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Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----because no recovery is evident there and the hardship that families are undergoing is real. The Government's half-hearted, mealy-mouthed nod in the direction of those families is, at this stage, insulting. If the Government were politically smart, it would stop doing that. Now I come to the Fennelly report itself. For a person who has talked up Fennelly, the Taoiseach demonstrated...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I stated that the Minister, Deputy Donohue, was the best boy in the class. Was I being nasty? He should take the compliment.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he expects that a commencement date for the Construction Contracts Act 2013 will be set during the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 453. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there has been such a lengthy delay in the setting of a commencement date for the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 454. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, further to the closing date for applications, a date has been set for the selection and appointment of panellists on the Adjudication Panel under the Construction Contracts Act 2013; if he expects that there will be representation from small and medium enterprises on the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 813. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a chronic illness; and the supports that are in place for persons in County Dublin and Dublin 22 who suffer from COPD. [30781/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports which will be put in place to allow a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 to remain at their current school; if she will consider the provision of additional special needs assistant hours to ensure that the person can remain in the school of their parents' choice. [31021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has instructed local authorities not to submit proposals for funding for social housing of more than 50 units; and if so, the reason why. [31839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will consider applications from local authorities for social housing developments in excess of 50 units where the authority has available land for developments larger than 50 units. [31840/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the amount of same. [32487/15]

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Alan Murphy died on the streets of our city last Friday. He was a man in his thirties, sleeping rough only minutes away from this place. Alan was not the first person to die on our streets and I fear he will not be the last. Last December, Jonathan Corrie tragically lost his life while sleeping rough minutes from the Dáil. In response to the public outcry, the Minister for the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The sum total is that the Taoiseach has no answer for families who will seek emergency accommodation tonight and will be sent away. Some of them will sleep in cars. Some of them have slept in parks. The Government has acknowledged that we have what amounts to a humanitarian crisis at this stage. There are 130,000 households on the housing waiting list. The Taoiseach cannot claim with a...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: High profile announcements and promises on the never-never are no good. They are no good to the families who do not have a roof over their heads tonight. When does the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, propose to release the funding to local authorities to let the building begin, for work to begin today on the shovel ready projects? The Taoiseach tells us it is not a matter of...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Demonstrate that and tell us when the money will flow to the local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: One cannot find them.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is living in cloud cuckoo land.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I speak to them every day. In that case, there is no crisis - we are just imagining it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach moved from bland generalisations to worrying, bland generalisations.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let me just probe this a little bit further with the Taoiseach. He referred to circumstances in which we can be helpful. He said we will try to be helpful. I find that a little worrying. Let me tell the Taoiseach why. The tenor and nature of the reservations of British Tories, UKIP and a variety of other political forces about the European Union have been very obvious for a long time,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: And the working time directive.