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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I met this morning with Sophie Redmond. She is 11 years old. She wrote me a letter and I want to put it on the record of the Dáil. I know she has written to the Taoiseach as well. Here is what she had to say. Dear Mary Lou, Thank you for supporting me. My name is Sophie Redmond and I am 11 years old. I love watching your videos on Instagram. [So that is good.] I like how you...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 536. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the findings of the Covid-19 return on school absenteeism recently completed by Tusla. [40394/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 537. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school applications received between August and November 2020 that have not yet been placed on the home education register. [40395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40459/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Figures published yesterday by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland show a surge in mortgage approval rates for October, driven by first-time buyers. Behind that figure is a very worrying spike in house prices, which reflects the broken housing policies of this Government and the previous one. On average, first-time buyers are now borrowing €10,000 more than was the case...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will try to bring the Taoiseach in touch with some glimpse of reality. The people I referred to who are locked out of the housing market do not have massive household savings. In fact, many of them are struggling just to get by. They pay rent, which has gone through the roof, and they struggle to have any savings. Many of them have lost work and income. They are relying on a proactive...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very concerned at the news this morning that AIB, a State-owned bank, is to proceed with 1,500 job losses and that there has been minimal consultation with the unions. Astonishingly, at the same time as AIB proposes to let 1,500 staff go at a time of very high unemployment, it is also seeking to buy back Goodbody Stockbrokers at a cost of more than €100 million. Not alone that,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand and it is no problem. I have previously raised with the Taoiseach the specific challenges facing the commercial events sector. The sector accounts for approximately 90% of the five million events tickets each year pre-Covid, which in ordinary times delivers a significant stimulus for hospitality and tourism. The event production industry Covid-19 working group, known as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with foreign affairs will next meet. [38620/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Sunday marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Ireland's strongest and most useful expression of solidarity would be the formal recognition of the state of Palestine. This would honour the hopes and aspirations for peace and the dignity of the Palestinian people, who continue to live under the horrific oppression of the Israeli authorities as they ramp up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's statement of strategy must place a strong and renewed focus on the very many challenges facing Ireland's young people. Youth unemployment now stands at 45%. The release valve of emigration, which was relied upon by successive administrations, is not available to us. The ball is now firmly in the Government's court. It must deliver innovative interdepartmental solutions to...

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Brady. There is less than a month to go to the end of the Brexit transition period. We heard the news from Europe this morning that Tory intransigence, particularly with regard to its dangerous Internal Market Bill, has brought negotiations to a cliff edge. Serious difficulties remain and the window to have any agreement ratified before the end of the year is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. At 8 o’clock this morning Joanna Sloan, a young nurse in Belfast, was the first person in Ireland to receive a vaccine for Covid-19. A little earlier a 90-year-old Fermanagh woman, Margaret Keenan, was the first person in Britain to receive the jab. We now await the vaccine roll-out plan for this part of the island. There is at last...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nobody is suggesting that we should drift backwards; far from it. We are absolutely insisting that students nurses and midwives must be acknowledged and paid for the critical tasks they carry out. We are insisting in this year and in these times above all other times, as we face into a pandemic, that we recognise and reward the real work of student nurses and midwives. Those students are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [39896/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review the progress of the current programme for Government. [41493/20]

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Deputy is very honest.

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: These are the harrowing words of a victim for whom domestic violence leave would have made a real difference. I was assaulted at my place of work. He pulled me down a flight of stairs in front of a waiting room full of patients, told me he had a blade. He assaulted me in the car park but I managed to get away and call the gardaí. The following day, my boss called me into her office....

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 91. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the guidelines and measures in place for the operation of outdoor markets under the level 3 guidelines of the Living with Covid Plan [41478/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 93. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the rationale for the decision taken regarding the operation of bowling alleys under level 3 of the Living with Covid Plan. [41581/20]