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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know who the Taoiseach is listening to.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na mná ón Ríocht. There is a group of women in the Gallery from an Ríocht, the Kingdom of Kerry. Fáilte. In May 1997, Sean Brown, a father of six, was abducted and murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force gang while locking up the gates of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA club in County Derry. Sean's courageous wife, Bridie, and...

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: As has been said, nobody wins in a trade war but we know who loses the most. Workers and families carry the can in the form of increased prices, threats to jobs and livelihoods and hits to their incomes. Trade wars are not good for the prosperity of ordinary people. That is the reality but this is the prospect we now face. It is unprecedented to use blanket tariffs to force broader trade...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person borrows money for necessary repairs if they are then eligible to apply for supplementary welfare allowance. [17750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time appeals for carer's allowance are taking; and if he plans to implement any measures to ensure they are assessed quicker. [17751/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 80. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Zelenskyy. [13727/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 83. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [13728/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the US president. [13729/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for an application for Garda vetting to be processed. [16813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 912. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a form of reimbursement, full or partial, for medical card holders if they attend a private hospital. [16814/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The outrageous salary the Taoiseach proposes to pay his new housing tsar is €430,000. It is nearly half a million euro - an astonishing amount of taxpayers' money for the salary of just one person. It is more than the Taoiseach's very generous salary. It is even more than the President of the United States is paid. It is equivalent to the starting salary of 11 new nurses, 11 new...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have had the most expensive bike shed in the world, the €1 million security hut and the €9 million on phone pouches so people already know that the Taoiseach's Government is a serial waster of public money but this one really takes the biscuit. It has actually gone to the trouble of making up a job with a salary of €430,000 simply to give the appearance of Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government built fewer houses last year than the year before, and the indications are that it will fail to meet targets again this year and build less. The evidence is there for all to see in growing costs and in the levels of homelessness. All the evidence and data are there. More importantly, the reality is lived every day, so the Taoiseach can stand up and spoof and shout at me and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why does the Taoiseach have so little confidence in him?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Perhaps, in reality, he agrees with all of us-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----that neither he nor any Government Member is up to the task.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: But I did refer to the €430,000.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the €430,000?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where is the Minister?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise an issue.