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International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Humanity itself is on the line in Gaza. With every Palestinian killed in Israel's genocidal war, with every innocent Gaza child whose beautiful life is horrifically extinguished, with every family wiped out, home destroyed and hospital decimated, and with every refugee camp bombed, the humanity of the world slips further into the darkness. Ireland must now confront that darkness. Ireland...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tens of thousands of people are now refusing to pay the TV licence. The licence, as the Minister knows, is €160 and people are voting with their feet in huge numbers. Is it any wonder? People are understandably angry. They feel they are being taken for a ride. The recent financial scandals at RTÉ, the latest chapter of which is the debacle of Toy Show The Musical, have rocked...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have heard some bluster in my time but that really was a bravura performance of absolute rubbish - sound and fury, signifying nothing. My God, it is remarkable how one person can talk so much and say so very little in response to a very straightforward question. Is the Government for the TV licence or not? I have stated our position, which is in line with the expert view of an expert...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Oh my God.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was very sorry to hear of the passing of former Taoiseach John Bruton yesterday. Through his long career, he had a significant impact on politics and life in this State, and 'though we held very clear and very important political differences, I want to express my respect for John Bruton's commitment to public service and to representing people. It speaks to his dedication and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The long-running debacle surrounding the construction and, more importantly, the completion of the national children's hospital rumbles on. This afternoon we learned that the staggering cost of the hospital has increased again by almost €500 million. This pushes the current cost up to €2.2 billion, a cost that is frankly unbelievable. What is even more outrageous is that we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the spirit of accuracy, the Taoiseach should reflect the fact that waiting lists for children have not fallen and more children with scoliosis and spina bifida are waiting now than there were four years ago. That is the accurate fact of the matter. The Taoiseach says the hospital will be completed this year. When? He says it will be operational next year. When? The Minister was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. Israel acts with impunity and continues its genocidal war on the people of Gaza because it is never held to account by world leaders. Millions of Palestinian refugees in Rafah face the same nightmare as those wiped out in Gaza city and Khan Yunis before the eyes of world. Government has said that Israel's attack on Rafah is inhumane, that Israel behaves as a rogue state...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the temporary use of a centre (details supplied). [6077/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is time to scrap the television licence. The Government needs to face up to this reality. People's trust and support for RTÉ and the licence have crumbled. People see the fiasco of excess and waste at RTÉ and they feel taken for fools. They also see the lack of accountability and, frankly, they have had enough. This collapse in public confidence is not helped by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is an insult and an affront to everyone is the Government's clear inability to take a decision. It has had a report for two years. That report made a clear-cut recommendation for the abolition of the television licence and its replacement by direct Exchequer funding. This has coincided with a collapse in public confidence in RTÉ and consequential non-payment of a TV licence the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: When? It is February. When will the Government make the decision?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Family carers do incredible and compassionate work looking after loved ones. As the Taoiseach is aware, they save the State billions of euro, yet they always feel that they are forgotten, left behind and ignored by the system and the Government. On Monday last, my colleagues, Deputies Carthy, Tully and Cullinane, met with families affected by the lack of disability services in County...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [5100/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: A long-term strategy for climate, nature and energy was one of the key themes of the World Economic Forum. This brought the gap between rhetoric and action into public view again. Every single report published in the last year from the EPA, the SEAI or Wind Energy Ireland follows a worrying trend. They predict that Ireland is to blow right through our 2030 targets and miss the momentous...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are moments in life and politics where you can feel the significance as the moment unfolds, where the political landscape is fundamentally altered and you sense that all is changed, and changed utterly. The restoration of the political institutions in the North last Saturday week was such a moment. The re-establishment of the Executive and Assembly after nearly two years is an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The ongoing controversy at RTÉ serves no one well, least of all the members of the public who rely on it as a source of factual and accurate news and current affairs. It is damaging to people's trust in public broadcasting that the fallout from what the Taoiseach has described as a culture of arrogance and entitlement at RTÉ continues to play out. This issue is not going away...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I join with the Taoiseach in saluting the memory of Michael O'Regan, who was a gentleman and a truly fine and fair professional. Our thoughts are with him and his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. The scandal relating to RTÉ has gone on for months. It has gone on since last summer, and the Taoiseach still talks about it as if he was some detached, inconsequential...