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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: SIPTU members employed by the Irish Wheelchair Association are on strike today. They are on the picket line because they have not had a pay increase in 14 years. Even though they do the same work as HSE healthcare assistants, they are paid a lot less, which is €3 per hour less. As the Tánaiste will be aware, this is a common problem across section 39 organisations. These are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. The haste with which the Government wishes to move the defective blocks scheme of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, through the Oireachtas is extraordinary and scandalous. I know time is short and we are coming towards the summer break, but we should reflect on the fact the defective blocks containing mica and pyrite have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: This merits comment. The Government is attempting to ram this matter through without proper scrutiny-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and without proper amendment to produce another scheme that will fail. I will place on the record of the House-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----that the time allowed for consideration of this is wholly inadequate. People's homes, people's lives-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and a lot of taxpayers' money is at stake here.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will not be rushed, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, in making that point in the most forcible way-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----I can on behalf of those families and communities.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. Those high structural costs, as he knows, long predate this particular cost-of-living crunch, which I am sure he would acknowledge. The Government's response to these matters has been slow. It has lacked urgency but we can agree to disagree on that. What I would like us to agree on is that families preparing to get children back to school in late...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have just two weeks left in this Dáil term, which is two weeks for the Government to intervene with measures to alleviate the enormous pressure the cost-of-living crisis is placing on households. Yesterday, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputies Donohoe, and Michael McGrath, respectively, announced to great fanfare that budget 2023 will be brought...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amendments to the Local Government Acts he intends to progress to provide for maternity leave for councillors. [35452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a statutory instrument will be enacted before the 2022 summer recess enabling An Garda Síochána to share its material with the Kenova and Denton Operations. [35485/22]

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...

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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has plans to deal with the issues facing residents under a district heating scheme (details supplied). [34796/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the district heating steering group is expected to bring its report to Government. [34797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 181. To ask the Minister for Health when comprehensive supports, including reinstatement of speech and language therapy and an early intervention appointment, will be provided by the children’s disability network team for a child (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is proven that high-quality early intervention has a profound positive effect on outcomes for children with a...