Results 18,261-18,280 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (10 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed birth registrations currently with his Department or the HSE to be prioritised in an area (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for the processing of these registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54996/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (10 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to register a birth in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (10 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department or the HSE has been drawn to significant difficulties encountered by parents seeking to access civil registration offices by phone; his plans to put additional resources in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54995/21]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: The need to build capacity in our hospitals has never been more urgent. Decades of bad government policy meant that our health service was at breaking point before we ever heard of Covid-19. Now we face the most serious health emergency of a lifetime. However, despite what the past 18 months have taught us, there is a real absence of urgency and planning from the Government. We need more...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: As ever with the Taoiseach's Government, it is a case of too little and too late. The middle of November is not the time to produce the winter emergency plan, with the greatest of respect to all involved. That work should have been done in the summer. The facts are that the mistake made at budget time, where not one additional acute inpatient or community bed beyond what had been...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Rather than the Taoiseach simply expressing interest or concern in this, it is his job to ensure this is sorted and these bottlenecks caused by excessive bureaucracy can be cut.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: There is a lack of capacity in hospitals.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: I reiterate to the Taoiseach that the funds and resources must be made available. He has failed in that regard. It is astonishing stuff.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is there an example?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Sorry, who was-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should be clear. Which hospital was it?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Which hospital?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Insurance companies in Ireland are still ripping off their customers. The industry pocketed huge savings during the pandemic. In 2020, the cost of claims to insurance companies fell by 20%, but the price of premiums for customers fell by only 7% and the average rebate was a mere €17. The cost of claims is set to fall again this year but it is very clear insurance companies cannot be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [47864/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [47865/21]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last night the Taoiseach announced measures to curb the Covid-19 surge. Nobody wanted a backwards step in the progress won over a long, hard and often heartbreaking 18 months. We now find ourselves in a very difficult situation. Difficult situations require decisive leadership, forward planning and thoughtful management, all of which are absent from the Taoiseach’s Government....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: He was not giving them-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a source of deep regret to me that not alone can Mícheál Martin's Government not take decisive action, but that he is singularly unable to answer very straightforward questions again.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: The facts are these: the Government is behind the curve on antigen testing and on the booster programme and the facts stack that up.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Attacking me and conjuring up all of this does not prove anything. Let us deal with the most immediate matter at hand. The Government has taken a decision which shuts down late-night industries, such as events, hospitality etc. This is going to have an impact on thousands of workers who can no longer earn their living. I ask the Taoiseach to forget his political smoke and mirrors, and...