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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question relates to the commitments in the programme for Government to support people with disabilities in maximising their potential and to remove barriers which impact on access to services, education or healthcare. Last week in County Mayo, I met Cillian Mearns, who is seven years of age, and his mother, Lorraine. Cillian and his friend, Grace, are two of the children in Mayo who are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States of America. [15013/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is very welcome that a congressional delegation led by Speaker Pelosi will visit Ireland for a two-day tour. I note Speaker Pelosi's remarks setting out clearly that there will be no trade arrangement with Britain in the event that the Good Friday Agreement is in any way damaged or undermined. That is most welcome. I note that members of the Committee on Ways and Means of the US House...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [15014/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: News broke at the weekend that private patients were now able to access cancer drugs that are denied within the public system. This is a disturbing and worrying development, not because those with private health cover can access drugs that they need, but because public patients will be denied equal access. The drugs approval process for public patients has hit a brick wall in recent years...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Brexit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Extolling the virtues of his-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach spoke about the cost effectiveness of drugs and cited the fact there is a procedure to establish the efficacy of any medicine and its economic value but I ask him to address the issue of that disparity between public and private cancer patients and whether he can justify the fact that a person, because his or her pockets are not as deep, will not receive the same care and,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (16 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take following the adoption of a resolution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17273/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: With every day that passes, the process surrounding the national broadband plan becomes ever more reminiscent of the debacle that now surrounds the cost of the national children's hospital. When I pressed the Taoiseach on this here yesterday, he admitted and confirmed for the first time that the cost of the broadband plan could reach €3 billion, despite the original cost estimate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a small mercy that we were not reliant on the Taoiseach and his Government for rural electrification because there would still be debate about Ardnacrusha power plant. We would still be in the dark, lighting candles and hoping for the best. The Government used the wrong procurement process. The process was supposed to generate a dynamic of competitiveness and yet there is a sole...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is just daft.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Calleary sounded decidedly clingy in his contribution. The Taoiseach may wish to reassure him after this sitting that all is well with Fine Gael and its partners in Fianna Fáil. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is preparing legislation to provide lawfully for the phased forensic excavation of the Tuam mother and baby home. The commission's report into the burial...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: They have been left entirely.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in preparing for a hard Brexit. [15016/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Whereas the Taoiseach correctly stated the additional extension of time for the British Government and Parliament to get its house in order lessens the prospect of an imminent crash, the threat is not entirely removed. There is no such thing as a good Brexit for us. I have spoken to people throughout the country and those in farming say the Brexit damage is being done as we speak. Whereas...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Negotiations (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when he last spoke with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [16452/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Negotiations (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The practice normally is to go to Fianna Fáil. I do not mind.