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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the priority outcomes from the implementation progress review of phase 1 of the nationwide roll-out of An Garda Síochána divisional protective services units. [41894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations of the phase 2 divisional protective services units rolled out in 2018; the remaining phases of the nationwide roll-out of such units in all Garda divisions; the location and number of personnel to be attached to each unit; and if the necessary accommodation is in place in each. [41895/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (16 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken to implement recommendation No. 6 of the Magdalen commission report (details supplied). [42274/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Industrial Disputes (16 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 601. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the ongoing industrial dispute between an organisation (details supplied) and its workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42032/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (17 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda over the next 12 months. [42204/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Before I ask my question, I extend our sympathy to the family of the former Deputy, Seymour Crawford, who I understand is being laid to rest today. I offer sympathy to the Taoiseach and his party colleagues. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. This morning, Care Alliance Ireland published a report on the provision and shortcomings of public provision of home care. Its findings...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: All of us are agreed on the necessity of home care packages, not only their social necessity but also their economic common sense. That is not a matter of controversy. The report is very clear and the figures are not wrong. The 1.5 million hours cut from the system have not been fully replaced and there is a 16% deficit in the hours required. The report also proposes how that might be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise the matter of the Tuam mother and baby home and the statement which is expected from the Minister, Deputy Zappone. I understand that last night the Taoiseach met three survivor representatives but that no survivor from the Tuam mother and baby home was present. I want to tell the Taoiseach, in case he is unaware, that this has caused some hurt and disappointment. This morning,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: You should find out.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method by which new members of the mother and baby home collaborative forum will be appointed as vacancies arise. [43363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda over the next 12 months. [42204/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is almost two years since the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes outlined details of excavations carried out at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, which discovered a significant quantity of human remains. From what we know, the bodies buried there are those of children and babies aged up to the three years old who were unceremoniously...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is absolutely no doubt that the Taoiseach has decided on the right course of action. There is also no doubt that it is of immense importance to the survivors and their families, in the first instance, that the right thing is done but more broadly it is of immense importance for us as a society to consciously do the right thing in respect of these women and the children who were born...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government acknowledges that significant Exchequer resources will be invested in capital spending in the education sector yet issues surrounding these publicly procured projects show a series of errors. Following the collapse of Carillion and Sammon there remains a myriad of outstanding issues relating to school building projects including in my constituency. As we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last December when the joint report of the EU and British Government negotiators was published, the Taoiseach hailed it as a panacea for all of Brexit's ills. He said at the time that it "achieved what we sought to achieve" in avoiding a hard border. He also said it was not only rock solid but "cast iron." He claimed that it was politically bulletproof. His language was such that very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's difficulty is that he has, in fact, resiled from his stated negotiating position. He has done it at a time that arguably could not be worse. We are at crunch time and truth time. We urged the Taoiseach and the Barnier negotiating team not to blink in their dealings with the Tories in London and to stay the course with the very reasonable bottom line protections that Ireland...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I urge him, as Head of Government, not to lose his nerve or blink at this stage. How on earth, at such a sensitive time in a negotiation, can the Taoiseach commit himself to a review clause? Reviews, by definition-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----imply things that are time-bound and transitory. How has the Taoiseach committed himself to that when he now says on the floor of the Dáil that he has seen no wording and does not in fact know what it would amount to?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not creative; it is dangerous.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the issue raised by Deputy Coppinger in respect of the structural issues affecting schools throughout the State. I understand the Minister for Education and Skills briefed Cabinet on this matter this morning. I ask for a brief update as to where the remedial works are at and if the schools that are closed will be able to re-open this week. I also ask what plan is in...