Results 17,541-17,560 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The task now must be to reopen as safely as possible, as soon as possible, and ignoring the need for a proper quarantine system jeopardises all of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is time to get this right.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: By pushing ahead-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The situation is fragile, and that fragility is undoubtedly added to by the reality of increased variants. The question that arises is how we get from under this, how we carve out a pathway where we can reopen safely and where society and the economy can remain open. It is very clear at this stage that in the absence of adequate testing and tracing, a very efficient and safe vaccination...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The efforts of people to get past this virus have been recorded. What we need now is the Government to do the right thing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: We need a full, effective mandatory system of hotel quarantine.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government needs to act on this swiftly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I again press the case for family carers and the necessity of affording them a level of priority in the vaccination programme. Currently, they are identified just as part of the general population. Yesterday, the HSE published its plan for the safe return of services. It reflects the huge pressure the system is under and will be under. Therefore, the work of family carers and the value...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the issue of provision of abortion services, it needs to be remembered that unionism can no longer be allowed to exercise a veto in the provision of these services for women yet that is what is happening. There has been a blockage. There is an active campaign by the DUP and others to prevent the commissioning of services that are necessary and to which women are entitled. Everybody from...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The fact that the committee has not met since November is alarming, frankly. It raises a question mark around the urgency and order of priority being attached to children and younger people, especially in the context of the public health emergency. I have had conversations with community and voluntary organisations that provide support and mental healthcare and related services to adults...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [15521/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I refer to the finding of the human rights committee of the Council of Europe that sizeable numbers of local authority tenants live in inadequate housing conditions. That is putting the matter very politely. Some of the housing conditions are utterly deplorable and shameful in 2021. The finding that the State is in breach of Article 16 of the European Social Charter in respect of...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The European Council meets this week at a time when the twin crises of the pandemic and Brexit call for a refocusing on what is required to meet these seismic challenges and to deliver solutions based on what has worked successfully in the recent past, that is, partnership, co-operation and solidarity. There is massive frustration and disappointment in Ireland and across the European...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to put in place an enhanced process for the consideration of applications for naturalisation as directed by the Supreme Court (details supplied) in judgments delivered on 31 May 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (25 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 24 February 2021, if he will furnish a reply. [16110/21]

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be sharing some time with Deputy David Cullinane. At the beginning of this debate the Minister for Health described family carers as the "backbone" of caring in our State. I will put on record some of the words of the backbone of care in our State: I am so fed up and worn-out from fighting for the basic rights of my daughter. With so little support, I live in a constant state of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Friday is World Autism Day. This marks a moment when we should be focused on raising awareness of the challenges facing those on the autistic spectrum and discussing how best to support them. Instead, we find ourselves discussing again how badly the State treats and fails children with additional needs. Yesterday, we heard the harrowing story of a seven-year-old called Lexi Forde, whose...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: As I said, on the very day this programme setting out these shocking revelations aired, families were before the court bringing the State to account for a failure to provide places for their children at school. Let me repeat my branding of the practice of compiling and holding files and dossiers on children with autism and their wider families by the HSE, the Department of Health or any...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach relies heavily on the report that he cites. Can he confirm that this report will, in fact, be published? I thank the Ceann Comhairle for turning off my microphone.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked three specific questions.