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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: But you have taken two-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are being flexible.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Except the Government.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Earlier the Taoiseach issued a heartfelt apology to Patricia Carrick and her family. I want to raise the issue of the tribunal on CervicalCheck. I understand that today the 221+ group has written to the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, a detailed letter setting out again the asks of this group, which I think are entirely reasonable, for a tribunal process that is non-adversarial, for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are three matters. I also raise the matter of student nurses. It is not so long ago we were praising all and sundry on the front line and calling them heroes without capes, which is quite correct. This is a terrible abuse of young professionals, and as Deputy Boyd Barrett has said, the sheer unfairness of their treatment is felt very keenly. Will the Taoiseach intervene and what...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not true to say that it is entirely and exclusively in the gift of the Taoiseach to deliver an all-Ireland approach. The Taoiseach and the Government in Dublin can certainly have a major bearing on delivering it, however. I have raised these issues with the Taoiseach before and I have told him that the systems, North and South, have been anaemic, quite frankly, in delivering the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: We can also get rhetorical answers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will add to colleagues' remarks. I will state it so that it is clearly understood. The Taoiseach raised the issue of schools North and South. The Taoiseach is right. On one side of the Border schools are closing and on the other they are remaining open. That is not so much due to the vagaries of Sinn Féin policy but to the reality that we have two different sets of public health...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 182. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 21 July 2020, if he will provide the link to his published diary on his Department’s website. [32355/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 187. To ask the Taoiseach the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Health and Safety Inspections (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 232. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of HSA inspections that have taken place in bookmakers throughout the Covid-19 emergency; the number of these businesses found to be non-compliant as a result of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33641/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 228. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if painters, decorators, plumbers, electricians and associated trades persons can continue to work under level 5 restrictions; the guidelines for these trades persons when working in individual homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Data Protection (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 237. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Protection (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33843/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if NCT centres will remain open; and if tests that have been booked prior to the level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020 will proceed as planned. [32449/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver test centres will remain open; and the arrangements that will be in place for driver tests when level 5 restrictions come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020. [32450/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if under level 5 restrictions there is a plan in place to accommodate persons from Northern Ireland seeking to exchange their driver licences owing to Brexit requirements; if alternative arrangements such as a postal process can be put in place for these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32451/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons can travel outside the 5 km radius to attend a NCT test that has been booked prior to level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020. [32452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an exemption from NCT tests for cars that have been imported from Northern Ireland, in which they previously held an exemption, in view of the level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020. [32453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting an appointment to undertake the driver theory test in County Dublin; the average waiting time; and the measures he is planning to take to reduce the number of applicants and waiting times upon the reopening of these services. [33671/20]