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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----are accurate and I would like that recorded on the record of the Dáil. I do not appreciate being accused of laying untruths before the House. That is not true.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach the very real sense of abandonment that citizens with disabilities and their families, carers and service providers feel. I asked him to commit to ring-fencing the necessary funding to ensure that services get back up and running to capacity. The Taoiseach cited, of course, the Covid-19 protocols, which I recognise. More importantly, the services, the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about County Monaghan?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has no answer. It would be nice to share it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish a unit in his Department to co-ordinate social dialogue. [23928/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to deal with two things. On the work envisaged in the establishment of this unit in the Department of the Taoiseach, I understand the models of sectoral engagement are different from the old social partnership process. I ask the Taoiseach to confirm that for me. There is no doubt that workers, businesses and all of society face sudden and unprecedented challenges. The public health...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change. [25393/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raised the issue of increased utility costs with the Taoiseach earlier this month. During our exchange he gave an undertaking that the Government would engage with Electric Ireland on the matter. I wrote to him subsequently raising the matter again and last week I raised it again to follow up on the outcome of those Government discussions. At that time, the Taoiseach informed me he had...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a station at Ballybough to service Ballybough, Croke Park, East Point and north Docklands will be considered in the DART extension programme. [25694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff from each of the CHOs redeployed from their contracted role to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25817/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dental staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25818/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE addiction staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25819/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE disability staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25843/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25844/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday was a very bad day for tens of thousands of families and businesses that need breathing space in respect of their mortgages. The announcement that mortgage breaks will come to an end after this week has caused a great deal of anxiety and stress. These mortgage breaks gave homeowners and businesses some relief as the economic effects of the emergency and public health restrictions...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tea and sympathy for mortgage holders is of no use to them. Of course, some will be in a position to return to full payment of their mortgage sum but many others will not. The question is why the mortgage breaks were stopped for families and businesses that still require them at a time when we are still in the grip of a public emergency, when additional restrictions have been placed on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, the North's public prosecution service announced that 15 former British soldiers will not be prosecuted in connection with the murder of 13 civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday in 1972. I pay tribute to the Bloody Sunday families for their strength, stamina and determination. This is another very disappointing day in their campaign for truth and justice. I share that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish a citizens' assembly in 2021. [26525/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also want to raise the matter of a citizens' assembly on the issues of drugs and drug use and misuse, as well as recovery and how the State supports and funds such an approach. I have raised with the Taoiseach the value and importance of the community participation provision within the national drugs strategy. I have brought to his attention that some within the apparatus of the State are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I got in to ask a question and then the Taoiseach talked down the clock. My colleague got a short few seconds but I will get none.