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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of her Department's €25.3 million budgetary allocation for 2020 for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence related services. [6852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional budgetary allocation related to Covid-19 for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence related services her Department has allocated. [6853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person or body that has lead responsibility for the co-ordination of the emergency Covid response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she has considered the provision of a short-term emergency rent supplement payment to enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to a statement by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann on 30 April 2020, if she will progress short-term emergency rent supplement to enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence access safe housing for a period of three months and or the duration of the Covid-19 national...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to provide a Covid-19 domestic violence emergency rent supplement payment to enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [6861/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will backdate the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment for staff (details supplied) who were due to be paid through the temporary wage subsidy scheme at the end of April 2020 but were not in view of the fact the liquidators will not release the funds for wages. [5630/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Data (20 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the technical issues will be resolved to enable manual updating of contributions for illness benefit claims. [6860/20]

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, not as of yet, but who is to say? I might be resigned to playing golf if it is so desired by the public. Let us hope not. First, I extend our sympathies to all of those who have been bereaved by this virus. I extend our solidarity and wish for a full recovery to all those who are sick, and our profound thanks once again to workers on the front line. I also thank the Irish people...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. I do not accept any excuse advanced for not dealing with the clear-cut situation of women returning from maternity leave who are locked out of the wage subsidy scheme. The Taoiseach is right that it is those who were not topped up by their employer, but that makes the situation all the worse because they were solely reliant on their maternity benefit. That is unfair....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thought the correspondence last week was very helpful. It has made clear that the two-hour concern is in the event of an infection and who would be considered close contacts and who would have to isolate and be tested, quickly we would hope. It is certainly not an argument for minimising ministerial appearances for the purposes of public scrutiny and should not be used for that purpose....

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I reiterate our sympathy to the bereaved families across this island, record our good wishes to those who are ill for a speedy recovery and our eternal gratitude to our front-line workers, particularly those in our healthcare system but also workers beyond that. I record also the success that has been achieved by everybody in flattening the curve. Everybody was very pleased to see tangible...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That the scheme for front-line workers was launched on a Thursday and collapsed the following Wednesday has not built confidence among the general public in planning for childcare. I repeat to the Taoiseach that many people across the sector are saying publicly that the level of consultation and engagement is simply not sufficient. There is a call for clear guidance to cover childcare...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with representatives of the Catholic Church. [8063/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which each of the Cabinet committees have met in the past three months, in tabular form. [8064/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if a charity (details supplied) has confirmed with him the board members of a company. [8065/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to pursue the matter of EU immigration and family unification rights for Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland with the UK Government to ensure the same rights remain in place when the UK-EU settlement scheme ends in June 2021 in view of the successful outcome of a case by a person (details supplied). [8066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Company Liquidations (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the liquidation of a company (details supplied) with a bank that is a shareholder in the parent company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 465. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the complaints process for the reporting and enforcement of breaches to the Return to Work Safely Protocol. [8059/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 464. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the business supports she has put in place for self-employed persons with a disability. [8058/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Coverage (27 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 887. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take to ensure childcare providers insurance includes cover for Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8056/20]