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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: We do not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is KPMG insincere as well?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope the Taoiseach makes a new year's resolution to actually answer questions that are put to him. It is kind of embarrassing for the Head of Government to behave like that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Honest to God.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Micheál's headline achievement for 2021. Well done.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, I raised the contract signed by government with National Broadband Ireland, NBI, and pointed out that the majority shareholder of that consortium is Oak Hill Advisors, a firm with more expertise in dealing with distressed debt than infrastructural projects. Broadband roll-out is behind schedule and there are major concerns regarding the structure of the contract with NBI. It was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can you answer my question?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not an answer to the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit will next meet. [60150/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [58549/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [58550/21]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: For the purposes of clarity, the Minister of State has repeatedly indicated that the effect of the Deputy's amendment would be to force up cover costs. Can she set out precisely how that could be the case? I have listened to the exchange and I am unclear as to how or why that claim is being made by the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have dressed in red for the occasion. I thought it would be a bit much to don the beard and the hat so I left them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: However, I might get a more positive response from An Taoiseach if I were attired in that manner. In any event, happy Christmas in advance to all. I wish to raise with the Taoiseach his Government's management of the Covid booster roll-out. This morning, on his way to Cabinet, the Taoiseach said it is now a case of all hands on deck because of the Omicron variant, but his urgency comes...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach does not have to convince anybody in this House or beyond in respect of the booster. All of the evidence is that people wish to receive their boosters. We have a highly vaccinated population. Therefore, the issues that arise are operational. There is a question mark over the management and leadership of the Taoiseach's Government in rolling out this booster campaign. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: So we are not getting more vaccinators I am assuming.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: How many and when?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: How many vaccinators? The Taoiseach does not know.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: If the Taoiseach does not know how many he should just say so. I would appreciate an answer. It is a very straightforward question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed. I have been asking the Taoiseach to take action on soaring energy bills for months and Cabinet has now responded with a €100 credit for electricity, which is modest but welcome. People are facing record levels of inflation and skyrocketing prices not just for electricity but for oil, gas and other fuels. This credit will bring some small relief. I ask the...