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Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am just obliging him. I will direct people to Blanchardstown.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In March 2015, six houses at Milford Manor, Newbridge, County Kildare, were destroyed by fire in less than an hour. A subsequent engineer's report commissioned by the residents detailed serious shortfalls in building and fire safety standards. In the aftermath, the then Minister, Deputy Kelly, announced that an independent review would be undertaken to support owners and residents living in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the view of the Taoiseach on recent reports that up to nine hospitals have suffered outbreaks of the lethal superbug, carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE? An unspecified number of deaths have resulted and Tallaght hospital was particularly affected, with wards closed and 700 operations cancelled. The increase in superbugs in hospitals is the result of too few staff,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Micheál Martin did not say that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: There was considerable commentary on the Taoiseach's choices for Ministers of State, particularly with regard to gross gender imbalance. In the media coverage the Taoiseach or someone from his camp was reported as saying that the advisers appointed would make up for this gender imbalance. Not alone that, it seemed to be a formula for the lovely girls entering the fray. Can the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might clarify that it is not his thinking.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is special designated status an official Government policy and supported by everyone around the Cabinet table? What has the Taoiseach done to advance that proposition? I share concerns that there might be a tendency to rely on others to do the work which rightfully falls to the Government, State and Taoiseach in particular.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his expectations and those of the HEA regarding board members and audit committees handling whistleblowers’ cases in institutes of technology and universities. [30313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a board of an institute of technology or university was not told about a whistleblower’s case, the sanction for the executive or the persons of the college. [30314/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sanctions in place for board members and audit committees of institutes of technology and universities that fail in their duty of care to whistleblowers; the date on which the attention of boards and-or the audit committee was drawn to whistleblowers in these colleges. [30315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases board members and audit committee members are also CEOs of ETBs and are responsible for handling their own ETB whistleblowers and are failing to deal with these matters; if this has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been cases in which the HEA and-or his Department have taken action to date in 2017 against a whistleblower in such cases; and if his Department and the HEA are willing to intervene and remove members of a board for failure to act and protect a whistleblower. [30317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HEA and his Department, by failing to have proper measures in place, are causing risk and reputational damage to colleges and persons; and if his attention has been further drawn to the costs associated with same. [30318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the HEA has an oversight role regarding persons who manage whistleblowers in institutes of technology and universities, in view of the fact that they may have also been board members of long standing in ETBs and have failed to manage whistleblowers there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his Department's 2015 review of corporate governance in all colleges. [30319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if senior staff in a college (details supplied) have been proven to have been negligent in their duty of care in protecting a whistleblower or have been proven to be involved in penalising a member of staff of a university or institute of technology under section 12(1) of the Disclosure Act 2014; the sanction for these persons in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays in dealing with serious cases of whistleblowing within colleges; the further reason colleges are not proactive in such cases; if his attention has been drawn to the costs involved and the failure to look after the physical and mental health of persons; his plans to help and reward persons who have stood up to wrongdoing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if whistleblowers who are on sick or stress related leave are paid in full; if not, the reason for same; if educational organisations contact whistleblowers on leave to ascertain their state of health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/17]

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, announced a new charging regime for the collection of household waste that is grossly unfair. It fails to recognise that many people will not be able to afford increased charges. The Taoiseach's Government failed to include any meaningful alleviation measures for those on low incomes....

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has been designed to get the Taoiseach's detached Government off the hook, but it will not prevent further hardship or protect the most vulnerable. Ordinary people are getting another sharp reminder that they just cannot trust Fianna Fáil to do what is fair. The Government and its partners in Fianna Fáil collaborate to ensure punitive charges will be imposed on those who simply...