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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not sure that it is appropriate for a Government Deputy to speak, mar dhea, on behalf of everybody in the House when it is abundantly clear that the will of the House is for statements from the Ministers, including previous occupants of the Department, to establish facts, publish the review report to which the Taoiseach referred earlier, for us to have full disclosure of the facts and to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise the change the Government has made to the vaccination plan, as announced yesterday evening. This is both a huge and an astonishing decision that was made without prior notice and, it seems, without any consultation with the groups of front-line workers who will be affected by it. It has come as a great shock and has caused great anger for special needs assistants, SNAs,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [15523/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: In July last year, my colleague, Deputy Quinlivan, was told by the Taoiseach that he hoped to give a timeline for the rolling out of a new redress scheme for the victims of historical abuse in day schools. I am sure, or at least I hope, that the Taoiseach is as frustrated as I am that the Department of Education's review of the ex gratiascheme appears to be stalled. That frustration is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [15524/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I may have skipped the queue as I believe Deputy Paul Murphy is next.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is just to keep us right. I thank the Deputy. There is a move to age-based vaccination and the Taoiseach drew a parallel with the North. Sadly, I wish we were in the same position as those in the North, where vaccination is moving ahead at pace. Of course, the Taoiseach is aware there is an occupational element to that scheme. It is why, for example, carers got priority and have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [13102/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too refer to the plans for a safe return of health services, as published by the HSE. I specifically focus on cancer services, which will not be fully restored until the end of the year, with 90% scheduled by the end of September. All of this is reliant on a successful vaccination roll-out. We cannot afford to miss these targets. The prioritisation of early diagnosis and screening...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The meeting of the European Council which took place last week was a crucial moment in the European Union's battle with Covid-19. Over the course of the past year, the virus has wreaked havoc across member states. The economic and social devastation caused by this pandemic has been severe. The people of the EU and Ireland have experienced months of hardship. They have endured lockdown and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Britain and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [13101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the transformation payment agreed between post offices and An Post in 2018 will be extended; and if not, the financial assistance that will be put in place to keep the post network operating. [16676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 837. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 3 March 2021, if she will provide a reply. [17542/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 908. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a Covid-19 vaccine. [16500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 975. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered prioritising the vaccination for home school community liaison scheme co-ordinators given that they are working on the frontline. [16702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1029. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons with Addison’s disease on the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy priority list of groups for vaccination; the way persons in this group will access the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health the process that will be used to identify persons with asthma for vaccine allocation; and the way persons in this group will access the vaccine. [16901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that will be applied in respect of persons with severe asthma who are currently categorised as group 7 in the COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy to determine continuous or repeated use of systemic corticosteroids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (1 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education has completed and submitted its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools first commissioned in September 2018; the advice provided on the provision of reading schools for children with dyslexia; and when she will publish the policy advice. [17793/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to raise again the issue of housing. I am very conscious that as the light at the end of the tunnel gets a little bit brighter for people, we are beginning to consider what life, and Ireland, will look like once the pandemic passes and the public emergency is over. It is very encouraging that, despite everything people have been through in the past year, they still have that...