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Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raised with the Taoiseach earlier the issues mortgage holders face. The real shame is that on 30 September the opportunity to extend a full break for mortgage holders was lost. That is on the Taoiseach and it is a big failure of his Government. Can he set out for us very clearly what alternatives, what propositions, he will put to the banks, given that MABS reports that banks, as I said...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why did the Taoiseach end them?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is entirely wrong.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It should have been extended.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Repossession of a person's home is not great either.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach then try to make some sense?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government let that slide.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the case.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's friends in Fine Gael met their banking buddies. History will record what happened.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that the Taoiseach's single transferable excuse? It is pathetic.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Programme for Government (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the implementation of the programme for Government. [29923/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Programme for Government (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish additional Cabinet committees as outlined in the programme for Government. [29925/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Programme for Government (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The pandemic is hard for everyone but it has been a uniquely horrific time for victims of domestic abuse and violence. Demand for services has increased by at least 30%. I heard the Taoiseach when he was reflecting on level 5 and the gravity of imposing such stringent restrictions on citizens. He cited his concerns about child protection and domestic abuse and violence. What additional...

Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time. We are now well and truly at crunch time in respect of the Brexit negotiations. What happens in the next days and weeks will have a profound impact on the island of Ireland economically, socially and politically. On Thursday and Friday of last week, the European Council met to discuss, among other things, the status of the talks with the British Government as we fast...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 119. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of his Department’s estimate for salaries, wages and allowances for 2021. [31367/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of his Department’s 2021 estimate for a specialised sexual offences unit. [31368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing of Budgets (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s progress in expanding the equality budgeting programme. [31366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the restrictions in place under level 3 of the living with Covid-19 plan; if clarity will be provided for schools that have been seriously impacted financially by these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 611. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation impacting doctors who have graduated and are unable to secure an internship place for 2020, noting the financial and clinical impact this has had on these graduates; if he has raised this issue with the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31240/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: At midnight we will enter our second lockdown of this pandemic. Workers, families and communities are being asked to make enormous sacrifices once again. People will lose their jobs and businesses are being told to close. Families are being told to stay apart and lives are being disrupted and put on hold. Understandably, there is a great deal of anxiety. There is also anger and...