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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: As they have stated, time is of the essence. Will the Government progress the survivors' reasonable request and ensure that DNA samples are collected without delay?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for 2019; and his plans for emergency Brexit legislation. [2489/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that when there is a live negotiation any commitments made to mitigation or legislative measures have to be weighed against the dynamic and the positioning of the Irish State in that negotiation. Having said that, time is running short now. I would certainly welcome it if we could see the legislation before 22 February. It is imperative that we have ongoing briefings not just...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We established that we are of one mind on the backstop. We expect that Dublin will remain firm in its resolve and that whatever happens in London, the Taoiseach will not be not convinced, cajoled or pressured to give way on the very basic protections that are required for Irish interests. On the issue of contingency planning, where we part company and where there is a very significant...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----even though the Irish people are now telling him that given a scenario of a crash and a hard border, people want the opportunity to resolve the issue of the Border themselves democratically and to opt for a united Ireland. I want to impress on the Taoiseach again, and I hope he got feedback, that the genie is out of the bottle on this one. Indeed, I hope Deputy Micheál Martin got...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----for that eventuality and the ultimate backstop, which is the Good Friday Agreement, and a referendum on unity.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is an important issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [2490/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask about cost rental and affordable housing. No affordable housing scheme has been in place since Fine Gael and, let it be remembered, the Labour Party in government scrapped it in 2011. Now we are in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis, of which Deputy Boyd Barrett has given examples. Dublin City Council, for its part, has led from the front. It has ambitious plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Santry Garda station in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [3782/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the report by An Garda Síochána relating to youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4053/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by An Garda Síochána regarding the youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017 has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by An Garda Síochána regarding the youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017 will include a breakdown of non-prosecutions by Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with no fixed address discharged from all public hospitals at the end of December 2018 or on the latest date available; and the number of children discharged with no fixed address in tabular form. [3931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that have been put in place to ensure that residents here who are recipients of British pensions will be able to receive their pensions in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3790/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The reason nurses and midwives are on picket lines today is the Taoiseach's failures. I refer to his inaction and absolute failure not just in regard to the pay issue but the recruitment and retention crisis associated with it. I stopped to stand on picket lines with nurses and midwives this morning on my way to work. I was at Temple Street, the Rotunda and the Mater hospitals. Nobody to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I invite the Taoiseach, therefore, to take the next logical step, and commit to directly and personally intervene and engage. I ask that of him today as Head of Government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Are the pictures of our young nurses in Melbourne and Sydney and all around the globe asking the Taoiseach to give them a reason to come home fake news? If he will pardon the pun, are they doctored images? I do not believe that they are. People know that certain nursing staff go abroad for a year but then they come back but the reality now is that we are losing so many of our best and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I speak on behalf of the nurses and midwives I spoke to this morning who asked me to tell the Taoiseach to engage. Deputy Varadkar is their Taoiseach and Head of Government. They are asking him to engage. If he is interested in sorting this dispute, that is what he will do, and he will do it speedily.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach.