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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----put himself in the shoes of retail workers, of shop assistants-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and give them a break for once?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Answer the question.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last week or perhaps the week before, in response to questions on promised legislation and the programme for Government, the Taoiseach indicated that the Government would deal in a whole and compassionate way with survivors of the Magdalen laundries. Over the course of the weekend, I read that under the scheme women who worked in the laundries when they were girls under the age of 12 will be...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister did not answer the question.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a specific issue which concerns girls younger than 12 years.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: They are asking for evidence which people cannot provide owing to the passage of time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [42202/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: One of those key long-term challenges that requires long-term planning is climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy. I know one of the main areas of the work of NESC is in this arena. Last week the European Parliament approved four of the eight proposals comprising its clean energy package for 2020 to 2030. The directives in question originally had binding renewable energy...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if A Programme for Partnership Government progress report will be published in December 2018. [42203/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The obvious question to ask is whether or not this current Dáil will still be here come May 2019. Whereas the toing and froing - it seems to me like a sham battle between Fine Gael and its partners in government, Fianna Fáil - might be depicted as a matter for themselves, it has implications for the entirety of the Dáil and, more importantly, for policy delivery and for the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers in his Department; and the areas of policy to which they are assigned. [45088/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Antonio Tajani. [45717/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Ms Arlene Foster. [45718/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 34. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Cavan; the engagements he undertook; and if he met with stakeholders to discuss the impact of Brexit. [45719/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Digital Strategy (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 37. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently announced consultation process in respect of the national digital strategy. [46732/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent ASEM summit. [46733/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [46734/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 576. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take following the resignation of a person (details supplied) from the mother and baby homes collaborative forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47801/18]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: This week, balloting for industrial action began among more than 40,000 nurses and midwives. This is a mark and a measure of the desperation and frustration of nurses and midwives. The Minister for Finance, by way of response to this ballot, is hard-balling nursing and midwifery staff by claiming that their pay demands would compromise budgetary policy. He made this claim just two days...