Results 17,101-17,120 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the decision to delay the census. [31753/20]

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Beidh mé ag caint i gcoinne an rúin seo. Níl muinín againn as Leo Varadkar. Bhris sé na rialacha agus is gá dó a bheith freagrach as sin. This Government has been in office for just four months and in that short period we have witnessed displays of incompetence and chaos of record proportions. This Government was born of necessity. The old guard came...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office field staff will be temporarily redeployed on a part-time basis to conduct contact tracing as they cannot undertake their contracted duties in full during the current public health restrictions. [34529/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has initiated the review by his Department into the provision of a statutory entitlement to domestic violence paid leave, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 169. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason for the decision made regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with a representative body (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34883/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 170. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the detail of the advice provided by NPHET regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has initiated the provision of additional social protections for victims of domestic violence as committed to in the programme for Government. [34685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the statistics relating to the use of Tusla-funded emergency domestic violence accommodation for 2019 will be available. [34678/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of requests for domestic refuge in Tusla-funded services that went unmet in 2019 and to date in 2020 due to the fact that refuges were full. [34680/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which Tusla commenced work on the review of domestic violence accommodation; and the date on which this review will be complete. [34679/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional funding in budget 2021 to provide for the additional domestic violence refuge places to be delivered on completion of a Tusla review of domestic violence accommodation. [34681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the audit of the way in which responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is segmented across different agencies will be completed by March 2021 as committed to in the programme for Government; if she is overseeing the audit; and the resources allocated to the audit and the NGOs and service providers that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation in 2021 to roll out the comprehensive coercive control training programme by her Department for An Garda Síochána, Courts Service personnel and legal professionals, as committed to in the programme for Government; if the provision for the training programme has gone to tender; the mechanism by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her officials have initiated the drafting of domestic homicide legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the report completed by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding the death of a person (details supplied) has not been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34942/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an apology issued to the family of a person (details supplied) by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the director general of the Prison Service lifted the suspension of investigations into malpractice within the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35261/20]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Very witty.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government came to office four months ago promising to take major action on housing. The harrowing stories from people whose lives have been ruined by the housing crisis are well known to all of us: young couples who cannot afford a home of their own, some living with their children in the box room of their mammy's house; struggling renters who hand a chunk of their wages over to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: How are these for some facts that the Taoiseach might acquaint himself with? Fact one is that RPZs do not, have not and will not work. Fact two is the evidence, if the Taoiseach cares to see it, that rents are rising. The average rent is more than €1,400 across the State. That is astonishing. By the way, this is not for the Taj Mahal, it is for a two-bedroom unit here in Dublin...