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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----the Government has sat back and allowed this farce and fiasco to deepen.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. I reiterate the concerns raised by Deputy Paul Murphy earlier today in respect of the carpet-bombing of Lebanon, the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the brutality and violence instigated by Israel in the West Bank. We need a statement from the Taoiseach and also from the Tánaiste. We need an opportunity for questions and answers in respect of weapons of war passing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----we need both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste who, whether wittingly or otherwise, gave wrong information to the Dáil on this matter. This Dáil was misled. We will take it that it was unwittingly so but nonetheless it happened and that has to be corrected also.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: As I rehearsed with the Minister earlier, the Government, and he, as Minister for public expenditure, are presiding over the building of the most expensive hospital in the world. Of course they have also presided over the construction of what I imagine has to be most expensive bicycle shed in the world, at a cost to the taxpayer of €336,000, paid out by the OPW, which comes under his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 348.To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on any potential resolutions to a matter raised by a group (details supplied) based in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32088/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 739.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in primary schools in the constituency of Dublin central. [32305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 740.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a second ASD class in a primary school based in County Dublin (details supplied); and if this class will be operational for the upcoming school term. [32306/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1439.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for citizenship in respect of a person resident in Dublin (details supplied). [31103/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Taoiseach To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education and Disability will meet next. [36565/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [36566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Louth for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively; the location in County Louth where these visits took place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown for listed IDA client companies and IDA-backed client companies with operations in County Louth for each of the years 2020-2024, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on statutory funding streams which may be available to a stand-alone counselling service in Tullamore (details supplied) with charitable status which supports people in the community to maintain positive mental health by providing effective and accessible counselling and psychotherapy services. [38243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the inclusion of ozempic in the drug payment scheme for purposes other than management of type 2 diabetes; if he has considered this in the context of its application in managing patients with insulin resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if semaglutide is licenced and approved for use for insulin resistance or weight management or any other purpose in the State; if it is approved or under consideration for reimbursement in any context other than type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the consultation that has taken place to date between Department officials and the Office of the Attorney General following the Supreme Court judgement made on 22 January 2024 relating to the entitlement of an unmarried cohabitant to a widow’s, widower’s and surviving civil...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (1 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will advise on the situation of a person (details supplied). [38766/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The parents of children with scoliosis and spina bifida who have been waiting years for operations would have been listening intently to the Taoiseach's budget yesterday. They would have been listening in the hope that he might finally hear their calls for action and deliver the investment and change that their children so desperately need so that they might get their surgeries to end the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The clinicians give the clinical advice. I am not asking the Taoiseach for clinical advice. Why would I?