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

Mary Lou McDonald: 94. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the rationale for the decision taken regarding the operating of children’s indoor play areas under level 3 of the Living with Covid Plan. [41582/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific guidelines that apply to seasonal events; and the rationale for these guidelines under the current level 3 guidelines of the living with Covid plan. [41477/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale behind the decision made on children's dance classes under level 3 of the living with Covid plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41680/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with or plans to engage with any of the organisations that provide children's dance classes to hear their concerns about Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale behind the decision made regarding children’s gymnastic classes under level 3 of the living with Covid plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41678/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with or plans to engage with any of the organisations that provide children’s gymnastic classes to hear their concerns regarding Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41679/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday I raised with the Taoiseach the refusal of his Government to pay student nurses and midwives who have been working on the front line during this awful pandemic. I told the Taoiseach of the real anger and frustration felt by these students over the outrageous claim that they do not get paid because they do not do real work. I conveyed to the Taoiseach, in their own words, the very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Here are the truths. The truth is that student nurses and midwives are working hard. The truth is that our system and the services patients rely on would grind to a halt, in some cases, without their effort. The truth is the Taoiseach has chosen to disregard and disrespect the fact that these students work extremely hard. The only abuse at play here is the abuse of not paying these...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but for the great and the good, for the hoi polloi, there is no delay. They get their money. They get their increases. The sheer unfairness-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----of that is manifest to one and all.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are currently more than 200 children waiting on scoliosis procedures. That is up 25% in two years, and almost half of these children are waiting for more than six months. This makes a mockery of the promised made by Deputy Harris, as Minister for Health, some three years ago, that no patient would wait more than four months. Serious delays in scoliosis surgery have been a huge...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [41796/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: My colleague, Deputy Kerrane, asked the Taoiseach yesterday if it was the Government's intention to ratify the International Labour Organization, ILO, Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work. As he did not have an opportunity to respond as time ran out, I would be grateful if he could clarify the Government position today. Covid-19 has created new challenges...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be. The Taoiseach did not clarify what that Ernst & Young study cost, nor did he clarify the wider point on the total amount of money expended by his Department on consultancy firms advising on Covid-19 related matters. I for one would like to hear clear, concise answers to those questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: For future reference, I understand and accept that these sessions are discursive and that any of us can go off on any sort of reverie, but where the Taoiseach is asked on the Questions Paper a very clear-cut question on costs associated with his Department - in this instance, costs of consultancy in respect of Covid-related matters - I, for one, expect that when he answers on the floor of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decisions made regarding live music and dance at weddings under the current level 3 of the Living with Covid Plan. [42713/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with or plans to meet with representatives from the wedding business sector to hear their concerns regarding the restrictions contained in the Living with Covid Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42714/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: On several occasions now, I have raised with the Taoiseach his refusal to pay student nurses and midwives. His decision has been met with understandable anger, not just from the students themselves but also from the public. Last Thursday, I met online with student nurses and midwives from all over the country. They shared with me their experiences and recounted the very real work they do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is at the core of this, in reality, is a health service and a hospital system that is creaking at the seams. What is at the core of this is the fact that student nurses and midwives are very often the glue that keeps that system together and keeps the show on the road. What is also at the core of this, put very plainly, is a group of professionals in training working 13-hour shifts and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I know what is happening in our hospitals and it seems the Taoiseach does not, which is shocking.