is set to hit 1,200. That is a problem, I think we can agree. The teaching union is telling us directly that this is related to housing and the fact that teachers cannot afford to rent or buy a home close to where they work. I have asked the Taoiseach what he will do about that. His...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: To attack-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is all diversionary.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to join in extending condolences to Deputy Verona Murphy and to our colleague, Deputy Denise Mitchell, who also lost her father yesterday. I extend condolences to both families. We need to have statements, questions and answers with the Ministers for Justice and Transport on the issue of road deaths. I am struck by the fact that we have seen a spike in the loss of life,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the question of Gaza. A calendar month ago, horror was visited on Israeli civilians and we remain in condemnation of that action by Hamas. Since then, as has been said, Gaza has become a graveyard for children, with a child killed every ten minutes. It is very clear that Israel is not acting within international law in pursuing its self-defence. The Taoiseach has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister. [48408/23]