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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Figures were released this morning to our justice spokesperson, Deputy Carthy, that make for very shocking reading. They reveal that suspects in 40,348 crimes carried out in 2024 were out on bail. This is an issue we have raised repeatedly with the Government, and I am raising it again this morning. The 2024 figure represented an increase of 5,000 on the figure for 2022. Astonishingly,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Gan dabht, tá na gaolta sin uilig an-tábhachtach ar fad. That is why I have raised the question with the Taoiseach. I am not in the least bit complacent. I am deeply concerned about the international order at this time and Ireland's place within it. Peace is not achieved by investing in and financing war. Every rule in the book is being set aside to enable Europe to invest...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about Palestine and Gaza?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Over the course of the next week the Taoiseach will engage in three crucially important meetings for Ireland's future. The first is a meeting with the British Prime Minister in which I hope the Taoiseach will press for a reset of relationships as equal partners. Then there is an EU Council meeting at a time when the European Commission has kickstarted an EU arms race, proposing a colossal...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The right to feel safe in your home, in your community and on the streets is precious. As a TD for Dublin Central, I represent communities who could write volumes on how that right has been systematically taken away from them. It is shameful that families who live in strong, resilient and vibrant communities, people who work in the centre of Dublin and those who visit our capital city...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [6074/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach how the new disability unit within his Department will function. [7554/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 38. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [6075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 778. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to review the terms of the drugs payment scheme; if she will extend the long-term illness scheme in order to include rheumatoid arthritis as a long-term chronic illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/25]

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Le trí bliana anuas tá muintir na hÚcráine tar éis an fód a sheasamh go cróga i gcoinne ionradh brúidiúil na Rúise ar a dtír. Tá gá arís le meas don dlí idirnáisiúnta agus do cheart na hÚcráine flaitheas, féinchinntiúchán agus saoire a bheith aici. Ní féidir ligean don...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim fáilte ó chroí roimh Larysa Gerasko. The ambassador is very welcome. Today, we think first and foremost of the people of Ukraine. Three years ago, Russia launched a brutal criminal invasion of Ukraine. Putin's invasion continues to be an attack on Ukraine's right to self-determination, sovereignty and peace. It is also a violation of international law. We have...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to be very clear. Ireland has built a powerful voice for peace and justice in the world. We are seen as an honest, credible actor in international affairs-----

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----because of our status of being military unaligned and our long-standing tradition of neutrality. Ireland's neutrality is our strength. It is now about showing leadership on the world stage, finding solutions, de-escalating crises and contributing to peacekeeping. Ireland's principled refusal to embrace military might as a means of resolving the world's problems is respected....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am glad the Taoiseach agrees with me that this situation is entirely unacceptable, that children are left without access to urgent dental care. I also welcome the fact that the Taoiseach will, as I understand it, make a direct intervention in respect of Tiernan, because a solution needs to be-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am putting the question to the Taoiseach, with respect, not to the Chief Whip. I asked that the Taoiseach make an intervention, and I would appreciate it if he did that. The problem is that we cannot bring all 7,000 stories of all of those children waiting for more than a year, or the 1,100 who have been waiting four years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: We would do nothing else if we were to do that. I am concerned that the Taoiseach is not recognising the problem or his part in it. The Taoiseach is not a commentator; he has been in government for a very considerable period.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I said to the Taoiseach that we have 25% less public dentists-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----than we had in 2006. Therein lies the root of the problem, and we need to address it.