Results 18,361-18,380 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is the Taoiseach going to answer my question?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will he answer my question? He is the Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Really. Okay. Thank you. It is kind of pathetic but-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: For every classroom.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: An important story broke in The Currency magazine today relating to National Broadband Ireland, which could have serious implications for the roll-out of broadband across rural Ireland. In May 2019, I warned the then Taoiseach and current Tánaiste, Deputy Leo Varadkar, that the contract signed by the Government to deliver the national broadband plan was a bad deal for the taxpayer. I...
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might answer the question.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about Oak Hill Advisors? That was my question. Will the Taoiseach confirm-----
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach does not know.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: What does that mean? That is devoid of meaning.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is shocking.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [57208/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Following publication of the mid-term review of the national drug strategy, a decision was made by the Department of Health to remove the community and voluntary sector from the strategy's national oversight committee. The sector is to be replaced by a civic society forum made up of Department of Health appointees. This new structure has yet to be formalised or established. There is a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the President of the United States. [59969/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: President Biden's absolute and, to use the Taoiseach's word, vigorous commitment in respect of the Good Friday Agreement is very reassuring indeed. It goes beyond the Administration itself and the White House and is a position that is shared across the aisles in Congress, including the Senate, and I very much welcome that. Indeed, I had the opportunity to have exchanges and hear those...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: We have all the mechanisms in the Stormont House Agreement.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the British-Irish Council. [58383/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach set out, the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council provided the opportunity for attendees to use indigenous, minority and lesser used languages. As the Taoiseach is aware, the Westminster Government has agreed to legislate for the Irish language, making Gaeilge an official language in the North. Has the Taoiseach used the British-Irish Council or any other opportunity...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government's approach to housing is failing miserably. Dublin City Council and Cork City Council commissioned KPMG to conduct analysis of future housing needs as part for their development plans for the period 2022 to 2028. These reports are frightening. They reveal that the housing crisis is set to get even worse in the coming years, even if the Government delivers on current policy....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: And it is not working. Whatever the Taoiseach's view of me, I am sure he will agree the ESRI and KPMG are not, surely to God, ranting as well, or are they? The evidence they have adduced through a very comprehensive study, using data from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, and ESRI, which are hardly ranters or ravers, show house prices will be at €500,000 on average, or more than...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: This crisis is set to get worse if the Government persists with its current policy. Those are the facts. We saw figures from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, BPFI, showing almost half of first-time buyers must run to their parents for help to secure a deposit. It is called the bank of mammy and daddy. Not every mammy and daddy are in a position to bankroll every son and...