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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----for the next three years and he did not answer that question. I would appreciate it if he would answer that question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is Daft.ie. I hardly think that is propagandist, in fairness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is Daft.ie cynical too?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: You have no answer, Micheál. That is okay; I understand.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will not go on until 11 o'clock, by way of reassurance.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: You are very welcome. People woke up this morning to the latest Daft.ie rental report. It confirms what everyone knows. The report shows the biggest hike in new rents since records began - a staggering surge of 14% in one year. It is a new, grim record achieved on the watch of the Taoiseach's Government. What does this mean for hard-pressed renters? Across the State it means an average...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has initiated the stakeholder consultation regarding International Labour Organisation Convention No. 190; the timeline for the completion of same; and the date by which the Convention will be ratified by Ireland. [57176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to amend or repeal the Forcible Entry Act 1381. [57192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials have submitted their report regarding the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to him. [57177/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [52764/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the senior officials group chaired by his Department to provide a strategic overview of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. [52762/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [51354/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Figures given to our health spokesperson, Deputy Cullinane, indicate there were 260 chemotherapy appointments cancelled in quarter 3 of this year. One hundred and sixty of these appointments were for children. What is the Government's plan to ensure these children and thousands more in need of appointments get the care they need when they need it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a measure of how far astray the Government has gone and how badly it is failing that the Taoiseach relies on misinformation and attacks across the floor-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----rather than acknowledging in the first instance the very real mental health consequences of what is a housing catastrophe and emergency. The Minister cannot even accept that it is an emergency. Does the Taoiseach accept that it is an emergency? The record of the Government, despite the Taoiseach's bluster, is that house prices, rents and homelessness are up. I will try to be of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----that build big, fancy apartment blocks in areas such as those I represent. People with no homes look at those apartment blocks, say they are nice and that they will never live in them because they cannot afford to do so and certainly will never own a home there. That is not the answer. I asked about the targets. Can we please have clarity on that matter?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The targets are wrong, according to the Department and the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The housing emergency has dominated life in Ireland for more than a decade. It is a story of an entire generation locked out of affordable housing and locked out of opportunity. It is a generation that works hard and does all the right things but still sees their aspirations pushed further away. Their lives are on hold and their futures are uncertain. Over the past four days, I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Are the 8,000 new builds?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach describes Housing for All as the most ambitious plan. He talks about significant impact and indicators of success, yet all the evidence on the ground in the real world is of a social emergency. There is catastrophic failure in the housing market that has implications for people's quality of life, their life options and chances and their mental health. Younger people are...