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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister will be.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister employed them.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Shinn Féin ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus cáirde an iar-Theachta Donal Creed a fuair bás i Mí na Samhna 2017. On my behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin, I would like to extend sincere sympathies to the family and friends of former Teachta Donal Creed, who passed away in November 2017. I believe Deputy...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to introducing measures to ensure the more efficient and timely recruitment of nurses. However, the HSE continues to pay hundreds of millions of euro in employing temporary agency staff. Last year saw the largest increase in spending on agency staff since 2014, up €26 million to a staggering €318 million. Since 2011, when Fine Gael took...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister cannot plead ignorance or shirk blame. What plan is in place to end this misuse of taxpayers' money?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [6557/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last year the Government spent a staggering €695 million on rent subsidies to private landlords and property owners across four schemes administered by two Departments. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection spent €175 million on the rent supplement scheme and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government spent €100 million on long-term...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held recent meetings with representatives of churches and faith communities as part of the church-State structured dialogue process. [6558/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to pick up on that theme. A geophysical survey of infant burial grounds will begin today at the site of the former Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home, near Roscrea, County Tipperary. Records of deaths at the home show that 269 children died there between 1934 and 1967 but, due to the failure of the order to keep records, the number of children who died there is not known...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [7984/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Project Ireland 2040 recognises the importance of cross-Border co-operation and investment in developing the Border corridor, specifically the Donegal and Derry region. Derry and Strabane District Council has in place an ambitious, inclusive strategic growth plan and, as part of the plan, the council is trying to secure a city deal for the region from the British Government. Its plan also...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Our healthcare system is in crisis as every day brings new headlines which tell of the litany of failures inherent in the system. We have had a series of scandals, including that of CervicalCheck. Over the course of that debacle, the bravery of women like Emma Mhic Mhathúna has shone a light directly on the incompetence of the Minister for Health. That scandal continues with the...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is a coalition in all but name. The Taoiseach certainly has the measure of the leader of Fianna Fáil because he knows that Deputy Micheál Martin will fall into line once pressure is applied. This is not about Brexit. This is not about avoiding an election. The national interest is not served by retaining a Minister who is clearly failing. Today, supply and confidence...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Every deadline has been missed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra ASD classes in the Dublin 7 area will be provided due to the shortage and high demand for such classes. [8511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 134. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for home care packages will be made available in an area (details supplied). [8512/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night, we witnessed the mother and sister of Clodagh Hawe, Mary and Jacqueline, speak about her brutal murder and those of her three sons, Liam, aged 13, Niall, aged 11, and Ryan, aged six, at the hands of her husband and the children's father in August 2016. Anyone who saw last night's programme has been deeply affected by the utterly terrifying and heartbreaking story, as well as by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. I am aware of all of that work and, undoubtedly, it marks progress. I discussed these matters when I met the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, some months ago. However, I am now making a different proposition and a different point to the Taoiseach. Rather than proceeding in an ad hocor discretionary way, we should establish multi-agency review processes of these...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the HSE was fined after pleading guilty in Kilkenny District Court to two charges relating to conditions at the psychiatric unit in St. Luke's General Hospital and two charges relating to the non-signing of seclusions orders by a consultant psychiatrist. The chair of the Mental Health Commission, Mr. John Saunders, stated, "As a regulatory body, it is entirely unacceptable to find...