Results 19,061-19,080 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have three boxing champions in the Public Gallery whom I wish to welcome and acknowledge. Amy Broadhurst is the International Boxing Association, IBA, light welterweight champion of the world, Dearbhla Tinnelly is the youth light heavyweight European champion and Evelyn Igharo is the current Irish elite champion at 70 kg. They are joined by coach Jim O'Neill from the Clann Naofa boxing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: For all of what the Taoiseach has recited on his list, Esther Pugh of the Barnardos centre in Loughlinstown has told the story of what is happening on the ground and the real fear and the real stress and pressure that families are living with. Our motion, by the way, does not state that the Government did nothing; on the contrary, we recognise the international factors. Putin is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking it to recognise that families have to live and to exist day to day and week to week and that they are struggling badly. For the life of me I cannot understand why the Government resists what is so obviously needed. We need a comprehensive, targeted set of measures to give people support and breathing room in the here and now. The idea that they can wait until October as the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Come on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: No it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We cite the €5.6 billion more that the Government has in tax revenues.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: People are not struggling. Okay.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a very difficult summer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night, Boris Johnson's Bill to override unilaterally parts of the protocol passed its Second Stage vote in the British House of Commons. This legislation is in breach of international law. It potentially has devastating consequences for Ireland's economy and, indeed, for the Good Friday Agreement. What is the Government's response to last night's vote and what steps does the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [24328/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [25806/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [29328/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night Sinn Féin brought forward a motion calling on the Government to introduce an emergency budget to ease the enormous pressure on struggling households. I impressed upon the Taoiseach yesterday - at least, I tried - how this crisis is worsening for so many. Last night, however, even though families throughout the country are at breaking point, Ministers stood up one after the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: In fact, the Government has demonstrated before that when it is those at the top, the Government is in like a flash but when it is ordinary people who need a bailout package, its message is tough luck. Tá sé doghlactha go vótálfaidh an Rialtas in aghaidh buiséad éigeandála anocht. A Aire, teastaíonn cúnamh ó dhaoine anois. Beidh sé...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The good news is even better than the Minister alludes to because not alone are we in a relatively strong position as an economy, as he brags, but in fact it is projected that the Government will take in €5.6 billion more in tax revenues than projected on budget day. The Minister talked about clarity but I ask him to allow me to give him clarity as he brags about the economic position...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: If I may say, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, it is very galling to hear on the one hand the bragging of Government on the wonderful job it is doing, how wonderfully rosy the economic outlook is and, while families suffer, the Minister sits on his hands. Nero fiddles and Rome burns.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last month I raised with the Minister the shocking increase in the rate of homelessness and he described the position as disappointing, regrettable and concerning. The words "shocking", "shameful" and "unacceptable" are more appropriate because the latest report on homelessness is a damning indictment of Government housing policy. More than 10,000 people are now homeless and for the first...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a letter has been issued from his Department to Dublin Port Company advising it of the decision on the Company's request for a pension increase. [34238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 666. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that he is in breach of section 10 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 signed into law on 24 December 2017 which states that the Minister shall, not later than three years after the date on which this Act is enacted require a report to be prepared on the operation of...