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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff within her Department who availed of a secondment from January 2019 to date on the basis that it was not the intention of the staff member to return to his or her position within the Department. [20646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (26 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1695. To ask the Minister for Health if he agreed to allocate €2 million to either Trinity College Dublin or the Health Research Board to establish and operate a Chair of Public Health Strategy within the university. [20653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff within his Department who availed of a secondment from January 2019 to date on the basis that it was not the intention of the staff member to return to their position within the Department. [20644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff within his Department who availed of a secondment from January 2019 to date on the basis that it was not the intention of the staff member to return to his or her position within the Department. [20635/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (26 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1939. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that will be undertaken to integrate children, young persons, young adults and families who have fled from Ukraine into communities in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19513/22]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Deputy got a lot in there.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The recent meeting of the European Council provided leaders with a prime opportunity to address the cost of living crisis and in particular the skyrocketing energy bills that have hammered workers and families for more than a year now. For more than five months, Sinn Féin has been calling on the Government to engage with the European Commission to cut VAT on these extortionate bills....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have asked the Taoiseach to set out what this comprehensive approach will amount to. It has to be all about bringing costs down. I ask again whether it will include measures to give relief to renters and if it will cut childcare costs. What other measures does the Government have in mind? We all agree that costs must come down. I also asked the Taoiseach to act with urgency. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is ending on Friday.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is talking down the clock. Can I have an answer?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has not answered.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Taoiseach a straight question that he has refused to answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach to cancel the carbon tax hike scheduled for 1 May. Struggling households are under huge pressure trying to pay soaring energy bills. The very last thing they need is the Government adding to that pressure with a tax hike. Yesterday, the Taoiseach refused to cancel that increase and indicated that the Government is determined to press ahead with it. In that...

Address by H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Uachtarán Zelenskyy as ucht a óráid ar maidin. I want to extend our deep appreciation and gratitude to President Zelenskyy for his address on this historic day. I want to acknowledge the presence of the diplomatic corps, but in particular, our friend, Ambassador Gerasko, and her staff. I want to pay them a particular...

Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (6 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Uachtarán Zelenskyy as ucht a óráid ar maidin. I want to extend our deep appreciation and gratitude to President Zelenskyy for his address on this historic day. I want to acknowledge the presence of the diplomatic corps, but in particular, our friend, Ambassador Gerasko, and her staff. I want to pay them a particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent European Council meeting on 10 and 11 March 2022. [13968/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent European Council summit on the invasion of Ukraine. [14356/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. [13969/22]

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Evidence is emerging of brutal war crimes by the Russian military in Ukraine. Innocent civilians have been shot dead with their arms behind their backs by retreating troops in the town of Bucha and the area surrounding Kyiv. There is aerial footage of dead bodies on the side of the road. These actions are appalling and barbaric. They demand investigation by the International Criminal...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach refuses to answer questions. He refuses to.