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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We had a trolley crisis in the summer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night during a debate with Sinn Féin's Deputy Ó Broin, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, claimed that we do not have a housing emergency. It was incredible stuff and, therefore, I will share with the Taoiseach just some of the hundreds of accounts from people who have been in touch with us in the past 24 hours - victims of the housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The highest rents, highest house prices and highest levels of homelessness - that is the reality of the Government's record.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Here is Karen, who is in her early 20s. She says she has been with her boyfriend for six years and they are still living with parents in a box room. They just want to start their own life and are just waiting for something to get better. It is so hard, she says. Michael says: We are a working family with 2 children. Renting for 21 years. We’ve been given a notice of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is not going to put roofs over people's heads.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to initiate a review into the planning process regarding the Moore Street site. [54165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 19 October 2022, if he will provide the analysis of estimated costs to establish and run an additional Passport Office in Northern Ireland. [54595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the social inclusion unit of her Department will provide a school (details supplied) with its ranking within the Pobal deprivation index used for the DEIS identification model. [55473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific budgetary measures which she has put in place to provide for the increased energy costs for recognised schools in the free education scheme for the autumn and winter 2022/2023 school term; if she accepts that the additional capitation funding in 2022 is not sufficient to cover increased energy costs and all other running costs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review group report which was submitted to her on 22 April 2022. [55441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 18 October 2022, the total number of staff currently working in the INTREO Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 to include the staff who relocated from the Navan Road INTREO centre. [55528/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 510 of 18 October 2022, the total number of current customer claim load and catchment areas to include people living in the Dublin 7 area following the closure of the Navan Road INTREO centre. [55529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (8 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to develop a national child poverty plan as required under the EU child guarantee to tackle child poverty. [55443/22]

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Vicky said, "The hardest part for me, it's not the dying, it's the leaving my children behind. That's what breaks my heart." Yesterday, at just past midnight, Vicky's battle with terminal cervical cancer ended, her young life ended, her life stolen by a vicious disease, her life stolen by profound failures of the State, of Government and of the HSE. Enormous and endless tributes flow now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday the sad news broke that Vicky Phelan had passed away. Her two children, Amelia and Darragh have lost their beautiful mother so early in their lives. Our hearts go out to her husband Jim, to her heartbroken parents, Gaby and John, and to Vicky's family and friends who are devastated by her death. The nation mourns with them. Vicky Phelan was a force of nature. In pursuit of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I support the Taoiseach's comments regarding the importance of population screening and the importance for women to participate in CervicalCheck. All of us who avail of the service are well aware of its absolute value. Vicky’s ambition to bringing screening home can be achieved. It was a catastrophic error for the laboratory services not to be available and for screening not to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Alliance for Insurance Reform has stated that insurance companies are taking their policyholders and the Government for a ride when it comes to the insurance reform plan. Business and voluntary organisations have seen no reduction in their insurance premiums while a report published today shows that motor insurance has fallen by only 2% in the past year. The value of awards has reduced...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Prague summit of the European Political Community. [51352/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am delighted to see the Ceann Comhairle back in the Chair. The Taoiseach stated that energy and energy security were a significant focus of the Prague summit, and they continue to be for European political leaders. In that regard, I wish to raise our planning system, particularly An Bord Pleanála, which has been in crisis for some time. The difficulties run deeper than the...