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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (8 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the study commissioned by him to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, the National Strategy for Women and Girls as well as the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. [6077/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (8 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the officials in his Department have completed their examination and analysis of the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews submitted to him in the summer of 2022. [5927/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Rents have soared to unaffordable levels in the decade that Fine Gael has been in power. The latest daft.iereport is a nightmare read for workers and families caught in the private rental trap. The report shows that new rents across the State increased by nearly 14% in 2022. All counties bar one saw double-digit increases. Some of these increases are frightening: County Mayo, up 21%;...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have just set out what is the reality for so many people. This is now beyond crisis mode. People are paying €640 per month for a bunk bed sharing with three other people in a small bedroom. That is four people in one room. Where does this end? Where does this stop? At what point does reality dawn and do we see the necessary actions? The Taoiseach has set out what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It costs €4,000 to rent on Carnlough Road in Cabra. The Taoiseach needs to come off it. He needs to get a grip.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. I ask for an adjournment of the patient safety Bill to next week. We all know this is important legislation that we need to get right. On 7 December and following the death of campaigner Vicky Phelan, there was cross-party determination to get this legislation right. I assume we all still share that ambition. We are nearly there but we are not quite there yet. We need...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can we ask for some clarity-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----from the Taoiseach as to what is meant by the commitment he made? Does he mean the amendment, as described by me and Deputy Kelly, will be accepted and brought into the legislation? We need clarity on that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: If those efforts fail, the Minister will adjourn the matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, he answered.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: A report published in the Irish Independentpresents in very stark terms the recruitment and retention crisis in An Garda Síochána. One in four Garda stations has seen a drop in staff, and 42 stations have no gardaí permanently assigned to them. In my constituency of Dublin Central we have lost 30 gardaí in the past year. The truth is that the Taoiseach's Government has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [4084/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: As I noted to the President of the European Parliament earlier this month, one of the necessary ingredients to create change in the world is to speak honestly with our friends. I believe this honesty is needed now more than ever from the EU and the international community in its engagements with Israel, as Israel heaps injustice after injustice on the Palestinian people. Political...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Israel does not uphold the rights of the Palestinians.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the breaches of international law that are legendary at this stage?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) 2018 Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the occupied territories Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the occupied territories Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [4086/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (14 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have raised the need to review this initiative with the Taoiseach's predecessor, the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, and I raise it again with the Taoiseach at this juncture. We need to assess in real terms what progress has been made. The review needs to also include the need to expand the boundaries of this initiative because only one section of the north inner city is...