Results 16,821-16,840 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are 14 of them.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are 14 in the entire-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is not acceptable.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: A Cheann Comhairle, you gave considerable time to the Taoiseach.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The situation is extraordinary. The Opposition has sought to assist Government by waiving critical things like pre-legislative scrutiny. It has been given a fair wind. At times, it has not played that hand very well in our view but the reality is that on Friday, restrictions were imposed right across the city and county of Dublin which have had very serious effects. Dublin is not alone in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: In September last year, my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, submitted a report to the Central Bank into the practice of dual pricing by the insurance industry. As the Taoiseach will be aware, dual pricing is the practice used by insurers to rip off their customers with artificially high premiums when they renew their insurance policy. Earlier this month, the Central Bank completed phase 1...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Prime Minister. [22608/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of this morning's COBRA meeting with the British Prime Minister my colleague, deputy First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, emphasised the ongoing need for an all-island approach to Covid-19. We have consistently raised this matter in respect of profiling the disease and projections but also in terms of testing and tracing. This approach is also important for cross-border...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [23927/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise again the issue of evictions and the urgent necessity for a ban on rent increases. I am sure all of us, as elected representatives, are very well aware of the kinds of pressures people are under in our communities. There is a very particular burden and pressure on those in the rental sector. Thousands of workers are now without employment. The reality for many people in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [25001/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I raise the very deep sense of abandonment felt by citizens with disabilities, their families, carers and service providers. The Government has yet to allocate the necessary additional funding for disability day services to enable them to deal with the impact of Covid-19. We are now six months into this pandemic. The disability services submitted their funding requirements to the HSE in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I have an answer on disability services please?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is the Taoiseach committing to ring-fencing the funding? The providers have sent him a figure.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: They are in correspondence with the Taoiseach.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the consultation by a company (details supplied) with planners to increase the number of private homes to be developed on the publicly owned O’Devaney Gardens site Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25579/20]